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: Our VisaNet network processes over 13,000 transactions 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.

Purpose

The role holder is responsible for forecasting, analyzing and tracking Product plans and initiatives to support the Head of CEMEA Product Delivery in financial planning, program tracking, managing strategic business initiatives, client support programs, GTM, management reporting, insights, and Playbook reporting The Manager plays an important role in improving business performance through supporting and promoting the use of data to inform business decisions and drive CEMEA Product strategies.

Principle Responsibilities/Key Results Area

• Working with functional and Country Leaders, supports the annual planning and quarterly forecasting processes

• Reconciles plans with actual financial performance on a monthly basis and prepares regular management reports on results

• Builds and maintains strong and timely MIS/dashboards to the Product team to contribute to the analysis of performance on key metrics to identify areas of focus/opportunity/growth and profitability

• Contributes to robust business cases and optimized product investments through review, analysis and challenge to ensure business assumptions are valid 

• Applies analytics to business problems, interpreting and distributing results

• Contributes to maintain a robust control environment in terms of data protection, quality standards, compliance with benchmarking and disclosure rules

• Communicate and generate support for recommendations among business leaders across the organization

• Provide frameworks and perspectives relevant to business objectives

• Work with minimal direction, usually within a complex and often ambiguous environment, to drive rigorous, fact-based recommendations to regional management

• Prepare regular management reporting and presentation documents

Required Experience

• At least 6 years of business experience, with a minimum of 3 years involved in Finance or Business Planning

• Global or multi-national business experience strongly preferred

• Strong academic credentials, with relevant degree in Finance/Business

• Must be team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, with excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities

• Working knowledge of financial analysis, data analytics

• Experience and knowledge of the cards and payments

• Knowledge of CEMEA markets

• Analytical skills with ability to solve complex problems and execute on solutions

• High degree of proficiency in Excel

• Excellent project management skills, comfortable performing multi-faceted projects in conjunction with day to day activities

• Relationship management skills

• Experience in presenting ideas and thoughts to senior level leaders

• Strong business sense with ability to understand multi-dimensional business problems and develop innovative and practical solutions to deliver superior business results

• Proven skills in translating analytics output to actionable recommendations, and delivery