Common Purpose, Uncommon Opportunity. Everyone at Visa works with one goal in mind – making sure that Visa is the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone everywhere. This is our global vision and the common purpose that unites the entire Visa team. As a global payments technology company, tech is at the heart of what we do: Our VisaNet network processes over 13,000 transactions per second for people and businesses around the world, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks. We are also global advocates for financial inclusion, working with partners around the world to help those who lack access to financial services join the global economy. Visa’s sponsorships, including the Olympics and FIFA™ World Cup, celebrate teamwork, diversity, and excellence throughout the world. If you have a passion to make a difference in the lives of people around the world, Visa offers an uncommon opportunity to build a strong, thriving career. Visa is fueled by our team of talented employees who continuously raise the bar on delivering the convenience and security of digital currency to people all over the world. Join our team and find out how Visa is everywhere you want to be.

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Visa is looking for a strategic, finance leader to join our Corporate Finance team.  This Senior Director will collaborate with a key member of Visa’s executive leadership team to develop financial strategies and drive analytics to enable business decision making.  They will drive the long-term planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes for the core businesses they support and provide detailed monthly reports and analysis directly to Visa’s CFO.  The position will involve delivering important insights to senior finance leaders and executive management and require strong influence management skills.  The Senior Director Corporate Finance will help mentor and manage the team to deliver top notch business partnership to the Corporate Functions.  The ideal candidate will have a deep background in financial and general business analysis, preferably with a public company, and demonstrated experience managing teams and collaborating across functions.
 
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:
 
Strategic Advice and Partnership:
- Partner with head of business to develop long term financial plans
- Develop and present strategic insights about the business
- Align functional goals and strategies to broader global initiatives
- Lead performance diagnostics, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting
- Become a trusted business partner to all business units and executive management

Financial Management:
- Lead preparation of the annual business plan and analysis
- Interpret and present key findings for senior leadership audience
- Enable management by providing timely, accurate information
- Understand business drivers and recommend measures to further improve results
- Establish efficient processes for monthly and quarterly performance reporting for optimal result

Project Management:
- Spearhead ad-hoc projects to further improve the overall performance of the team and organization(s)
- Decision support to senior finance leadership on investment / project decisions as well as strategic organizational and functional developments
- Provide thought leadership and guidance over core processes building efficiencies and streamlining deliverables

Business Engagement:
- Integration of finance into the business; attend team meetings /  understanding of the business
- Tailored, effective presentations, analysis and dialogue with each business partner
- Timely, meaningful views on their business
- Dialogue around budget and spend to optimize budget and investments; return-on-investment discipline
- Robust toolkit to help manage the business and enable management decision making

People Management:
- Attract, recruit and train top talent into the Finance organization
- Mentor and manage a team of high performing finance resources by helping to create a center of excellence and instilling best practices across finance
- Influence, motivate and collaborate with key business partners and stakeholders
- Provide active leadership to the Finance organization, developing and championing change processes, people and systems

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

- Proactive, strategic thinker
- Strong analytical and project management skills
- Superior problem solving skills with ability to communicate effectively with executive management
- Must be detail oriented to ensure accuracy and quality of output
- 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 dual reporting matrix environment

- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering or relevant technical field
- MBA strongly preferred
- At least 10 years of professional experience or equivalent with 5-7 years of relevant experience in a well-disciplined organization where best practices are integral to the management of the business
- Experience leading a Financial Planning & Analysis (or similar) team with a thorough understanding of financial accounting and management reporting.
- Investment banking and/or management consulting experience a plus

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.