Finance Manager

The Accounting Manager will be a part of COE ATR team, responsible for the accounting and finance operations of Visas corporate activities This role will report to a Director and will manage the general accounting and corporate services accounting activities for North America.

Essential Functions

Basic Qualifications
8 or more relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or at least 7 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD.

Preferred Qualifications
8 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor Degree or 7 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 3 or more years of experience with a PhD
CPA equivalent with clear progressive professional accounting experience, preferably in a publicly traded company and/or with a public accounting firm
Strong accounting, quantitative and analytical skills, and ability to accurately apply key U.S. GAAP to different business situations. Consolidation and Intercompany accounting experience is a plus
Previous experience managing teams
Outstanding oral communication, analytical and written skills
Ability to build teams, strong cross-functional relationships and work collaboratively
Ability to manage through change and to lead change when appropriate
Attention to detail, organized and thorough with the desire for continuous improvement
Demonstrated experience in driving process improvement
Proficient with Oracle or similar enterprise accounting system and proficient in utilizing Excel to efficiently analyze data.
Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment, with expectation of increasing responsibility and scope over time as proficiency in position develops
Familiarity with the importance of Sarbanes-Oxley and internal control compliance
Welcomes challenging/complex projects and demonstrates an ability for working smarter not harder by making continuous improvement to the efficiency of processes
Adapts quickly to changes in a dynamic organizational structure and business processes