Senior Financial Analyst - Visa

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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Visa is looking for a Senior Finance Analyst to support the Global Merchant Sales & Acquiring (MS&A) Finance team.  This Senior Analyst will collaborate with MS&A business leadership team to develop financial strategies and drive analytics to enable business decision making. They will drive deal modeling and structuring for commercial agreements for multi-Region MS&A clients, and support forecasting and budgeting processes for Global MS&A.  In addition, they will provide detailed score-carding reports and analysis on the operating performance of the businesses. 

The position involves driving important insights with executive management and influence management skills.  The ideal candidate will have a background in financial and general business analysis, preferably with a public company, and demonstrated experience collaborating with various internal departments and functions.

Essential Functions

Strategic Advice and Partnership:

• Provide thought partnership for the Global Merchant Sales and Acquiring (MS&A) leadership
• Lead the MS&A deals finance engagements with business development teams globally to structure client proposals for Acceptance, Cobrand and seller side Value Added Services (VAS) partnerships
• Continuous enhancement of the management information reporting for MS&A and present timely KPIs with actionable insights on sales pipeline and revenue drivers for VAS, CMS, Acceptance, Cobrand and MS&A strategic initiatives

Financial Management:

• Support the preparation of the planning cycles including the annual budget and quarterly outlooks
• Support opex performance diagnostics, decision support for investments, and workforce management and planning
• Collaborate with the Finance Velocity Office to expand client-level revenue reporting to include all client types in acquiring ecosystem
• Establish VAS and strategic initiatives reporting dimensionality to enable revenue and sales growth measurement
• Streamline Finance processes and continuously improve the quality of outputs and overall performance of the team

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.

Permanent Authorization to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment for this position. Visa will not sponsor applicants for work visas in connection with this position.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4 or more years of work experience with a bachelor's degree
• Experience in Financial Planning & Analysis with a strong emphasis on revenue drivers and client incentive agreements
• Advanced level of Excel, PowerPoint, Tableau, and other financial reporting systems
• Ability to influence senior executives and business partners
• Able to work effectively in a dual reporting matrix environment
• Ability to work effectively with other functional areas (Finance and the business) and understand the operational and cultural issues relevant to achieving superior results
• Superior problem solving, analytical and project management skills with ability to communicate effectively with executive management
• Client focused with tenacity to resolve issues and conflicts with excellent interpersonal and people management skills
• Proactive, strategic thinker with strong commercial acumen and an eye for details to ensure accuracy and quality of output
• High energy and enthusiasm required to partner with multiple stakeholders
• Investment banking and or management consulting experience 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 118,500.00 to 171,750.00 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.