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.

Job Description

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1. Purpose

2. The Senior Manager will be responsible for assessing, reviewing, and executing Finance Internal Controls and supporting the 302 programs in Visa, including evaluating control designs and testing of controls. In addition, the Senior Manager will perform detailed reviews of transactions, data anomalies, reviewing key risk indicators, and ensuring compliance with Visa’s Policies and Procedures. These tasks will require exceptionally strong data skills and also involve understanding root cause of exceptions and then supporting remediation efforts. The ideal candidate will also have a strong understanding of pertinent controllership processes and ability to identify and implement changes to improve operational efficiency. This role will be based in London, reporting directly to the Head of Internal Controls in Controllership, Finance Europe.

3. Principal Responsibilities / Key Results Area

The key responsibilities of the Senior Manager will include the following:

• Perform end to end review of Internal Control reviews, including scoping, controls documentation, walkthroughs, testing, remediation, and reporting.
• Perform data analysis to determine risk, often with large amounts of complex data
• Use Excel and Power BI to create interactive visualizations and business intelligence capabilities with an interface that is easy to use for creating business cases, reports and management information (MI) dashboards.
• Execute upon the vision, mission, strategies, and annual goals for the Internal Control function, which would comprise of analyzing data meaningfully to identify unusual trends, anomalies, and non-compliant transactions with the various Visa policies and procedures.
• Timely escalate potential high-risk exceptions to line manager for timely action, reporting, and resolution.
• Work closely with management and respective functions leadership to determine areas of risk, implement solutions to address exceptions noted and improve processes to minimize risk.
• Share testing results with Regional / Country Management, Controllership, Internal and External auditors and other stakeholders (Compliance, Risk, Legal etc.) as needed to provide a current state of the control environment.
• Clearly articulate to stakeholders including Senior Management findings, its impact to the company and ways to solve issues.
• Serve as local subject matter expert on the design and testing of internal controls:
• Collaborate with regional / global teams to obtain feedback, themes and effectiveness of testing approaches, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the processes and seek opportunities for centralization, globalization and automation. 
• Share feedback with regional / global teams on improvements of existing queries and recommend new queries to enhance the process and make it more efficient.
• Suggest improvements to the testing framework for addressing specific needs and risks at an individual country/cluster level.
• Evaluate risks and controls for new system implementations, assess the financial impact on controls and recommend solutions to correct issues identified. 
• Supporting and improving finance processes and for the documentation of processes with related controls (revenue, payables, accounting, Operations support)
• Assist with testing of SOX program, with due consideration for embedded and automated system controls, whilst also considering and assessing the impact of IT on business and finance processes.

1. Strategic Nature, Management, Accountability and Scope

• Results of the work performed by the Senior Manager will be shared with regional and global teams, including Regional Controllers, Regional and Country Leadership teams. Ultimately, results of the work may also be shared with Global Corporate Controller, Senior Global Management, Internal and External Auditors.

1. Decision Making and Complexity

• This position requires interaction with Business Owners, Senior Management, Internal and External auditors. The individual is expected to use sound discretion and professional judgment in all such interactions.
• This position should at all times support decisions making process on what will be most beneficial to the Company. For example, providing a balance between benefits of implementing improvements or enhanced controls versus the cost of their implementing and execution.

1. Reporting Relationships and Interactions

• This role will be based in London, reporting directly to the Head of Internal Controls in Controllership, Finance Europe.
• Work extensively in a team environment and provide direction to assist other members in cross-functional teams.

1. Key Competencies

• Strong controls, compliance and/ or auditing background with demonstrated understanding of corporate’s policies and procedures. Experience in the execution of an end to end SOX program.
• Good understanding of risks and controls both Information technology and Business Processes
• Detail oriented and be able to work well under pressure and accustomed to project work with tight deadlines.
• Proficiency in Excel, VBA, PowerPoint, and Power BI is essential.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor.
• Ability to think out of the box, innovate and take a solutions-oriented approach.
• Creative, self-starter, quick thinker and dedicated individual who is eager to put his/her stamp on this job role. 
• Excellent business and communication skills with the ability to focus on the big picture, understand key priorities, and ability to communicate effectively across regional and/or functional lines.
• Act with the highest integrity and be accountable for owns actions and behaviours
• Self-motivated and ability to work independently.
• Team oriented, collaborative, diplomatic and flexible.
• Challenge the status quo and be curious and bold to advocate for changes that bring value and eliminates manual tasks.
• Flexibility to work across multiple time zones with occasional travel.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree or Masters Degree
• Years of Experience: More than 8 years of experience required
• Certifications: Chartered CISA / CIA / CFE preferred

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.