Company Description

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.

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Job Description

We are seeking a strong Senior Finance Director to join our team. The Global Advisory Finance team supports one of the fastest growth engines at Visa, and closely partners with key stakeholders across Global and Regional Advisory teams. This is a terrific opportunity to partner with senior executives to deliver an ambitious strategic and financial agenda for Visa.

This leader will serve as a deputy CFO for the Advisory Services and will manage the end-to-end scope of FP&A for the business unit. The role holder will be leading a high-performance team focused on financial planning, reporting, and performance management in collaboration with key business leaders and operational teams across the globe, while developing financial strategies and analytics to enable sound business decision making. This leader will influence broader matrix organization to maximize financial outcomes for Visa.

The position involves deriving important insights and effectively communicating with senior finance leaders and executive management of the Advisory Business unit.  The ideal candidate will have a background within the Consulting industry with deep expertise in strategic finance, financial analysis, and business partnering, and demonstrated experience in cross-functional collaborating.

Essential Functions:

Strategic Advice and Business Partnership:

Partner closely with cross-regional and cross-functional Finance leads to understand revenue drivers and elevate the level of analysis around revenue and related costsPartner closely with Global Advisory leads in developing multi-year strategic roadmapEstablish and grow strong relationships with a broad base of business stakeholders as a valued business partnerAlign functional goals and strategies to broader global initiativesDevelop and present strategic insights about the Advisory Services business

Financial Management:

Lead key financial activities for the Advisory Services business, including multi-year strategic planning, annual financial planning, quarterly outlook and business reviews, month-end analytics and management reporting, and on-going financial risks and opportunities assessmentProvide meaningful driver-based analytics and insights to senior leadership and executive management audience on the Advisory Services’ business’ financial performance and forward-looking outlookUnderstand business levers and recommend measures to further improve financial results and business margins, while assessing financial risks and opportunities, and evaluating options to optimize return on investmentsEstablish efficient processes and expand the reporting and analytics capabilities across broader Advisory

Project Management:

Spearhead a variety of projects to further improve the overall performance of the business partnership and support for Advisory and Finance organizationsDecision support to senior finance leadership on investment / project decisions as well as strategic organizational and functional developmentsProvide thought leadership and guidance over core processes building efficiencies and streamlining deliverables

Business Engagement:

Integration of finance into a fast growth business, and develop in-depth understanding of a complex business modelAble to provide tailored, effective presentations, analysis and dialogue with a multitude of business partners across the organizationLeading the planning and budget cycles, while optimizing investments and return-on-investment disciplineThis role requires interpersonal skills to cultivate partnerships across functions, regions, and teams, to drive thought leadership, interrogate business growth assumptions and successfully enact all planning and reporting processes.

People Management:

Mentor and coach team members by instilling best practices across financeCultivate strong relationships and communicate effectively with cross-functional and multi-geographical stakeholdersInfluence, motivate and collaborate with key business partners and stakeholders

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

 

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:
•12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 10
years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters/MBA
/JD/MD), or a minimum of 5 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:
•15 or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 12 years of
experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, or MD), PhD with
9+ years of experience
•A successful track record of progression in a well-disciplined organization
where best practices are integral to the management of the business
•Prior experience in the Consulting and/or Payment industry a plus
•Extensive experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (or similar)
•5+ years’ experience of successfully leading and managing highly matrixed
teams Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, or
relevant technical field
•Proactive, strategic thinker with Strong analytical and project management
skills
•Commercial focus and ability to solve problems through structured approach,
with ability to communicate effectively with executive management
•Excellent interpersonal and people management skills
•Ability to work effectively with other functional areas and understand the
operational and cultural issues relevant to achieving superior results
•Client focused with tenacity to resolve issues and conflicts
•High energy and enthusiasm required to partner with multiple stakeholders
•Able to work in a matrix environment

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.

U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 200,000 to 312,500 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.