Job Title: Business Leader Job
Location: Foster City, CA, US
Business Leader (Job Number:124708)
Location- United States-CA-Foster City
Organization- Technology
Job- Prog/Project Management
Description
Visa Inc. is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories, enabling them to use digital currency instead of cash and checks.
Visa does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa’s innovations enable its bank customers to offer consumers choices: Pay now with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with credit products. From the world’s major cities to remote areas without banks, people are increasingly relying on digital currency along with mobile technology to use their money anytime, make purchases online, transfer funds and access basic financial services. All of which makes their lives easier and helps grow economies.
Behind the Visa brand are more than 6,500 talented employees who continuously raise the bar with innovative solutions and products that deliver the convenience and security of digital currency to more people all over the world.
Position Summary
This position is part of the Global Product Development organization in the Business Planning and Operation group. The position will be the liaison between various groups within organization, Product and Finance.
Job Scope
This person in this role needs to have the ability and confidence to act autonomously in many situations. The team works in a fast paced environment with many tight deadlines. Many critical decisions need to be made quickly and action plans need to be executed accordingly. There is not time for this person to review all decisions with their supervisor. They need to have sufficient knowledge of the Visa business, financial goals and the confidence to make decisions and implement actions plans on their own.
Responsibilities
-Develops reporting processes, standard reports, financial/utilization models and ad hoc financial analysis
-Critically analyzes financial data, draws conclusions and effectively articulates recommendations and results to clients
-Ability to gain a deep understanding of the strategies, priorities and issues of the divisions supported
-Consults and assists functional managers in planning, forecasting, reporting and improving performance.
-Thrives on an environment that is fast-paced, rapidly changing, and customer service-oriented
-Operates with minimal supervision and able to make informed, well-reasoned decisions independently
-Proactive, resourceful, and creative in fully utilizing available resources and data to achieve excellent analysis
-Develop relevant financial metrics to provide key analytics to Business Partners
-Execute on strategic initiatives by delivering assigned projects and programs on time and on budget
-Provide timely and accurate reporting to all stakeholders and GIS management team, proactively identify and mitigate risks and issues
-Maintain meticulous records of projects and programs financials, issues, risks, decisions, schedules
-Support the development of budgets, capital planning, detailed business plans, and forecasts, with management teams and business units and maintain tracking as needed
-Support the monthly financial close process (including receipts, accruals, variance analysis, etc) in accordance with deadlines
-Review cost center transaction details to determine if appropriate, and prepare journals for any accruals or reclasses needed within period end deadlines
-Monitor progress against plan, forecast and prior periods and prepare commentary and variance analysis as needed
-Partner with Global and Regional finance teams to understand variances, business drivers and influence forecasting assumptions
Qualifications
-7-10 years of finance experience (in the financial services industry is a plus)
-Bachelor’s degree required, CPA preferred
-Strong understanding of all P&L, including accounting transaction and GAAP
-Proven advanced financial analysis and modeling, economic and business research with a demonstrated increased level of business complexity.
-Proficiency with business applications such as Oracle, MS Office, Advanced skills in Excel and Power Point
-Excellent team player
-An agent of change - someone willing to challenge the status quo and able to drive change
-Strong financial and analytical skills
-Strong ability to effectively communicate complex information to all levels of leadership both verbally and through written methods.
-Self-drive/motivation to work effectively as an individual, as well as in a team environment
-Excellent planning, organizational skills and business judgment, including the ability to anticipate the impact of decisions and actions
-Solid understanding of project management techniques, methodologies, and best practices.
-Solid analytical skills and ability to think strategically.
-Strong leadership qualities and organizational skills as well as the ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities, assignments, and roles.
-Independent judgment and mature decision making skills to manage projects that often have enterprise-wide scope and may have significant financial and compliance impacts.
Nearest Major Market: San Francisco
Nearest Secondary Market: Oakland
Job Segments: Banking, Bank, Database, Oracle, ERP, Finance, Technology
Deadline Date:28th Feb 2013
How To Apply:
http://jobs.visa.com/job/Foster-City-Business-Leader-Job-CA-94404/2386033/