What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Financial Analysis position at Visa?
Company Description
Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across 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.
When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging – where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.
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Job Description
This is a Leadership role on the global Corporate FP&A team. This role manages the reporting and analysis of business drivers including financial data and economic statistics. The Director of Finance provides insights and recommendations to executive leadership and evaluates business driver targets globally through prism of regional views for market segments. The role holder will also be responsible for running short- and long-term range forecasts to support reporting and planning cycles.
Essential Functions
- Lead the quantitative analysis of Visa’s key business drivers for global reporting, budgeting, and forecasting
- Assess economic and Visa specific business drivers and their corresponding impact on Visa financials
- Deliver forecast analytics and insights that result in a corporate perspective of the forecast/budget
- Lead the production of the key business drivers (e.g., volumes, transactions, etc.) for use in strategic planning, annual budgeting, and quarterly forecasting
- Track year to date and monthly performance by regions and geographies to understand variances and analyze business drivers
- Track risks and opportunities to assess macroeconomic drivers and their corresponding impact on Visa financials at industry, and micro segment levels
- Proactively identify and propose areas to develop the regional and global outlook
- Manage the forecast and budget process for the regions, ensuring all finance business partners process their inputs and analytics in compliance with published deadlines and corporate guidelines
- Build and maintain relationships with finance business partners to ensure they are aware of budget forecasts timelines and data requirements, and understand the need to adhere to them
- Participate in continuous improvement activities to exceed customer expectations and promote a professional finance organization.
This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office two days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% of the time based on business needs.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
- 10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD
- Experience in FP&A, Consulting, or Investment Banking
Preferred Qualifications
- 12-15 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6 years of work experience with a PhD
- Bachelor of Finance or equivalent degree
- Qualified Accountant degree is recommended (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent local qualifications)
- Minimum 8 years of related Finance experience in a multinational organization
- Proven ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
- Self-motivated and positive attitude
- Proven commercial business acumen
- Strong PC and high proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite products (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills
Additional Information
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.
