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Common Purpose, Uncommon Opportunity. Everyone at Visa works with one goal in mind – making sure that Visa is the best way to pay and be paid, for everyone everywhere. This is our global vision and the common purpose that unites the entire Visa team. As a global payments technology company, tech is at the heart of what we do. CyberSource, a Visa company, has been and continues to be a pioneer within the e-Commerce Payment Management world. Our VisaNet network is capable of handling over 65,000 transaction messages per second for people and businesses around the world, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks.

We are also global advocates for financial inclusion, working with partners around the world to help those who lack access to financial services join the global economy. Visa’s sponsorships, including the Olympics and FIFA™ World Cup, celebrate teamwork, diversity, and excellence throughout the world. If you have a passion to make a difference in the lives of people around the world, Visa offers an uncommon opportunity to
build a strong, thriving career. Visa is fueled by our team of talented employees who continuously raise the bar on delivering the convenience and security of digital currency to people all over the world. Join our team and
find out how Visa is everywhere you want to be.

“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.”

The Sr. Director Finance, Client Support Services (CSS) will be a financial business partner for the CSS business group. The Sr. Director will be responsible for leading the financial planning & analysis processes, partnering with the business to build business cases and prioritize investments, managing expenses, and providing broad decision support analytics to assist business leaders in running the assigned functions.

You will be responsible for developing and driving the collaborative partnership between Finance and CSS organizations, deeply embedding Finance into the business, understanding the function’s needs, and identifying trends and opportunities to advance Visa's overall business and financial strategy.

The role includes frequent interaction with senior management and other key partners. CSS is a global team of over 2,000 employees that provides support to Visa clients and is actively involved in a number of Visa initiatives including the launch of Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay.

We are looking for you to have significant experience in establishing strong business and financial planning processes, budgeting, developing strategic frameworks and analysis to drive critical financial decisions; assessing corporate model changes and timely financial and management reporting. You will interact and influence others via a matrix structure. You will need to have the ability to work across a matrixed business organizations and closely liaison with Finance and CSS teams.

• We want you to drive an efficient, effective and comprehensive process for developing financial plans and analysis that links to the strategic objectives
• You are responsible for preparation and analysis of annual budget and monthly/quarterly forecasts and variances
• Provides budget information and analysis to senior management and stakeholders
• You are effective in performance measurements, or management systems to drive accountability and ownership within the corporate departments and business units
• You will set performance measurements that can be regularly tracked to measure progress
• Drives profitable growth by improving visibility, forecasting, consolidation and analysis of results and key metrics while advising senior management on insights and recommended actions
• Ability to handle projects with multiple workstreams, with proven leadership success over a wide variety of product business problems

Professional

• MBA or relevant graduate degree from top-tier institution or similar academic experience
• 10+ years of experience within the Finance function or with relevant experience in Financial Institutions, investment banking, or other analytical business support functions
• Global or multi-national business experience strongly preferred
• Strong customer focus combined with an in-depth understanding of the trends affecting the financial services, payments and ecommerce world
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor
• Ability to adapt to a dynamic, rapidly changing business environment
• Advanced level of Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint required

• You bring a strong executive presence and ability to clearly communicate compelling messages to senior executives and external business partners
• You are a strategic thought leadership
• Experience presenting complex materials in a succinct manner to senior executives to drive effective decision-making.
• Proven ability to collaborate and influence successfully within a matrixed organization
• You have experience working with financial indicators to measure business performance including P&L responsibility and accurately forecasting sources of cost, and revenue
• Strong project management skills and proven ability to lead critical cross-functional initiatives across a breadth of stakeholders

• Team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, with excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities
• Proven ability to participate and drive a team towards a strategic vision
• Proven ability to be decisive and willing to take action regarding decisions affecting the team

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.