Fascinated by the future and captivated by technology?

Smart, driven and want to make a difference in the world?

You’ll fit right in.

Join a diverse team at Visa, where your individuality fits right in. We can provide the opportunity to shape the payments experience globally. Together, let’s transform the way the world pays.

Think you know us?

Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, reliable and secure digital payment network that enables individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

Individuality fuels our brand and our global team – we’re proud that we are a talented team of 15,000 individuals with unique backgrounds, perspectives and experiences. Therefore, we understand that you are much more than your day job. We encourage quality of life outside of the office, whether it’s taking advantage of agile work schedules or our wellness programs, Visa respects and encourages meaningful work/life balance for everyone. In addition, we offer market leading salary and have a fantastic benefits offering.

So, if you’re not satisfied with the status quo, we can satisfy your desire to explore new territory, giving you the runway to really make an impact, whilst connecting you with teams around the world in a truly inclusive culture that celebrates our uniqueness.

If you think you could support Visa as a Senior Finance Manager - Client Incentives Markets we want to hear from you – together, let’s make Visa a great place to work.

What’s it all about?

The Central Europe Finance Team, part of Continental Europe, provides financial planning, analysis and decision support to Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands and Austria. We are the liaison point for finance activities and insights relating to these areas

2021 will be a critical and exciting time to join the team, as Central Europe executes its strategy to grow its business, launch new products, increase cash penetration by accelerating the shift to eCommerce and the demand for contactless payments. 

This role will be responsible to ensure that Account Executives prepare robust investment proposals/ pricing packages to be offered by Visa Europe to new and existing customers in the cluster. The role holder will be responsible for anticipating issues with the proposals and ensuring that there is a strong basis for underlying assumptions. It is also expected that, when required, that person will engage directly with the client to clarify the clients’ requirements. The role holder will need to communicate complex client requirements together with portfolio analysis and summary findings to relevant stakeholders in the Cluster, Region and HQ

This is a hands-on role requiring strong commercial acumen with the desire and ability to challenge the status quo to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and performance of the function.

The role holder will be a member of the Finance Team for the CE cluster.

What we expect of you, day to day.

• Apply knowledge of market financials and client economics to deal negotiations
• Help develop and prepare commercial terms and input assumptions
• Support/review deal and scenario modelling
• Commercial challenge to AE sales teams and help exploring new financial incentive structures
• Support and develop AE’s knowledge of deal financials
• Ensure financial integrity of contracts
• Supports CIA accounting, incentive forecasts, actuals and budget including variance comments
• Track deals’ performance and organise timely payments to clients
• Understand and analyse client profitability and deal performance
• Provide ad-hoc analysis on deals, clients, markets and competition

• Fluency in English and German 
• Business Partnering experience with progressively increasing responsibilities.  Ability to build and cultivate effective relationships with senior executives and stakeholders within the business and the Finance functions at a regional and global level
• Experience on deal structuring and modelling.
• Strong commercial focus with a proven record of analysing business performance, identifying trends and issues, and challenges the norm
• Superior analytical and problem-solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigour, and the ability to interpret trends, identify issues and recommend actions
• Data analytics experience and application of data tools (R, Python, SQL) to large data sets desirable
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility as a "peer" with business leaders in regional functions
• Team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible, with excellent presentation skills, including strong oral and writing capabilities
• Proven self-starter
• Experience of finance systems and advanced user of Microsoft Office programmes
• Bachelor's degree in a business field, economics, or related field. MBA preferred
• Broad understanding of the payment landscape and VISA products and solutions desirable are a plus

Think you have what it takes?

If you are interested in a career that will challenge and inspire you – we’d love to hear from you!

Diversity & Inclusion

Universal acceptance for everyone, everywhere, is not only our brand promise, it’s the foundation of our company culture. We foster a feeling of connectedness in the workplace, support diversity of thought, culture and background, fight for important initiatives like Equal Pay and actively work to eliminate unconscious biases that hold us all back.

By leveraging the diverse backgrounds and perspectives of our worldwide teams, Visa is a better place to work and a better business partner to our clients.