Director, Revenue Excellence

Company Description

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.

Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.

Job Description

Visa is looking for a strategic leader to join our Revenue Excellence Team in our CS VAS Organization.  The role will partner on the financial management, planning and analysis for the entire CS Value Added Services Team.  This Director will collaborate with senior leadership to develop financial strategies and analytics to enable business decision making, and lead the long-term planning, forecasting, budgeting and financial analytics for the portfolio.  This role also supports strategic decision making on investments and portfolio level tradeoffs through effective financial analytics. The position involves deriving important insights and effectively communicating with senior finance leaders and executive management. 

Essential Functions:

Strategic Advice and Partnership:

• Partner with business leads to evaluate the financial impact of potential investments and develop long term financial plans
• Develop and present strategic insights about the business
• Align functional goals and strategies to broader global initiatives
• Lead performance diagnostics, budgeting, forecasting and management reporting
• Become a valued business partner to all business units and executive management

Financial Management:

• Lead preparation of the annual business plan and analysis
• Interpret and present key findings for senior leadership audience
• Understand business levers and recommend measures to further improve results
• Establish efficient processes for monthly and quarterly performance reporting for optimal result

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

Business Engagement:

• Integration of finance into the business, attend team meetings, gain understanding of the business
• Tailored, effective presentations, analysis and dialogue with each business partner
• Dialogue around budget and spend to optimize budget and investments, return-on-investment discipline
• Robust toolkit to help manage the business and enable management decision making

People Management:

• Influence, motivate and collaborate with key business partners and stakeholders

This position is to be based in Atlanta and may or may not present relocation or sponsorship assistance.

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.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/ MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 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
• 8 years of work experience Experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (or similar)
• Prior experience in the Payment industry a plus
• At least 10 years of professional experience or equivalent with 5-7 years of relevant experience in a well-disciplined organization where best practices are integral to the management of the business
• Proactive, strategic th