Director, VAS Finance Ops & Transformation

Visa•Foster City, CA

5d•$173,000 - $276,900•Hybrid

About The Position

Visa is seeking a finance transformation and operations leader in its Central Finance team to strengthen how VAS Finance plans, coordinates, executes, and scales core FP&A work. The role partners across VAS, Finance Transformation, Technology, and Regional and VAS Product finance teams to improve operating discipline, simplify workflows, and accelerate transformation initiatives. It also identifies and embeds scalable capabilities, including AI and automation where they support practical finance outcomes. The position leads initiatives to simplify, standardize, and scale finance processes across planning, close, reporting, forecasting, governance, and decision support. It coordinates cross-functional execution by translating priorities into plans, connecting owners and dependencies, tracking progress, resolving friction points, and embedding new processes in day-to-day FP&A operations. The role identifies approved AI-enabled, automation, workflow, and analytics use cases that create measurable value, and drives the governance, controls, training, documentation, and adoption routines needed to sustain new capabilities. It tracks results such as efficiency gains, reduced cycle times, adoption, quality improvements, stronger controls, and financial or operational value. The successful candidate brings strong finance process knowledge, operational execution discipline, change management experience, and practical familiarity with automation, workflow tools, analytics, financial systems, and AI-enabled capabilities. The role involves significant responsibility and interaction with senior finance and cross-functional partners. It is a hybrid position based in Visa’s San Francisco office, with at least three days in the office; the Hiring Manager will confirm the specific in-office expectations. Work hours vary according to department needs, and travel is 5–10% of the time. The work is performed in an office setting and involves sitting and standing at a desk, communicating in person and by telephone, and frequently operating standard office equipment such as telephones and computers.

Requirements

At least 10 years of work experience with a Bachelor’s degree, at least 8 years with an advanced degree, or at least 3 years with a PhD.
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Economics, Business, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field.
Experience driving finance transformation, operating model improvements, process redesign, or technology-enabled change within a large, matrixed organization.
Demonstrated experience improving business processes and implementing analytics, workflow, automation, or operational improvement initiatives.
Proficiency with visualization, workflow, and productivity tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Power Automate, Power Apps, Excel, SharePoint, or similar platforms.
Strong communication skills, including the ability to engage cross-functional and senior stakeholders, distill complex issues, and translate analysis into concise, actionable recommendations.
Strong attention to detail, strategic judgment, curiosity, and creativity, with the ability to connect detailed execution with broader business and operating model objectives.
Excellent project management and organizational skills, with demonstrated ability to drive change from concept through execution, adoption, and measurable impact.
Practical familiarity with approved AI, automation, workflow, and analytics tools, including the ability to assess use cases, partner with technical teams, and support responsible deployment within enterprise governance standards.
Hands-on problem-solving ability, including translating stakeholder needs into practical process, reporting, workflow, or automation solutions in partnership with finance and technology teams.
Adaptability in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment, a continuous improvement mindset, and awareness of emerging finance technology and AI trends.
Demonstrated ability to use technology-enabled capabilities to optimize or redesign workflows and drive measurable impact in finance processes and deliverables, including efficiency gains, quality improvements, and stronger controls.
Understanding of enterprise finance, planning, reporting, and ERP systems, such as Oracle Hyperion Planning, SAP, EPM platforms, Microsoft project/productivity suites, or similar integrated systems.
Proficiency in data analysis and automation tools, hands-on ability to work with Excel, and familiarity with SQL, Python, Power Query, or similar capabilities to analyze data and automate recurring tasks.
Exposure to AI-enabled productivity tools, natural language capabilities, APIs, or related technologies, and an understanding of how they can support finance workflows.

Nice To Haves

12 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor’s degree, 8–10 years with an advanced degree, or 6 or more years with a PhD.
Working knowledge of data models, analytics methods, and basic machine learning concepts.

Responsibilities

Lead initiatives to simplify, standardize, and scale VAS Finance processes across planning, close, reporting, forecasting, governance, and decision support.
Partner with stakeholders to identify high-value process improvements, shape execution plans, and build repeatable capabilities that strengthen operating discipline.
Coordinate cross-functional execution across Central Finance, regional and product FP&A, Finance Transformation, Technology, COE, and business partners.
Translate transformation priorities into practical execution plans, connect owners and dependencies, track progress, resolve friction points, and embed new processes into day-to-day FP&A operations.
Identify and support approved AI-enabled, automation, workflow, and analytics use cases that create measurable value.
Support improvements to reporting, planning, forecasting, close coordination, commentary capture, variance analysis, executive decision support, controls, and operating consistency.
Drive change management, training, documentation, and adoption routines to sustain new capabilities.
Establish governance, controls, and operating standards for new workflows, ensuring solutions are sustainable, auditable, and aligned with Finance policies, data requirements, and approved technology standards.
Track measurable impact, including efficiency gains, cycle-time reduction, adoption, quality improvements, control enhancements, and financial or operational value delivered.