COOP Trainee (For current students - second semester COOP, starting in January 2027)

About Us

Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

In alignment with the Vision 2030 of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Visa is delighted to offer opportunities for Cooperative Training to Saudi students! This program is designed to successfully blend academic learning with practical work experience, providing the perfect platform for students to apply theoretical knowledge in a real-world setting. It is a crucial component of our recruitment strategy and our dedication to unlocking talent in Saudi Arabia!

Joining an international industry leader such as Visa is an experience that will enrich you personally and professionally. We have designed a detailed learning journey that will aid your development and set you up for success in your career.

Opportunities available in the following 4 departments: Consulting, Business Development, Finance & Marketing.

Visa Consulting & Analytics (VCA)

VCA is the payments consulting arm of Visa, focused on serving Visa’s clients and partners. We offer consulting and analytics services across different areas of interest to our clients including strategy, product, portfolio management, risk, digital and more.

Within VCA, we have a dedicated Data Science team who are passionate about statistics, advanced analytics and machine learning with best-in-class access to insights from VisaNet, one of the largest payment networks in the world.

Business Development (BD)

The business development team drives the country strategy and its objectives by identifying, leading, and driving, through analytics, data and market intelligence, on opportunities to drive business growth for Visa and its clients. As a BD COOP Trainee, you will provide support to the team, assisting with client requests with the purpose to grow Visa share of business.

Marketing

The team focuses on driving awareness, preference and conversion across B2B and B2C. They build the brand, with a client centric approach, by reinforcing emotional affinity via innovation and tangible proof points. This is an opportunity to use your creativity, express ideas, and make a real contribution to the organization and its mission.

Finance

As a Finance intern, you will gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced global payments environment while contributing to meaningful business projects from day one. You may support teams across deals, pricing, financial planning, controllership, help analyze financial data, identify trends, and provide insights that support business decisions. Your work could include assisting analysis of balance sheet and cash flow drivers, building stress-testing scenarios, reviewing financial results and variances, and helping ensure the accuracy and consistency of financial data.

Visa requires at least 3 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

• Must be available for a full-time COOP starting in January 2027 (2nd semester COOP only)
• Current student working towards a Bachelors degree, with a graduation date of 2027. Must be available for a full-time graduate role in September 2027
• Must be well-versed and curious on the latest AI tools
• Economics / Financial Economics, Marketing, Business, Finance, IT/MIS, and Engineering disciplines welcome to apply
• Excellent academic record
• Saudi National
• Strong in MS Excel, Word & PowerPoint
  
  

Visa is an EEO Employer

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.