Company Description

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.

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Job Description

As a Senior Financial Analyst, your primary role will be to fortify our second line of defense by ensuring adherence to financial policies and regulations, implementing robust financial controls, and promoting a culture of governance across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Governance and Operations

• Support the business on implementing projects (full cycle of transactions includes: initiations, approvals, contracting, invoicing, closing and reconciliation) in compliance with policies & procedures, US GAAP, as well as statutory, corporate and tax requirements (as applicable).
• Lead the implementation of projects, ensuring compliance with policies & procedures, US GAAP, and statutory, corporate, and tax requirements.
• Advise business units on policies and procedures, providing training as necessary.
• Work with controlling functions (legal, controllers, compliance, sourcing) to identify and remediate deviations from policies and procedures.
• Report all incidents of non-compliance and participate in remediation of internal audit or other compliance issues.
• Initiate and propose procedural changes to enhance data quality and process flows.

Internal Controls and Risk Management

• Monitor financial transactions for policy non-compliance issues, unusual trends, and activities. This includes Purchase Order, Non-PO transactions, revenue, T&E, procure-to-pay, high-risk vendors programs, client contract management, general ledger, etc.
• Investigate and analyze potential issues, working with stakeholders to implement immediate and long-term solutions.
• Serve as a local subject matter expert on testing of internal controls over higher-risk processes. Conduct ongoing risk monitoring and assessments, and suggest/complete remediation.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation of the controls environment, using direct experience, external benchmarking, and knowledge of regulatory expectations to develop a strong industry-leading controls function.

• Handle ad-hoc projects as assigned by the Management.
• Act as a driver of continuous improvement and innovation of the controls environment by using external benchmarking and knowledge of regulatory expectations to support the management in developing a strong controls function.

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

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a finance role, preferably with a focus on project implementation, internal controls, and risk management.
• Proven knowledge and understanding of US GAAP, as well as statutory, corporate, and tax requirements.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to investigate and analyze potential issues, working with stakeholders to implement immediate and long-term solutions.
• Exceptional report modeling and data management skills with the ability to work with large amounts of data and organize in a logical and efficient manner.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to advise and train business units on policies and procedures.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
• Proficiency in financial software and Microsoft Office Suite.

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.