Senior Finance Manager - Visa Direct FP&A Team

We are looking for a highly strategic and analytical Senior Finance Manager for the North America (NA) Visa Direct FP&A Team. The candidate will be responsible to lead performance diagnostics, budgeting, forecasting, multi-year strategic outlook, and management reporting. This role will be pivotal in analyzing monthly and quarterly financial results, identifying and interpreting key variances, trends, and insights, and presenting these findings to senior leadership and executive management.

Over the past years NA Visa Direct FP&A function has transformed from being focused on actualizing and maintaining database drivers to offering insightful guidance for decision making at a more detailed level, across programs and use cases. The new role aligns with strategic initiatives, particularly in driving long-term growth through diversification of use cases and broadening cross-border. The expanding business has also modified program-based reporting, all cross-border programs, and the launch and acceleration of new programs. The role involves leading forecast and supporting beyond just the product office to include Account Managers, Sales, Digital Partnerships and more, considering the continuous growth of the business partners supporting NA Visa Direct.

Responsibility areas cover all the aspects of financial planning, analysis and reporting, driving and maintaining high standard of financial discipline, business decision support and accountability within the designated function.

The role will report to Visa Direct FP&A Head with the expectation to deliver greater accuracy in drivers management and meet the escalating demand for efficiency and precision in the expansion of a pillar within the Money Movement business.

Key areas of responsibility:

The business requires in-depth revenue and volume analysis that includes:

• Lead performance diagnostics, budgeting, forecasting, multi-year strategic outlook and management reporting
• Analyze monthly and quarterly results, identify and interpret key variances, trends, and insights, present key findings to senior leadership and executive management audience
• Being responsible for driver modeling to incorporate seasonality (including ATS), streamlining reporting, and supporting global project to update billing to enable client-level revenue reporting
• Lead the creation of self-served client-based dashboards for business partners   
• Integrate finance into business operations by attending team meetings and gaining a thorough understanding of the business to provide significant insights and drive strategic decisions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand and integrate business plans, operating structures and strategies for NA MMS
• Develop and present strategic insights about the business using use cases to effectively drive MMS growth and inform strategic decisions
• Identify and drive opportunities for continuous operational improvements, implementing necessary changes to streamline efforts.
• Become a valued business partner to MMS stakeholders and executive management to ensure cohesive and strategic collaboration for achieving business objectives.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.  ​

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 this position is 149,800.00 to 240,100.00 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.