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Reporting to the Director of Portfolio Management, the Program Manager plays a critical role providing analytical, operational, and program management support, related to vendor management, procurement, and other financial and analytical functions required to ensure the effective and efficient planning and operations of the division.

The position requires a seasoned professional with the right mix of relevant experience and skills, and high levels of energy, flexibility and independence to thrive in a fast-paced, team in an innovative, dynamic product development division within Technology & Operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and provide input for Terms & Conditions (T&C) in Professional Fee contracts. Make the proper adjustments to engagement terms, dates, company names, payment conditions, tables and account classification.
• End to end creation of Purchase Requisitions in the tool (iProcurement). Review and make changes for accuracy in the General Ledger (GL) account, CC & activity codes, expense & capital categories, track approvals and create tracking files.
• Work with Visa Supplier Management (VSM) and Sourcing teams to ensure all change orders are completed to address changes in business needs.
• Track payments and create Receiving entries for each vendor/PO to ensure that accruals hit the financials in the proper accounting period.
• Discuss invoices and credit memos and resolve issues with vendors to ensure payments happen and accruals are within tolerance levels compared to invoice amounts.
• Negotiate and establish adequate timeframe for vendors to adhere to deadlines for accruals, invoices and forecasts by the requested time frame per Corporate Accounting guidelines.
• Adhere to Corporate Accounting guidelines regarding manual accruals and provide documentation at the end of each quarter, whenever necessary.
• Create summary reports to communicate monthly financial forecasts and performance.
• Partner with vendors to ensure they employ the most appropriate industry practices to eliminate any oversights and help them to successfully integrate to Visa's policies.
• Work with Visa Account Payables (AP) to ensure all invoices are received and scanned properly and on time. Discuss allocation of invoice amounts to each PO line.
• Track adherence to Technology's Golden Rules of procurement and share best practices with other teams.
• Assist other team members in ad-hoc activities.
• Assist with the planning of the consulting workforce that generate Professional Fees, align heads per programs and forecast costs to input in the tool (Hyperion).
• Partner with vendors to ensure the 5 principles of success for Vendor Management are followed consistently. Vendors performance will get measured in surveys according to these categories: Accuracy, Timeliness, Content, Commitment, Cadence
• Attend all relevant training that impacts Vendor Management and become the resident expert in this area.
• Innovate, lead or be the catalyst for change with business planning and operations, and identify opportunities to improve processes, better leverage tools and technology in alignment with our leadership's goal to "build a better Visa"

• 10+ years of progressively more responsible experience in directly roles which included responsibility for vendor management, financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and analysis, workforce planning, project/program management, and business operations. Directly relevant experience in a similar role at Visa and/or a medium to large, leading technology company is highly preferred.
• BA/BS degree is required with preference for degrees in Business, Accounting, or related fields. MS/MBA is a plus.
• Excellent verbal communication, presentation, collaboration, stakeholder management, and teamwork skills with demonstrated ability to gain trust, secure buy-in and influence change at all levels.
• Strong working knowledge of capital and annual operating planning, purchasing, sourcing, and vendor management, financial management and reporting.
• Excellent analytical, strategic-thinking, problem-solving, and organizational skills as well as the ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities, assignments, and responsibilities.
• Outstanding written communication, analytical and problem-solving skills. Skilled in the creation of presentations, new reporting mechanisms and other documents. High attention to detail with ability to synthesize information from multiple sources for a variety of audiences including technology and business executives. Experience in defining, creating, and implementing new management reporting, KPI's and metrics.
• Strong process orientation and demonstrated ability to define and document new or improved financial, operational, and business processes and reporting mechanisms. Ability to map out as is and to be processes, and identify opportunities to streamline and/or automate processes utilizing tools and process improvements.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office including Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Word, Visio and SharePoint, and Tableau (or a similar dashboarding tool).
• Working knowledge of Oracle Financials, Hyperion, Essbase, Discoverer, and iProcurement or equivalent financial management tools required.
• High level of adaptability and flexibility, with a demonstrated ability to thrive in a team-based environment that is fast-paced, rapidly changing, and service-oriented.

Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

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