Director - Finance Strategy & Portfolio Management

About the position Visa is seeking a passionate, authentic, dynamic and results-oriented leader to join the Finance Systems Strategy (FSS) team as the Director, Finance Systems Strategy and Portfolio Management. FSS is responsible for managing Finance technology and tools and is currently working directly with the Finance Leadership team to design the future architecture and drive the Finance Technology modernization roadmap. Visa has established a broader Finance Velocity Office (FVO) 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 FSS team is working tightly with the broader FVO to implement technology to evolve how we work together to achieve meaningful, sustainable change and enable our long-term growth agenda. This is a people leader role, reporting to the Senior Director, Finance Systems Strategy. The role involves collaborating with key stakeholders across Finance, IT and the broader business to understand needs, identify improvement opportunities to develop and execute on the roadmap to accelerate our path to building a world-class finance function. Essential Functions include translating finance vision for the future into a world-class technology end-state architecture, supporting the development and management of the end-state architecture, and roadmap for the end-state architecture. The Director will support the development and execution of major roadmap initiatives, develop compelling business cases and use cases as needed to support speedy decision-making by Finance Leadership, and design/facilitate sessions for alignment of end-state and roadmap. The role also involves working with third-party vendors and consulting companies for assessments, analyzing current state and business needs using industry best practices to deliver recommendations, and managing execution of a portfolio of roadmap workstreams including project plans, analysis, deliverables, trackers, and other key project artifacts. The Director will work closely with Technology partners on the day-to-day execution of roadmap initiatives and ongoing business as usual (BAU) tasks such as fixes and enhancements. This position requires strategic and forward-looking thinking with a tendency for looking at issues in a holistic manner, and experience overseeing large, complex, global transformations with a bias for action. The role requires successful navigation in a matrixed environment, with an ability to influence without authority and instead use subject matter expertise and facts. This is a hybrid position, where employees can alternate time between both remote and office, with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs. Responsibilities • Translating finance vision for the future into a world-class technology end-state architecture. , • Supporting development and management of the end-state architecture and roadmap. , • Supporting development and execution of major roadmap initiatives. , • Developing compelling business cases and use cases to support speedy decision-making by Finance Leadership. , • Designing/facilitating sessions for alignment of end-state and roadmap. , • Working with third-party vendors and consulting companies for assessments. , • Analyzing current state and business needs using industry best practices to deliver recommendations. , • Managing execution of portfolio of roadmap workstreams including project plans, analysis, deliverables, trackers, and other key project artifacts. , • Working closely with Technology partners on the day-to-day execution of roadmap initiatives and ongoing BAU tasks. , • Strategic and forward-looking thinking with a holistic view of issues. , • Overseeing large, complex, global transformations with a bias for action. , • Working successfully in a matrixed environment, influencing without authority. Requirements • 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) or at least 3 years of work experience with a PhD. , • MBA strongly preferred. , • Financial Services and Technology Consulting experience preferred. , • Experience designing and executing a finance transformation. , • Experience working on global, multi-stakeholder initiatives, focused on improving the customer experience. , • Exceptional collaboration and partnership skills in a global, matrixed environment with cross-functional teams. Nice-to-haves • 12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 8-10 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 6+ years of work experience with a PhD. Benefits • Wellness program , • Health savings account , • Health insurance , • Dental insurance , • 401(k) , • Flexible spending account , • Paid time off , • Vision insurance , • Life insurance Apply Job!