Director, Value-Add Finance Ops & Transformation

Financeroles; Foster City (CA); Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 277,000; Full time

Job summary

Visa is seeking a finance transformation and operations leader to strengthen FP&A planning, coordination, and execution across the Central Finance team and regional partners. You will embed scalable capabilities, including AI and automation, to improve reporting, forecasting, and governance.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, process redesign, and adoption of new workflows with a focus on measurable impact and strong controls within a data-driven finance organization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of work experience; Bachelor’s degree or 8+ with advanced degree; or 3+ with PhD.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Economics, Business, Data Analytics, CS, or related field.
• Experience driving finance transformation and operating model improvements in a large org.
• Experience implementing analytics, workflow, automation, or operational improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance transformation and operating model initiatives across planning, close, reporting, forecasting, governance, and decision support.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution across Central Finance, regional/product FP&A, Technology, and COE.
• Identify AI-enabled and automation use cases; enable practical improvements to reporting, planning, forecasting, and controls.
• Drive change management, training, and governance to sustain new capabilities and ensure compliance.

Skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Excel proficiency

Power BI

Tableau

Power Automate

Power Apps

SharePoint

SQL

Python basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or related field

Advanced degree (MBA/JD/MD) or PhD preferred

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Power Automate

Power Apps

Excel

SharePoint

Job description

Visa is seeking a finance transformation and operations leader to strengthen FP&A planning, coordination, and execution across the Central Finance team and regional partners. You will embed scalable capabilities, including AI and automation, to improve reporting, forecasting, and governance.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, process redesign, and adoption of new workflows with a focus on measurable impact and strong controls within a data-driven finance organization.