Director Project Manager Finance Transformation

The Finance Velocity Office at Visa is designed to accelerate our path to building a worldclass finance function shape our transformation strategy improve our business operations and enhance the impact we make as an organization. Why Velocity Velocity is about both speed and strategy focused on accelerating in a given direction. We will hone our approach think big and decide quickly living our Leadership Principles. This dedicated team drives global consistency to operate as one team to:

1. Build a foundation that supports the growth and complexity of our business and improves the daytoday interactions of our Finance teams.
2. Modernize our processes to enable better faster decision making and drive more timely insights for our clients and business partners.
3. Implement technology to evolve how we work together to achieve meaningful sustainable change and enable our longterm growth agenda.
4. Ensure a clear and measurable set of KPIs against our Finance OKRs and Scorecard to track report and recognize key milestones and impact statements for our work product.

The Director Finance Transformation Project Manager will join the Finance Velocity Office to manage high impact projects across the organization advancing the tools and methodology to build and design capabilities. The right candidate has experience building detailed project plans facilitating discussions/ meetings to drive accountability developing stakeholder maps and engagement plans creating tracking dashboards using best in class Project Management tools and playbooks.

Essential Functions:

• Project Management: Ability to plan execute and deliver projects on time. Lead initiative teams guide them through charters business cases roadmaps metric reporting etc.
• Ownership of Initiative Deliverables: Own trackers tools and templates (e.g. templates for charters business cases) for initiatives broadly as part of Program Management office and specifically lead and drive high priority initiatives.
• Facilitate governance: Maintain schedules for key touch points and facilitate meetings. Circulate email communications for transformation as needed.
• Stakeholder Management: Communicate project status to stakeholders regularly. Set clear expectations with business partners and manage daytoday interactions during project execution and delivery. Able to succinctly share status updates and communicate any project issues risks to an executive audience and build relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Issue resolution: Proactively identify manage and mitigate project risks and find ways to accomplish project goals. Drive predictive forwardlooking view of performance and escalate issues with stakeholders for resolution.
• Project Management Playbook: Define and document new or improved project management processes templates and tools. Drive consistency in approach across transformation with reporting mechanisms for leadership stakeholders and team members.
• Support asneeded surge asks: Drive ad hoc analysis (e.g. pressuretesting progress tracking etc.) for leadership as requested

Successful Qualities:

• Business acumen: Understanding of company and Finance strategy how transformation ambitions link to the specific initiatives.
• Strong voice for issue resolution: Active role in driving crossinitiative and crossfunctional intervention for resolution of challenges.
• Strong communication: Verbal and written communication presentation collaboration and teamwork skills with demonstrated ability to gain trust secure buyin and influence change at all levels. An ability to influence without direct authority as well as demonstrate an appropriate level of assertiveness is critical. Proven strong communication with senior leadership to provide transparency and drive clear accountability for ownership of activities and milestones.
• Change championing: Engage and activate leaders and stakeholders towards change driving positive sentiment and willingness towards transformation.
• SelfStarter: Working with limited direction usually within a complex and evolving environment to drive delivery of solutions while influencing cultural change. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and to resolve scheduling and other conflicts to meet all deadlines.

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications:
10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or at least 8
years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters/
MBA/JD/MD) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD

Preferred Qualifications:
12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors Degree or 810 years of
experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD) or 6 years
of work experience with a PhD or 3 years relevant work experience with a PhD
in Finance Management Consulting Information Technology or related fields
Relevant experience in FP&A strongly preferred
MBA strongly preferred
Project Management certification(s) preferred
Experience in directly relevant program or project management roles in
portfolio and program management business analysis planning and
operations or related functions.
Strong process orientation solid understanding of project management
techniques methodologies best practices and management through tools
Demonstrated organizational planning and analytical skills including project
scheduling estimating risk identification and change management
Excellent verbal written and presentation skills and demonstrated ability to
effectively communicate technical and business issues and solutions across
multiple organizational levels
High level of attention to detail including the ability to assess and synthesize
large amounts of content and data related to program status issues risks
dependencies and schedules and distill it in crisp clear language appropriate
for a variety of audiences.
Strong leadership qualities and organizational skills as well as the ability to
adapt quickly to changing priorities assignments and roles
Ability to work independently yet seamlessly integrate activities and
collaborate effectively within a program team and across other organizations
Ability to influence without direct authority to achieve necessary goals
Ability to work optimally with other functional areas and understand the
operational and cultural issues relevant to achieving outstanding results
Experience in Finance or Financial Planning & Analysis team with a detailed
understanding of financial accounting and management reporting a plus
An outofthebox problem solver with solid analytics problem solving skills
who is passionate about brainstorming innovative ways to strategically answer
business problems
Thrives in an environment that is fastpaced constantly evolving and
relationship oriented

Additional Information :

Work Hours: Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements: This position requires travel 510% 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 169100.00 to 245400.00 USD per year which may include potential sales incentive payments (if applicable). Salary may vary depending on jobrelated 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.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime