Senior Financial Analyst

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across 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.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging - where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world - helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

**Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.**

**Job Description**:
**Team Summary**

The Revenue Planning team is part of the Financial Planning & Analysis team, responsible for revenue planning, forecasting and budgeting, and providing revenue analytics and reporting to support business decisions for geographies in Asia Pacific.

**What a Senior Financial Analyst does at Visa**:

- Design and maintain complex financial models and templates to support revenue planning, forecasting and budgeting for geographies in AP. Focus on optimizing level of detail, accuracy and clarity of calculations
- Consolidate submissions from Geographies and Function Finance Business partners (FBP) for Business reviews/Forecast/Budget. Collaborate with FBPs and Corporate Finance to ensure deliverables are completed in a timely manner
- Review forecast/budget submissions and perform independent challenge to improve accuracy of forecasts. Analyze revenue driver trends and ability to provide point of view to Finance management if required
- Identify key revenue trends through a combination of analytics, research, discussions with FBPs and other stakeholders
- Develop and continually evolve innovative analytical techniques and methodologies to measure business performance
- Perform adhoc revenue analysis for management. Proactively identify and communicate business implications of analysis and ability to simplify and present complex issues to stakeholders

**Why this is important to Visa**

The Senior Financial Analyst is responsible for supporting the revenue planning, budgeting and forecasting processes for geographies in Asia Pacific as well as financial analysis to support business decisions and deliver management performance reports for the region

The incumbent should be a self-starter with an analytical and inquisitive mind and is driven to communicate business and revenue performance to senior leadership in an efficient and effective manner. He/She will collaborate with internal partners from finance, systems, analytics team to produce in-depth analysis of financial results and revenue driver trends and movements

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

**Qualifications**:
**What you will need**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance (Accountancy / Business) or equivalent with at least 10 + years relevant post qualification experience, with at least 4 years in financial analysis role
- Demonstrates well-developed analytical, interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
- Collaborates well with different teams from finance, systems, analytics and able to work through the matrix organization structure
- Ability to connect the dots and grasp conceptual models
- Good in data visualization and has superior analytical and problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of commitment to meeting timelines
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Expertise in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint required; IBM Cognos TM1 and Hyperion experience would be an advantage; Conceptual knowledge of financial database is beneficial

Additional Information

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.