Financial Analyst, Planning CoE

Visa; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is hiring a Financial Analyst for Europe Planning Center of Excellence to support Cost of Volume and Core Revenue planning across Europe. You will partner with FP&A, Finance Shared Services, Data Science and regional stakeholders to improve forecasting accuracy and standardize planning processes.

This hybrid role is based in London, United Kingdom, requiring collaboration across multiple teams to deliver reliable forecasts and insightful commentary for planning cycles and monthly close.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis or a related analytical role.
• Understanding of forecasting, budgeting and variance-analysis concepts.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and data-validation skills with attention to detail.
• Experience using Excel and financial planning, reporting, or data-management tools.

Responsibilities

• Support development and maintenance of CoV and Core Revenue forecast baselines and planning drivers.
• Prepare forecast updates, variance analysis, and commentary across actuals, outlooks and planning cycles.
• Perform data validation and quality checks for revenue, CoV, mapping and hedging inputs.
• Support monthly close and outlook reporting with standardized materials and insights.
• Coordinate inputs from regional stakeholders to ensure timely forecast submissions.
• Assist governance activities including exception tracking and controls maintenance.
• Help enhance Oracle EPM and other planning tools, including testing and automation adoption.
• Manage data loads into legacy planning systems (e.g., Hyperion) and reconcile outputs.

Skills

Financial planning

Forecasting

Data validation

Excel proficiency

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

Oracle EPM

Hyperion

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 is accelerating the development of a world-class finance function by strengthening business operations, driving global consistency, and improving the day-to-day experience of Finance teams.

The Financial Analyst, Europe Planning Center of Excellence (CoE), will support Cost of Volume (CoV) and Core Revenue planning across the Europe region. Reporting to a Europe Planning CoE Regional Partner, this role will help deliver reliable forecasts, planning-cycle submissions, reporting, and analysis. The analyst will partner with FP&A, Finance Shared Services, Data Science, Technology, and regional business stakeholders to improve data quality, forecasting accuracy, and planning processes.

Essential Functions

• Support development and maintenance of CoV and Core Revenue forecast baselines, including key planning drivers, yield and pricing assumptions, allocations, FX impacts, discounts, waivers, and local overlays.
• Prepare forecast updates, variance analysis, and supporting commentary across actuals, outlooks, and planning cycles; identify trends, risks, and key changes for review.
• Perform data validation and quality checks for revenue, CoV, mapping, allocation, tagging, and hedging-related inputs, following established global methodologies and reporting standards.
• Support monthly close and outlook reporting by preparing standardized reporting materials, management insights, and planning-cycle documentation.
• Coordinate and track inputs from regional stakeholders to help ensure timely, complete, and accurate forecast submissions.
• Support governance activities, including exception tracking, review of forecast assumptions, and maintenance of documentation and controls.
• Assist with enhancements to Oracle EPM and other planning tools, including user testing, process documentation, and adoption of automation and AI-enabled forecasting capabilities.
• Manage data loads into legacy planning systems (for example, Hyperion), including validating source data, reconciling outputs, investigating issues, and maintaining load documentation.
• Partner with FP&A, Finance Shared Services, Data Science, Technology, and business teams to resolve data issues and identify opportunities to standardize and improve planning processes.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis, finance, accounting, or a related analytical role.
• Understanding of financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and variance-analysis concepts.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data-validation skills with attention to detail.
• Experience using Excel and financial planning, reporting, or data-management tools.
• Ability to organize work across recurring deadlines and communicate findings clearly to finance and business partners.
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, matrixed environment and follow established processes and controls.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting revenue, pricing, Cost of Volume, or P&L forecasting.
• Experience with Oracle EPM, Hyperion, or comparable financial planning systems.
• Experience with financial-services data, forecasting automation, predictive analytics, or data visualization.
• Experience supporting financial-system testing, process improvement, or planning-tool enhancements.

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 each week, as determined by leadership and site requirements.

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.