Visa Hiring for Director, Global Finance Job at Foster City, CA Full Time

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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Visa is looking for a strategic finance leader to join our Global Product Finance team. The role leads financial management for the global Innovation and Partnerships team. This Director will collaborate with executive leadership to develop financial strategies and analytics to enable business decision making. This Director leads the long-term planning, forecasting, budgeting and financial analytics for the Real Time Payments business. The position involves deriving important insights and effectively communicating with senior finance leaders and executive management. The ideal candidate will have a deep expertise in financial business analysis, preferably with a public company, and demonstrated experience collaborating with various functions.

Essential Functions:

Strategic Advice and Partnership:

• Partner with business to develop long term financial plans
• Develop and present strategic insights about the business
• Align functional and regional goals and strategies to broader global initiatives

Financial Management:

• Drive Revenue forecasting models, analyze trends and surface opportunities
• Leverage insights and analysis to enable management decision making
• Interpret and present key findings for senior leadership audience
• Understand business drivers and recommend measures to further improve results
• Establish efficient processes and standards for financial tools and models

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

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.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10 years experience with a Bachelor’s Degree, 8 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:

• 12 or more 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’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering or relevant technical field
• 5-7 years of relevant experience in a well-disciplined organization where best practices are integral to the management of the business
• Proactive, strategic thinker supported by Strong analytical and project management skills
• Superior problem identification and solving skills with ability to communicate effectively with executive management
• Must be detail oriented to ensure accuracy and quality of output
• Ability to work effectively with other functional areas and understand the operational and cultural issues relevant to achieving superior results
• High energy and enthusiasm required to partner with multiple stakeholders
• Continually curious to develop a passion for the business

Additional Information

Visa has adopted a COVID-19 vaccination policy to safeguard the health and well-being of our employees and visitors. As a condition of employment, all employees based in the U.S. are required to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, unless a reasonable accommodation is approved or as otherwise required by law.

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.