Visa is seeking a senior strategic finance director to join the North America (NA) Value鈥慉dded Services (VAS) Finance team. As a Director within NA VAS Finance, this role will partner closely with senior NA VAS executive leadership, sales, product, and operations to shape our financial strategy. This role鈥檚 responsibilities include management of our financial planning and analysis (FP&A) rhythms, developing a value-in-kind (VIK) financial strategy, and delivering thoughtful financial insights. This position requires a candidate who excels at influencing stakeholders and can operate across a highly matrixed environment. Moreover, this role involves strategic planning, assessment, and oversight of VIK and non-cash contributions transactions to ensure they align with the company鈥檚 financial goals. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in strategic finance, investment analysis, and business partnering, with a proven ability to translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable recommendations for senior leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Planning, Investment & Performance Management:
- Lead annual operating plans, forecasts, and outlooks across a globally matrixed organization
- Evaluate business performance, investments, and resource allocation, synthesizing insights for senior leadership
- Deliver timely, accurate, decision鈥憆elevant financial information
- Identify key drivers, risks, and opportunities; recommend actions to improve performance and ROI
- Continuously improve scalable processes for monthly and quarterly performance reporting and executive reviews
- Partner with Financial Systems and Analytics teams to enhance and scale investment and cost analysis capabilities
- Drive finance thought leadership to improve analytical standards, efficiency, and decision quality
Value-in-kind (VIK) Strategic Financial Plan:
- Develop and implement strategies to maximize the value of VIK partnerships and contributions
- Liaise with Sales Ops, AEs, product leads across the company, and others as needed to budget and forecast VIK creation, inventory, and consumption (annual and multi-year plans)
- Partner and consult with deal teams to model and review VIK terms in client contracts
- Oversee the accurate recording and reporting of VIK transactions in accordance with accounting standards and regulations
- Provide trainings to key stakeholders to drive awareness, support change management, drive process effectiveness as needed.
Strategic Advice and Executive Partnerships:
- Act as a trusted finance partner to NA VAS leadership, delivering rigorous insights to inform long鈥憈erm strategy and enterprise decisions
- Maintain deep understanding of NA VAS strategies, priorities, and performance drivers across products, regions, and functions
- Provide forward鈥憀ooking analysis that links financial outcomes to business objectives
- Align financial frameworks and priorities with broader NA VAS, Global VAS, and Visa鈥憌ide initiatives
- Build strong, credibility鈥慴ased relationships across Finance, Product, Technology, and Operations
Business Engagement & Decision Enablement:
- Support senior leaders on investment proposals, business cases, and strategic initiatives
- Deliver tailored, executive鈥憆eady analysis and recommendations for diverse stakeholders
- Provide clear perspectives on performance, investment trade鈥憃ffs, and resource allocation
- Facilitate informed discussions on budgets, spend, and investment prioritization to reinforce ROI discipline
- Develop and maintain financial tools and frameworks to support management decision鈥憁aking
Talent Development & Finance Leadership:
- Mentor and coach finance team members to strengthen analytical rigor and professional growth
- Collaborate across finance to promote best practices, consistency, and high standards
- Contribute to a strong finance community by sharing expertise, frameworks, and insights
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.