Company Description

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.

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Job Description

The primary focus is to drive analytical capabilities and develop tools and models to enhance CEMEA revenue forecasting and reporting, including accountability to provide final deliverables.  This role will support the Revenue Director CEMEA.

Principle Responsibilities/Key Results Area

Revenue Analytics

The role would be responsible for designing and maintaining financial models and performing complex analysis deliver strategic insights to support the revenue planning and forecasting for the CEMEA geographies and products:

Design and build pipeline of analytical tools, reports and models to provide insights that boost CEMEA business understanding through financial analysis and enhance planning and reporting capability within the team

Analyze trends of revenue generating drivers such as Payments Volumes and Processed Transactions at country, segment, channel, and product level for use in strategic planning, annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting by assessing key macroeconomic metrics and competitive landscape

Use complex modelling techniques to prepare forward looking perspectives on key revenue drivers to solidify planning and forecasting capabilities

Collaborate with finance teams to enhance quality of management reports relating to revenue

Prepare reports with insights on performance and proactively communicate business implications of analysis

Maintain and enhance existing models and tools (e.g. Input models, yields library) to optimize budgeting and forecasting capabilities

Identify and propose enhancement to planning and forecasting process and finance reporting systems

Contribute to Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting activities within the scope in line with regional and global requirements.

Coordinate data submissions with sub-regional teams and Corporate FP&A team to ensure data availability for reporting and analytics

Teamwork

The role is based on the CEMEA Hub, Dubai office, and reports into the CEMEA Revenue Director based in the same office

Actively contribute to the effectiveness of the team by supporting and co-operating with colleagues and providing cover during period of absence

The flexibility to liaise with various functions both within Visa and externally to deliver ad-hoc projects

This individual is expected to interact effectively with various levels of Visa management and their multi regional staff

Strong interpersonal skills will be required to address on-going needs of a complex, matrix reporting structure and multinational organization

Multicultural sensitivity and interpersonal relationship management skills are essential including the ability to work effectively as part of a team

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or related quantitative field
Minimum 5 years of related Finance experience in a multinational organization preferably in the Payments industry
Excellent communication, written and interpersonal skills and ability to clearly communicate results with senior level executives
Outstanding analytical and quantitative skills, able to resolve tough business problems with well-structured analyses
Exceptional report modeling and data management skills with the ability to work with large amounts of data and organize in a logical and efficient manner
Must be detail oriented to ensure accuracy and quality of output
Ability to work effectively with cross functional teams and produce and coordinate time sensitive deliverables
Proven ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines
Excellent organization, prioritization, and multi-tasking skills
Strong PC and high proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite products (Excel, Word & PowerPoint)
Knowledge of financial systems (TM1, Hyperion, etc.)

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.