Finance Manager, Deal Desk

Finance Manager, Deal Desk - Asia Pacific
Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in 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 while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.
Position Summary
The Finance Manager position will support the Senior Director of AP Deal Desk to manage the incentive partnership deals and approval processes across Asia Pacific markets.
Key responsibilities
Support the review of Client Incentives deal proposals submitted for approvals to AP Geographic Incentive Group (GIG) and collaborate with internal stakeholders to improve quality of deal proposals, including Cluster Deal Specialists, Finance Business Partners and business teams.
Support managing incentive deal approval process, assisting in putting in place an efficient process that meets business needs and internal governance and compliance requirements.
Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) on deal pro-forma models and manage the maintenance and enhancements of the models to meet business needs through close collaboration with Global Deal Operations (GDO) and Finance Systems Strategy (FSS) teams.
Prepare periodic Client Incentive reports for management reviews in compliance with the Global Deal Pricing Operating Standards.
Responsibilities
Manage and maintain a Client Incentive database that effectively meets business needs and provide ad-hoc support to management on incentive-related analysis.
Support implementation of global tooling and systems, including iDeal, Deal Performance Tracking (DPT) and Dealight, and assist in compiling and sharing best practices on deal structuring, modeling and other key learnings from GIG meetings.
Communicate effectively with all levels of management, and collaborate with other internal stakeholders (e.g., Legal, Finance, Contract Management) to ensure that client contracts are produced and executed efficiently in accordance with internal governance and compliance requirements.
Perform robust financial analysis and be able to succinctly outline and present key drivers, themes and risks while applying business and financial acumen to explain underlying drivers of results across multiple scenarios.
Operate with minimal supervision with excellent work ethics, and able to make informed, well-reasoned decisions independently. Thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly changing, and customer service-oriented environment.
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.
Qualifications
What you will need:
Bachelor's degree in Finance (Accountancy or Business) or equivalent
Professional qualifications such as CPA, CFA desirable but not necessary
At least 8 years of relevant post-qualification experience with a recognized, performance-driven multi-national company
Experience in a finance-related discipline is preferred
Payments industry experience and knowledge of Visa business is an advantage
Technical
Advanced level in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, knowledge of VBA and Macros is a plus
Excellent analytical, modeling and quantitative skills, able to identify and model challenging business problems with well-structured analyses and quantifiable financial impact
Experience using TM1 would be an advantage
Conceptual knowledge of financial databases is beneficial
Good knowledge of accounting principles
Business
Prior experience communicating with and presenting to senior-level executives
Excellent business partnering and interpersonal skills
Strong business acumen and attention to detail, experience in working with cross-functional teams
Ability to facilitate lively discussion and test findings against a financial body of knowledge
A team player capable of delivering on multiple initiatives on tight timelines
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
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