Director, Financial Systems Strategy – Sourcing Systems

Visa•Foster City, CA

27d•Hybrid

About The Position

Visa is seeking a passionate, authentic, dynamic and results-oriented leader to join the Finance Systems Strategy (FSS) team, reporting to the Senior Director. 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 works closely 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. 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. This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

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

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

Responsibilities

Translating finance vision for the future into a world-class technology end-state architecture, with applications like Ariba, Concur and Fieldglass
Support development and execution of major initiatives in Sourcing, Procurement. Experience in the ERP domain a plus.
Develop compelling business cases and use cases as needed to support speedy decisioning by Finance Leadership.
Design/facilitate sessions for alignment of end-state and roadmap.
Work with third-party vendors and consulting companies for the assessments.
Analyze current state and business needs using industry best practices to deliver recommendations.
Manage execution of portfolio of roadmap workstreams - project plans, analysis, deliverables, trackers, and other key project artifacts.
Work closely with Technology partners on the day-to-day execution of roadmap initiatives and ongoing BAU (Fixes, Enhancements)
Strategic and forward-looking thinking with a tendency for looking at issues in a holistic manner.
Experience overseeing large, complex, global transformations with a bias for action.
Work successfully in a matrixed environment, with an ability to influence without authority and instead use subject matter expertise and facts.