Sr. Financial Analyst

Job Description

The individual is responsible to assist Business Functions as Sales, Marketing, Products, Merchant Sales & Solutions (MSS), Consulting and other functional areas to manage high risk projects as Value-in-Kind, Prepayments, Sponsorship deals and other related initiatives for clients and cardholders to drive Visa revenue growth.

In addition to the above, Sr. Financial Analyst will also partnerwith other functional groupsin providing guidance, as needed, on other transactions involving high risk areas such as travel, entertainment, events management, gifts, and donations according to Visa’s policies and procedures. The incumbent should have a solid understanding of corporate policies and procedures and should provide oversight of any identified areas of control weaknesses, being responsible to validate and coordinate policy exception requirements for the country and then channel these to the Market Controller and/or other policy owners to resolve.

The Sr. Financial Analyst acts as a key representative from the Controllership Group and will work with cross functional control groups (Compliance, Legal, Sourcing, Client Contract Management, and Continuous Control Monitoring) in building a strong control environment in the region and will perform a critical role in the identification, reporting and remediation of policies deviations within areas of scope.

This role is pivotal, and the individual must be a pro-active and confident communicator with a desire to add value at different levels of the organization. Building strong relationships with regional, hub-based functional and country teams is essential to the success of this role in assisting the business owners, such as Sales, Marketing, and Products, to focus on our business partner client services, in a compliant manner. The individual must be able to perform its work independently with minimal supervision from direct leader and is expected to interact with multiple levels in the organization.

Essential Functions

• Ensure a strong knowledge of Key Policies and Procedures such as VIK, Prepayments, T&E, Sourcing, Anti-Bribery, Global Sponsorship and Key Controls
• Ensure VIK projects meet established compliance requirements and approvals prior to roll out phase.
  • Proper classification and program entry/submission
  • Accurate documents
  • Project Closure in accordance with contract terms
  • Proper use of third-party suppliers
  • Validate receipt documentation where applicable
  • Must ensure recognition of revenue is following ASC 606 GAAP rules: working closely with the market controller
  • Partner with Legal and contracting teams in ensuring contractual language is clear around services deliverables attracting revenue recognition
• Serve as cross functional coordinator on VIK other projects (including coordination with other multiple Visa markets)
• Support Client and Vendor transactions following Operations Support Operating Model focusing on financial impact aspects
• Participate on Global workstreams related to VIK improvements and process optimization
• Ensure prepayments are aligned with procedure requirements, while ensuring business functions practice sound financial stewardship practices
• Execute Data Analytics reports and support team on tracking and monitoring of transactions under OS Scope
• Provide oversight to, Market Controller and Mexico country Management on non-compliance issues
  • Ensure timely self-reporting of incidents and non-compliance actions
  • Demonstrate good judgement in determining when to escalate to the Directors or Controller on non-compliance issues and deviations
  • Coordinate remediation of issues and compliance related matters promptly to avoid recurrent deviations
• Support internal Audit Engagements and Continuous Monitoring reviews

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