Sr. Finance Manager - job 19 of 39

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.

Job Description and Responsibilities

Visa’s Value Added Services (VAS) business delivers new revenue streams for Visa and augments our core offerings. We do this through

• Extending the edges of the network and adding value to all transaction types (Issuing Solutions, Acceptance Solutions)
• Delivering security solutions and driving a state-of-the-art payment experience (Risk and Identity Solutions)
• Powering new services across new sets of rails and transaction types (Open Banking)
• Solving client problems and attaching value added solutions (Advisory Services)

VAS Group Finance is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to join our team. VAS Group Finance uses a strategic finance advisory model with key stakeholders—throughout our five VAS business areas—to apply data to business and finance decisions, as well as measure performance. The team serves as a partner for executives and provides finance support for teams that are propelling growth at Visa. We are an agile, highly visible team that collaborates across functions, regions, and products to play a key role in providing financial planning, month-end reporting, and financial advisory support for key decisions.

Position Summary

As a Senior Finance Manager, you will serve as a strategic finance partner to the worldwide head of Visa’s VAS business, the global VAS Operations leader, and the various VAS finance teams that support our five business areas. This role demands superior interpersonal skills to foster strategic partnerships across functions, regions, and teams, to drive thought leadership, and oversee the planning, budgeting, forecasting, and month-end reporting processes. You will present results and deliver sophisticated insights and analyses to business partners and executives, influencing key financial decisions. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in financial management, preferably within a public company, and a proven track record of leading smaller teams and collaborating effectively with key stakeholders.

Essential Functions

• Manages the coordination, organization, and execution of advanced quantitative and qualitative analyses. Key activities include overseeing traditional budgeting and forecasting, month-end close processes, enhanced financial/business reporting, business case development, pricing analysis, P&L generation, and strategic business planning support.
• Drive business case development for major initiatives, ad hoc requests, and high-impact special projects.
• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with a broad range of key stakeholders (i.e., executives, senior, and junior staff) across the business, serving as a key point of contact for all finance-related issues.
• Acquire and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the strategies, priorities, and issues impacting the business, ensuring alignment with financial goals.
• Utilize advanced analytical skills and extensive experience to become a highly influential business partner, providing strategic financial insights.
• Identify and implement transformative changes that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of operational decision-making.
• Develop and articulate near-term and long-term growth strategies that align with business objectives and data-driven insights.
• Influence, motivate and collaborate with key global business partners and stakeholders across regions and functions.
• Master Visa’s financial reporting systems, execute complex data queries, architect financial frameworks, and lead finance technology initiatives.
• Mentor and manage a team of high performing finance resources by helping to create a center of excellence and cultivating a culture of best practices across finance.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Basic Qualifications
• 8 years of relevant work experience with a bachelor’s degree, or at least 5 years of experience with an advanced degree (e.g., Masters, MBA, JD, MD), or 2 years of relevant work experience with a PhD degree.

Preferred Qualifications
•9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD

•Prior experience in FP&A, Investment Banking, Consulting, or Corporate Strategy.
• Experience in budgeting and forecasting, business performance analytics, and working with multi-functional teams.
• Experience with complex financial systems (e.g., Hyperion, TM1) is beneficial but not required.
• Ability to improve processes, systems, and plans that balance short-term and long-term growth.
• High energy and enthusiasm to partner with multiple global and regional stakeholders.
• Able to work in a dual reporting matrix environment.
• Strong curiosity to connect the dots and tell the story through the financials.
• Proven expertise in managing large data sets.

• Superior analytical, project management, and critical thinking skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor.
• Advanced proficiency in financial modeling (Microsoft Excel) and building presentations (Microsoft PowerPoint).
• Highly detail-oriented with the ability to convert complex analysis into insightful business commentary.
• Ability to cultivate effective relationships and communicate effectively with management to influence outcomes.
• Team-oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, with excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities.
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility as a ''peer'' with business leaders in global and regional functions.
• Strategic and analytical thinker capable of working through complex problems, processes, and data sets.
• Ability to make decisions with limited guidance, usually within a complex and often ambiguous environment, to drive rigorous, fact-based recommendations to senior management, while supporting syndication with stakeholders across the organization.

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting.  The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

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.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 142,200.00 to 206,350.00 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.