Financial Analyst at Visa

Job Description:

Key Geographical Responsibilities;

• Support the Accounting & Reporting (ATR) activities for a subset of countries within Sub-Saharan Africa region.
• Support and be an active member of the ATR function helping to drive the strategy and vision
• Ensure transactions are captured, recorded, summarized, and reported in compliance with policies & procedures, US GAAP, IFRS, as well as statutory, corporate and tax requirements (as applicable).
• Ensure timely filing of accurate local statutory financial statements ensuring compliance with local GAAP. Ensure consistent treatment in line with Global policies.  This includes knowledge and reconciliation of US to Local GAAP differences.
• Ensure timely filing of accurate indirect and direct tax returns (VAT, WHT, CIT etc.)
• Work closely with the ATR team as well as other members in the Controllership space to assess requirements for change in processes and procedures. Initiate and propose procedural changes to enhance data quality and process flows.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders to support accurate and timely accounting and reporting.
• Support the external audit process, help collect and coordinate the flow of information
• Drive efficiency through automation of business processes while leveraging Visa’s fully integrated accounting system
• Participate in projects aligned with the company’s strategy
• Support to assess financial impact of changes to accounting policies processes and other procedures applicable for the business

Key Results;

• Ensure accurate and timely completion for the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes.
• Maintain accurate accounting records – compliant with corporate policies, GAAP, SEC, and SOX.
• Good understanding of process workflow to define/solve problems
• Effective communication with stakeholders to build strong relationships.
• Excellent project management skills to drive various projects to completion with minimal supervision.
• Timely resolution and non-recurrence of external audit issues.
• Timely and effective implementation of assigned projects/duties.

 Decision Making;

• Support decision making on appropriate accounting treatment for transactions in compliance with published policies and guidelines.
• Prioritize tasks within job and function balancing the need to meet tight deadlines and other corporate demands.
• Identify and suggest process changes to improve controls, productivity, or quality of work output.
• Exercise good judgment to escalate issues to ATR Leadership / SSA Controller along with recommended solution to resolve.
• Liaise and respond to queries from internal / external auditors, tax authorities and other finance teams with recommendations on action plans to resolve detected discrepancies.
• This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3 set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.

Qualifications:

Professional;

• Degree in Accounting or professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA
• CPA or equivalent)
• 3- 7 years of relevant accounting and reporting related experience (ideally
• in a multi-national company)
• Hands on experience with US GAAP/IFRS and statutory requirements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, and ability to work well
• in a fast paced and high-volume environment
• Exposure to external audit
• Experience in a Big 4 public accounting firm is a strong advantage

Technical;

• Strong technical accounting skills, and experience researching and
• documenting accounting issues
• Knowledge and Experience of controls and risk management
• Knowledge and experience in SOX with ability to design process flows and
• draft policies
• Proficiency with Microsoft office applications – Excel, Word, Visio
• Knowledge and hands-on experience of Oracle, Ariba, Hyperion and other
• related tools

Business;

• Strong business ethics
• Excellent relationship building skills
• Solution orientated thinker / problem solver
• Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple priorities
• Adaptable to change