Finance Manager, Planning CoE (Cost of Volume)

VISA; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa in London, United Kingdom, is hiring a Manager, Europe Cost of Volume (COV) Planning to lead regional forecasting and baseline development within the Europe Planning COE. You will partner with FP&A, CoE Global, FSS, DSG and business stakeholders to drive accuracy and continuous improvement in forecasting processes.

The role focuses on regional COV baseline quality, reforecasting, and governance, with responsibilities for cycle execution, monthly close, and submission readiness.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
• Strong understanding of FP&A processes and tools.
• Familiarity with Visa systems and data sources.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to partner with stakeholders to drive process improvement.
• Ability to operate in a matrixed environment with accountability.

Responsibilities

• Own regional COV baselines and AI-driven reforecasting.
• Review discounts, waivers, and exceptions; validate drivers.
• Support pricing and baseline reviews; assess impact.
• Validate allocations, mappings, hedging logic, data quality.
• Coordinate forecast updates and submission readiness.
• Deliver materials and insights on COV performance and risks.
• Manage FX, risk assessments, governance and quality.

Skills

5+ years FP&A

FP&A processes

Analytical skills

Stakeholder partnership

Matrixed environment

Standardize FP&A

Tools

Financial planning tools

Job description

About Us
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.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.

Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.

Job Description

Our Finance Velocity Office was designed to accelerate our path to building a world-class finance function. This function is shaping our transformation strategy, improving our business operations and enhancing the impact we make as a function. 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 is helping to drive global consistency and operating as one team to build a foundation that supports the growth and complexity of our business and improves the day-to-day interactions of our Finance teams.

The Manager, Europe Cost of Volume (COV) Planning will play a key role within the Europe Planning Center of Excellence (COE). Reporting to the Europe Planning COE Regional Partner (Sr. Director), this role is responsible for regional Cost of Volume forecasting, baseline development, governance, reporting, and planning cycle execution. The role serves as the regional owner for COV baseline quality, exception management, consolidation of local overlays, and submission readiness, partnering with FP&A, CoE Global, FSS, DSG, and business stakeholders to drive forecasting accuracy, process consistency, and continuous improvement.

Essential Functions

• Cost of Volume Baseline & Reforecasting: Own regional COV baselines and AI-driven reforecasting; review discounts, waivers, and exceptions; validate assumptions and forecast drivers.
• Pricing & Commercial Analysis: Support pricing and baseline reviews; assess commercial impacts, market dynamics, and key COV drivers.
• Allocations, Mapping & Validation: Validate allocations, mappings, hedging logic, and data quality; ensure alignment with global methodologies and reporting standards.
• Forecasting & Planning Cycles: Coordinate forecast updates, quality reviews, local overlays, and submission readiness; support variance analysis across forecasts and actuals.
• Monthly Close & Outlook Reporting: Deliver review materials, commentary, and insights on COV performance, risks, and baseline changes.
• Cycle Governance, FX & Risk Management: Manage FX, mix, and risk assessments; review exceptions and ensure governance and submission quality.
• Transformation & Project Management: Serve as the regional COV lead; partner with FP&A, CoE Global, FSS, and DSG to enhance methodologies, data quality, automation, and planning tools.

This is a hybrid position based in London, United Kingdom, supporting the Europe region. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office three set days a week (determined by leadership/site).

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
• Strong understanding of financial planning processes, methodologies, and best practices, as well as proficiency with financial planning tools and technologies.
• Strong understanding of Visa systems, planning processes, and data sources.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to partner with internal and external stakeholders to drive process improvement initiatives.
• Ability to operate with high credibility in Visa’s matrixed environment, with clear accountability and decision rights.
• Ability to identify opportunities to standardize key FP&A processes and improve efficiency across the finance organization.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the financial services industry, with knowledge of industry-specific trends and challenges.
• Experience with advanced forecasting techniques, predictive analytics, and statistical modeling to support baseline revenue planning.
• Experience implementing or optimizing financial planning systems and 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.