Job description
Role Overview
Finance Manager - CEMEA COE Core Revenue Planning at Visa, based in the CEMEA region.
Company Overview
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. The Finance Velocity Office was designed to accelerate the path to building a world-class finance function, shaping transformation strategy, improving business operations and enhancing organizational impact through speed and strategic focus.
Role Purpose
The Manager, CEMEA Core Revenue Planning plays a key role within the CEMEA Planning Center of Excellence (COE), reporting to the CEMEA Planning COE Regional Partner (Sr. Director). This role owns the end-to-end Oracle EPM revenue forecasting process and serves as the central hub for revenue planning, forecast accuracy, analytics, and finance transformation.
Key Responsibilities
Forecasting & Oracle EPM Ownership
- Own Oracle EPM revenue forecasting capabilities, governance, and enhancements.
- Deliver baseline revenue and P&L forecasts, variance analysis, and planning cycle coordination.
- Drive forecasting automation, AI-enabled capabilities, and continuous improvements in forecast accuracy.
Revenue Planning & Baseline Development
- Own revenue planning methodologies, driver frameworks, forecasting logic, and allocation models.
- Develop and validate domestic and cross-border revenue baselines, yield assumptions, and FX impacts.
- Manage yield and pricing forecasting methodologies and allocation frameworks.
- Maintain revenue tagging and allocation structures to support consistent forecasting and reporting.
Monthly Close, Reporting & Analytics
- Lead monthly close and outlook reporting, including data validation, variance analysis, and management insights.
- Deliver standardized forecasting outputs, reporting packages, and supporting documentation.
Cross-Functional Partnership & Transformation
- Partner with FP&A, Data Science, Technology, and business stakeholders to improve forecast quality and planning effectiveness.
- Lead EPM testing, deployment, process standardization, automation, and AI-driven enhancements.
Qualifications & Experience
Basic Qualifications
- 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree, or
- At least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced Degree (Masters, MBA, JD, MD), or
- 0 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred Qualifications
- 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree, or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (Masters, MBA, JD, MD), or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
- 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.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong understanding of financial planning processes, methodologies, and best practices.
- 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.
Additional Information
- Visa requires at least 3 days in office; expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
- 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.