Senior Finance Manager

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Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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Job Description

Visa is seeking a Senior Finance Manager to support the Card Benefits P&L and Regional Products and Solutions (RPS) teams within the Value Added Services (VAS) organization across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). This role will serve as a strategic finance partner to regional business leaders, providing financial planning, performance management, investment analysis, and decision support to help drive long-term value creation.

The ideal candidate will combine strong financial discipline with commercial acumen, supporting the business beyond traditional reporting through insights, recommendations, and cross-functional partnership. This role will help enable data-driven decision-making, strengthen controllership and governance, improve operating mechanisms, and drive simplification and automation across finance processes. The Senior Finance Manager will work closely with regional, global, and in-market stakeholders to support product commercialization, business case evaluation, and resource prioritization across a dynamic and fast-growing portfolio.

The role is expected to go beyond reporting by acting as a strategic partner to the business—supporting product commercialization, regional investment prioritization, and decision-making through data-driven analysis. A strong focus of the role is continuous improvement—simplifying, automating, and enhancing reports, models, and mechanisms. Success in this role requires strong analytical rigor, executive communication, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to influence decisions that drive long-term value.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, month-end close support, and long-range planning for the Card Benefits P&L and RPS-supported initiatives across LAC.
• Provide end-to-end financial analysis on revenue, investments, client incentives, headcount, and operating expenses, identifying key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Partner with business leaders to evaluate investment decisions, product initiatives, and go-to-market strategies, delivering actionable insights and recommendations.
• Support RPS teams in assessing business cases tied to product localization, commercialization, deployment, and regional growth priorities.
• Monitor business performance through variance analysis, scenario modeling, productivity tracking, and ROI assessment, clearly articulating implications to leadership.
• Prepare and deliver executive-level reporting packages, dashboards, and presentations that translate complex financial results into clear business narratives.
• Strengthen controllership and governance by ensuring accurate financial reporting, policy compliance, audit readiness, and adherence to internal controls.
• Partner with controllership, billing, finance operations, and cross-functional teams to ensure timely revenue recognition, reconciliation, billing accuracy, and close processes.
• Drive continuous improvement by simplifying, automating, and standardizing reports, models, and planning mechanisms across teams.
• Align stakeholders on metric definitions, KPIs, and reporting logic to improve consistency, transparency, and decision-making.
• Support a predictable business cadence through effective planning forums, post-mortems, and cross-functional operating mechanisms.
• Help build stronger financial acumen across business partners by promoting knowledge sharing, clear frameworks, and insight-driven discussions.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:

9 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD

9+ years of relevant work experience with a bachelor’s degree, or 7+ with an advanced degree, or 3+ with a PhD.

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field.

Minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience with a bachelor’s degree, or at least 5 years with an advanced degree (e.g., MBA, Master’s), or 2 years with a PhD.

Proven experience in financial analysis, modeling, and valuation support.

Strong background in interpreting accounting and financial data to guide business decisions.

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines in a fast-paced global matrix environment.

Strong command of financial, market, and consumer data with the ability to distill complex issues into clear, actionable insights.

Hands-on approach with high attention to detail and commitment to excellence.

Prior experience in FP&A, investment banking, consulting, or corporate strategy.

Experience in budgeting, forecasting, business performance analytics, and working with multi-functional teams.

Familiarity with complex financial systems (e.g., Hyperion, TM1) is a plus.

Ability to improve processes and systems to balance short- and long-term growth objectives.

Strong influencing skills and ability to operate effectively in a dual reporting matrix environment.

Proven expertise in managing and analyzing large datasets.

Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel for financial modeling and PowerPoint for executive presentations.

Exceptional analytical, critical thinking, and project management skills, with the ability to connect disparate data points into a clear business narrative.

Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills to engage and influence senior management.

Strategic and analytical thinker able to navigate complex problems and ambiguous situations, making fact-based recommendations.

Collaborative, diplomatic, and adaptable with the ability to work across global and regional teams.

Ability to speak Spanish and/or Portuguese

U.S. Applicants Only

Work 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