Sr Financial Analyst

Company Description
Visa is a world leader in digital payments, facilitating more than 215 billion payments transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

When you join Visa, you join a culture of purpose and belonging - where your growth is priority, your identity is embraced, and the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world - helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.
**Join Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.**

**Job Description**:

- Responsible for the financial statement preparation both under US GAAP and Local GAAP including the preparation of journal entries, accruals, prepayments, deferrals and balance sheet reconciliations for Hub, Spain, Chile and other entities in the region.
- Ensure transactions are captured, recorded, summarized and reported in compliance with policies and procedures, US GAAP, IFRS, as well as statutory, corporate and tax requirements (as applicable).
- Responsible for the supervision of the fixed assets of LAC Region related depreciation/amortization and reporting schedules for both financial and tax records.
- Executes the remeasurement analysis from local currency to US currency by adhering to FASB 52
- Ensure filing of timely and accurate local statutory financial statements ensuring compliance with local GAAPs.
- Ensure consistent treatment in line with Global policies. This includes knowledge and reconciliation of US to Local GAAP differences.
- Ensures compliance with existing and new accounting policies for both US GAAP and local GAAP including specific materiality thresholds used in the region.
- Responsible for the FCPA and SOX controls for the financial accounting close.
- Responsible for the transfer pricing calculations.
- Participation in special projects. Identify any potential financial related risk areas and provide sound recommendations and solutions to Visa for mitigation of the identified risk.
- Client incentives analysis and support to commercial area
- Handle ad-hoc projects as assigned by the Management.
- Responsible of coordinate internal and external audits.
- Prioritize tasks within job function balancing the need to meet tight deadlines and other corporate demands.
- Exercise good judge to escalate issues to Supervisor.
- Interacts with global, regional and in-country Controllership, Compliance, Internal Audit, and Finance teams.
- Collaborates with regional function leaders (e.g., Business Development, Acceptance, Product, Marketing, Finance and Corporate Services)
- Expected to demonstrate independent decision-making and judgment, and lead issue resolution.
- Timely provision of reports by agreed timelines.
- Ability to define/solve end-to-end problems and issues; timely and accurate processing of data/information through the systems.

**Qualifications**:
Professional Qualifications
- Degree in Accounting or ACCA or equivalent
- CPA equivalent and MBA/Graduate studies
- Minimum 7 years relevant accounting experience in a multi-national publicly traded company
- Knowledge of US GAAP
- Strong understanding of accounting controls and tax issues as applicable to local standards as well as under US GAAP.
- Experience in a public accounting firm is preferred Technical
- Knowledge of US GAAP/IFRS and local accounting and tax requirements
- Strong customer service and communication skills

oMust project credibility and integrity.
oGood business judgment.
oWorks well under pressure.
oPeople-oriented/team player.
oTakes initiative; self-motivator.
oAbility to work well under pressure.

Business
- Good business English, both oral and written.
- Oracle knowledge preferred.

Good communication, interpersonal and influencing skills and ability to work effectively in a matrix management structure in a complex and diverse,international and multi-cultural environment.

Additional Information
Visa will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of Article 49 of the San Francisco Police Code.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.