Global Controllership is responsible for establishing Visa s global accounting policies, providing technical accounting guidance to the business, processing accounting transactions globally and consolidating all Visa entities financial results. The team is responsible for the accuracy and timeliness of the Visa Inc. financial statements under U.S. GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), and local statutory financial statements under IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards)
What a Finance Analyst does at Visa:
Execute payments related to invoices and expense reports across global geographic countries, ensuring transactions are executed within compliance of established key controls and service levels
Comply with weekly payment schedule that includes ACH, Visa Products, Wires and Check payments. Ensure special handling check payments are handled properly.
Conduct weekly clearings of all payment runs to ensure payments are properly executed and payment failures are identified
Assist, research, and resolve payment failures and other related issues with internal business units, external vendors, and corporate banking partners
Calculate cash flow requirements and prepare cash flow forecasts to partner with the Treasury department to ensure proper funding of corporate bank accounts
Ensure all payments are accurately recorded to the General Ledger
Provide assistance to the Regional Accounting team on payment research and reconciliation of cash accounts
Assist in documentation requirements for the global Accounts Payable function
Work with internal business units to implement process improvements
Assist with internal audit walk-throughs and SOX documentation
Execute, support and report metric reporting processes
Provide strong customer service and demonstrate initiative in preventing payment issues
Conduct the Ariba import process daily to ensure invoices are ready to pay in our Oracle system, which includes troubleshooting issues to resolution
Interface with Sourcing and Data Maintenance teams to resolve supplier setup issues related to rejected payments
Assist management with ad hoc projects as necessary for the Finance organization
Extensive knowledge of key payables systems including Ariba and Oracle
Focus on business line or supplier escalations, identifying root cause and implementing solutions
What you will need : Minimum 4 years of accounts payable payments processing, including exposure to foreign currency payments with a Bachelor s Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) Ex