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About Us Visa is a world leader in payments technology, facilitating transactions between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories, dedicated to uplifting everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.
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Job Description
Overview:
The Greater China FP&A team leads financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance management across China mainland, Hong Kong & Macau, and Taiwan. The team provides integrated analysis and projections across revenue, client incentives and operating expenses, translating financial results and business drivers into clear actions for Finance leadership and functional stakeholders.
Within the China market, FP&A serves as a trusted finance partner to the business. The team coordinates cross-functional inputs, leads review and challenge discussions, identifies risks and opportunities, and supports delivery of both near-term financial commitments and long-term strategic priorities, including China market entry.
What a Senior Manager, China FP&A Does at Visa:
China FP&A leadership and business partnership:
- Serve as a senior member of the China FP&A team and the focal point for core FP&A matters, building strong financial discipline, decision support and accountability across the market.
- Act as a trusted advisor and thought partner to China business and functional leaders, connecting financial outcomes with commercial drivers and strategic priorities.
- Lead China planning, budgeting, forecasting and performance reviews; coordinate inputs and provide constructive challenge to assumptions.
- Provide financial analysis for business initiatives, pricing proposals, capital investments and other strategic projects.
- Lead China operating expense planning, forecasting and analysis across functions and cost centers, with clear ownership of run-rate trends, headcount, vendor spend, accruals, prepayments and project investments. Assess investment effectiveness and resource allocation, linking spend to strategic priorities, delivery milestones and measurable business outcomes.
China market entry support:
- Act as a key FP&A partner for China market entry, including financial planning, scenario modelling, investment tracking, business case assessment and management reporting.
- Coordinate with cross-functional stakeholders across the program, Finance, Tax, controllership, operations, technology and external advisors to support financial readiness, regulatory responses and implementation planning.
- Track market-entry investments, milestones and financial outcomes; identify emerging risks, opportunities and trade-offs, and provide recommendations to Finance and program leadership.
- Support the development and ongoing refinement of the long-term economic model, including revenue ramp-up, client incentives, operating costs, capital requirements and sensitivity analysis.
Greater China performance management:
- Support consolidation of the Greater China business review and management reporting, developing clear commentary and insights across the three markets.
- Coordinate with market Finance Business Partners to provide a consistent Greater China view, challenge underlying drivers and highlight cross-market risks and opportunities.
- Prepare concise financial updates and executive-level materials for business reviews, strategic discussions and leadership presentations.
Why This Role Is Important to Visa:
This role is central to strengthening financial performance management in China while helping shape one of Visa’s most important long-term strategic opportunities. The Senior Manager will provide leadership teams with timely, decision-useful insight; ensure risks and opportunities are identified early; and bring financial rigor to investment choices, operating expense management and China market-entry execution. The role offers broad exposure across commercial, product, operations and corporate functions, with the opportunity to influence both near-term delivery and the future development of the China business.
Visa requires at least 4 days in office, expectations of these days will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Qualifications
What You Will Need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business or a related discipline; MBA, CPA, ACCA, CMA or equivalent qualification is preferred.
- More than 10 years of progressive FP&A, commercial finance or business-partnering experience, ideally within a recognized, performance-driven multinational company.
- Demonstrated experience leading planning, budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and financial analysis in a complex business environment.
- Proven ability to build financial models and business cases, evaluate scenarios and convert complex analysis into clear recommendations.
- Strong operating expense management experience, including cost-center planning, accruals, headcount and vendor-spend analysis, investment governance and variance commentary.
- Experience communicating with, influencing and presenting to senior executives and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work under tight timelines, while maintaining strong attention to detail and control discipline.
- Fluent written and spoken English and Mandarin Chinese.
What Will Also Help:
- Knowledge of the payments industry, particularly credit and debit cards, banking, fintech, e-commerce or digital payments.
- Experience supporting market entry, licensing, regulatory-readiness, transformation or other large-scale, cross-functional programs.
- International experience in a matrix organization and the ability to work effectively across market, regional and global teams.
- Working knowledge of enterprise planning, reporting and ERP tools such as Hyperion, EPM, TM1 or comparable platforms, together with advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
- Experience improving reporting through automation, standardized data and self-service analytical tools.
- Practical experience applying AI and generative AI tools to financial analysis, forecasting, reporting and workflow automation, with the ability to translate business needs into scalable, controlled and responsible solutions.
- A leadership style that demonstrates ownership, collaboration, constructive challenge, sound judgment and a strong focus on business outcomes.
Visa is an EEO Employer
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
