Financial Analyst

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.Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.Job DescriptionNorth America FP&AThe North America Revenue FP&A Team is seeking to hire a Financial Analyst to its broader team supporting the drivers of North America Revenue. Drivers of Revenue include metrics such as Payments Volume, Processed Transactions, and Average Transaction Size. The Team is tasked with developing conceptually sound, rigorous, and detailed understandings of the various elements that impact net revenue, with the goal of optimizing financial performance and delivering against financial goals. This is supported by core planning & analysis responsibilities, the ongoing drive to uncover new insights, suggest improvements, and inform business decisions.Position Summary – Financial Analyst, North America DriversThe role will be responsible for evaluating, designing, maintaining, and improving financial models to support analysis of North America transactions and payment volumes. The role will cover both in-depth analysis of reported results as well as working on financial data analytics to forecast business trends.The role will report to the North America Drivers Finance Lead with the expectation to drive efficiencies, improve forecasting, and enhance drivers trend analysis. The candidate will be a key member of the highly visible NA Revenue FPA team and collaborate across Visa Finance and Business organizations.Key areas of responsibility:Lead month-end activities, analyze monthly and quarterly results, identify and interpret key variances, trends, and insights, present key findings to managementContribute to Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting activities within the scope in line with regional and global requirementsCombine observed patterns and trends and create accurate forecasts, able to triangulate and exercise judgement. Be able to lead ad hoc data analyses, extracting a clean dataset, structuring objectives, and translating complex results into clear, actionable insightsLearn and understand Visa’s financial reporting systems, run data queries, develop financial architecture, and support finance technology initiativesEvaluate existing models and seek opportunities to introduce new tools and identify areas of opportunity for improvement and efficienciesCollaborate and coordinate with a broad base of stakeholdersSkillsIntellectually curious, able to identify key performance trends and storylines, build and deliver presentationsHighly collaborative team player, able to establish strong relationshipsAble to establish a broad and deep understanding of the payments landscapeVery strong analytical skills, able to pull and analyze financial data, hands-on experience developing complex financial models and with solid foundation in Excel and PowerPointThis is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager. QualificationsBasic Qualifications2 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD, or PhD)Preferred Qualifications3 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or more than 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD)Additional InformationWork Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.Mental/Physical Requirements: This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.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.Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable local law, including the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.U.S. APPLICANTS ONLY: The estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is 104,900 to 148,500 USD per year, which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for bonus and equity. Visa has a comprehensive benefits package for which this position may be eligible that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401 (k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness Program.