Director jobs in United Kingdom

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The US Deal team is a function in Finance responsible for providing financial analysis and deal pricing expertise to compete for client brand decisions. The team is responsible for providing deal support for Visa’s largest book of business globally. This includes end-to-end deal execution in collaboration with various stakeholders and cross functional teams. The team is critical to delivering against Visa's revenue and business objectives and highly visible to executive leadership.

This role is responsible for the development of detailed financial models and analyses to structure client incentive deals, utilizing and producing different financial outputs as appropriate (including Visa P&L, projected cash flow and amortization schedules). The Director will collaborate and partner with Visa’s Sales and Legal teams to provide support and direction regarding appropriate contract structures and terms. In addition, they will participate in the resolution of financial structure and contractual issues during negotiations with clients and provide financial leadership across a subset of our client deals, in support of Visa's revenue / business objectives alongside various business partners, including:

• Structuring client / Visa negotiated commitments and associated pricing.
• Supporting sales in negotiation and execution of deals.
• Reviewing and approving contracts / client incentive agreements.
• Ensuring Visa meets critical financial, contractual, and regulatory commitments.
• Supporting deal strategy to meet Visa’s long term goals.
• Drive on the most complex and strategic deals – Own the development of detailed financial models and analyses to structure client incentive deals, utilizing and producing different financial outputs as appropriate (including Visa P&L, projected cash flow and amortization schedules).

Advance Visa’s multi-year growth aspirations as a Strategic Deal Partner:

• Provide senior management with critical input to make tough deal decisions.
• Provide expertise / thought leadership to team and stakeholders on deal best practices, including education and training on deal structuring, deal strategy, deal metrics.
• Collaborate with stakeholders / cross functional teams to support Visa's strategic imperatives, including develop deal strategies and campaigns to continue to grow and protect brand placement and supporting Commercial Money Movement and Value Added Service initiatives.
• Develop talent – Drive team engagement and development through coaching, continuous feedback, identifying growth opportunities Enable and empower team to drive and perform independently across deals and projects Champion inclusion and diversity.

Basic Qualifications:

• 10 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or at least 8 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters MBA JD MD)

Preferred Qualifications:

• 12 or more years of experience with a Bachelor’s Degree or 8 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, or MD)
• Financial transaction analysis, contract or pricing negotiation experience preferred, familiarity with Payments is a plus
• Analytical / Problem Solving Skills: Demonstrated analytical and problem solving skills. Strong data research and manipulation skills. Experience in investment, valuation, or transactional analysis. Ability to be objective in analysis.
• Communication: Strong communication skills: written, verbal, and formal presentation. Able to adjust communication style and messaging for different audience. Ability to articulate and explain financial constructs to a non-financial audience.
• Collaboration: Strong collaboration skills: work well as part of a cross-functional team and able to influence both internal and external stakeholders. Ability to find and articulate win-win solutions in contract negotiations. Balances needs of the business with individual deal needs.
• Project Management: Strong organizational and time management skills. Ability to translate data effectively into actionable information to drive results. Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe PDF.
• Leadership: Demonstrates strong sense of urgency to solving problems and getting deal done. Anticipate business and deal needs including the root cause of business challenges. Succinctly frames alternatives and next steps.
• Creativity: Able to work in and bring structure to ambiguous environments. Comfort in delivering multi-dimensional solutions that support decision-making processes.

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 welcomes and encourages applications from persons with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.