Director - Finance Strategy & Portfolio Management

Visa is seeking a passionate, authentic, dynamic and results-oriented leader to join the Finance Systems Strategy (FSS) team as the Director, Finance Systems Strategy and Portfolio Management. FSS is responsible for managing Finance technology and tools and is currently working directly with the Finance Leadership team to design the future architecture and drive the Finance Technology modernization roadmap. Visa has established a broader Finance Velocity Office (FVO) to build a foundation that supports the growth and complexity of our business and improves the day-to-day interactions of our Finance teams. FSS team is working tightly with the broader FVO to implement technology to evolve how we work together to achieve meaningful, sustainable change and enable our long-term growth agenda.This is a people leader role, reporting to the Senior Director, Finance Systems Strategy. The role involves collaborating with key stakeholders across Finance, IT and the broader business to understand needs, identify improvement opportunities to develop and execute on the roadmap to accelerate our path to building a world-class finance function.Essential Functions:Translating finance vision for the future into a world-class technology end-state architecture.Support development and management of the end-state architecture, and roadmap for the end-state architecture.Support development and execution of major roadmap initiatives.Develop compelling business cases and use cases as needed to support speedy decisioning by Finance Leadership.Design/facilitate sessions for alignment of end-state and roadmap. Work with third-party vendors and consulting companies for the assessments.Analyze current state and business needs using industry best practices to deliver recommendations.Manage execution of portfolio of roadmap workstreams - project plans, analysis, deliverables, trackers, and other key project artifacts.Work closely with Technology partners on the day-to-day execution of roadmap initiatives and ongoing BAU (Fixes, Enhancements)Strategic and forward-looking thinking with a tendency for looking at issues in a holistic manner. Experience overseeing large, complex, global transformations with a bias for action.Work successfully in a matrixed environment, with an ability to influence without authority and instead use subject matter expertise and facts. 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.