What a Senior Financial Analyst does at Visa:
- Support the budgeting, forecasting and multi-year planning process for the Business Function teams in AP. Provide guidance to Business Functions to achieve realistic and timely forecasts. Support the business and finance teams in the preparation of budget and forecast reports to support management review of financial outcomes
- Review forecast and budget submissions and perform an independent challenge to improve accuracy of forecasts. Analyze spending trends and recommend to Finance management a handicap to forecasts if required.
- Provide advisory and consultative support to Business Function teams on finance related areas and bring financial discipline in investment decisions
- Maintain templates to track Value Added Services. Prepare reports to evaluate business performance to forecast and budgets
- Build financial models and provide projections using historical data, industry assumptions and metrics. Prepare ad hoc business cases & analysis
- Acquire and maintain a deep understanding of the strategies, priorities, and issues related to the assigned functional areas
- Collaborates easily and successfully with all levels of management in a matrix organization structure
- Establishes and maintains relationships with key stakeholders (i.e. executives and staff) and serves as a key point of contact for finance issues
- Thrives on an environment that is fast paced, rapidly changing, and customer service oriented
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field required
- 8+ years of experience in finance related field, with at least 2 years in financial analysis role, preferably from within a large, multinational, publicly traded corporation
- Outstanding analytical skills, able to resolve business problems with well structured analyses
- Ability to summarize forecast and budget variances with clear and succinct explanations
- Competency to contribute to lively discussion with ability to quickly test findings and assertions against a financial body of knowledge
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and ability to clearly communicate results with business stakeholders
- Must be proactive, resourceful, high energy, motivated team player capable of delivering on multiple initiatives
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft applications (Excel, Word and PowerPoint)
- Working knowledge in financial planning systems such as TM1 and Hyperion is preferred
What will also help:
- Proficiency in Power BI and VBA will be a plus
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.
