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Visa Direct is a payment service that Visa provides to clients (sending and receiving financial institutions, processors, merchants, and service providers) to facilitate fund transfers/disbursements to accounts around the world using push payment technology. The NA Financial Planning & Analysis team serves as a strategic business partner for business leaders in NA Visa Direct (NAVD), providing essential finance support. The candidate will be a key member of the highly visible NAVD team and collaborate across a matrixed organization to lead/deliver budgeting/forecasting, management reporting, and decision support analytics to the business leaders.

Essential Functions:

Financial Management:

• Lead monthly close, budgeting and forecasting processes by developing timelines and templates, communicating guidance on key deliverables, and building senior executive presentations that bring overall themes and insights together
• Analyze monthly and quarterly results, identify and interpret key variances, trends, and insights, present key findings to senior leadership and executive management audience
• Combine observed patterns and trends to create accurate forecasts, able to triangulate and exercise judgement
• Provide leadership and establish efficient processes for regular performance reporting and process improvements to streamline deliverables and build efficiencies
• Spearhead ad-hoc projects to further improve the overall performance of the team and organization(s)

Business Engagement:

• Integration of finance into the business, attend team meetings, gain understanding of the business
• Tailored, effective presentations, analysis and dialogue with each business partners across regions and functions
• Dialogue around budget and spend to optimize budget and investments and drive return-on-investment discipline
• Develop, improve, and manage robust toolkit to help analyze the business and enable management decision making

Strategic Advice and Partnership:

• Partner with business leads to evaluate the financial impact of potential investments and develop long term financial plans
• Develop and present strategic insights about the business utilizing use cases and its effectiveness in driving NAVD growth
• Align functional goals and strategies to broader Money Movement Solutions initiatives
• Lead performance diagnostics, budgeting, forecasting, multi-year strategic outlook and management reporting
• Become a valued business partner to Visa Direct business stakeholders and executive management

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 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Basic Qualifications:
• 8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD

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
• 7+ years of combined Finance and Accounting experience, or at least 5 years of with an Advanced Degree, prior experience in FP&A preferred
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, business performance analytics
• Foundational understanding of multi-party economic model (issuers, acquirers, processors, interchange, merchants, cardholders, etc.)
• Ability to build impactful relationships and effectively communicate with management to influence results, and able to work within a dual-reporting matrix structure
• Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility as a peer with business leaders in global and regional function
• Operates with minimal supervision and able to make informed, well-reasoned decisions independently using strong business judgement
• Team oriented, collaborative, detail oriented, and flexible, with excellent presentation skills, oral and writing capabilities
• Advanced proficiency in financial modelling (Excel) and presentation building (PowerPoint)
• Experience with Hyperion, Tableau, Power BI is a plus

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 133,000.00 to 192,950.00 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.