Senior Director, Finance Marketing Services Team

Company Description

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, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world. Join Visa and do work that matters — to you, to your community, and to the world.

Progress starts with you.

We are seeking a strong Finance leader to join our Marketing Services Finance team. The Global Finance team supports one of the fastest growth engines at Visa, and closely partners with the leaders across Global and Regional teams. This is a terrific opportunity to partner with senior executives to deliver an ambitious strategic and financial agenda for Visa.

The Senior Director will serve as a deputy CFO for the Marketing Services and will manage the end-to-end scope of FP&A for the business unit. The role holder will be leading a high-performance team focused on Strategic financial planning, performance management reporting and commercial strategy in collaboration with key cross-functional stakeholders.

This role is pivotal in VAS Marketing Strategy, driving pricing plan, and ensuring maximum ROI across global and regional markets. The Finance Director will partner closely with Global teams in VAS, Marketing function, Legal, and Regional Marketing Services teams in go-to-market strategy, develop scalable programs, and maximize financial outcomes for Visa.

The position involves deriving important insights and effectively communicating with senior finance leaders and executive management of Visa Value Added Services. The ideal candidate will have a background within Marketing or Consulting industry with deep expertise in strategic finance, financial analysis, and business partnering, and demonstrated experience in cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Business Partnership:

• Partner closely with cross-regional and cross-functional Finance leads to understand revenue drivers and elevate the level of analysis around revenue and related costs
• Drive VAS Marketing revenue targets aligned with FY26+ growth strategy.
• Develop frameworks for commercializing VAS Marketing assets globally and Create standardized playbooks and margin targets for client deals.
• Partner closely with Global Marketing services leads in developing multi-year strategic roadmap
• Support the negotiations and contracting for VAS Marketing client deals, ensuring compliance and commercial due diligence.
• Surface upsell/cross-sell opportunities in our client engagements.
• Establish and grow strong relationships with a broad base of business stakeholders as a valued business partner
• Align functional goals and strategies to broader global initiatives
• Develop and present strategic insights about the Marketing Services business

Financial Management:

• Lead key financial activities for the Marketing Services, including multi-year strategic planning, annual financial planning, quarterly outlook and business reviews, month-end analytics and management reporting, and on-going financial risks and opportunities assessment
• Provide meaningful driver-based analytics and insights to senior leadership about the Marketing Services’ financial performance and forward-looking outlook
• Understand business levers and recommend measures to further improve financial results and business margins, while assessing financial risks and opportunities, and evaluating options to optimize return on investments
• Establish efficient processes and expand the reporting and analytics capabilities across broader Advisory Services under VAS
• Oversee asset inventory tracking and utilization across regions.
• Collaborate with Global Marketing function and Regional Marketing Services Partners.
• Manage end-to-end delivery of the financials related to VAS marketing assets activations.
• Assess net-new VAS Marketing opportunities and commercial potential with highest ROI.
• Build best-in-class…