Job Description

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.