Finance Manager

Company Description

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in 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 while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.

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Job Description

Team Summary
The Japan Finance Team supports one of the major markets in Visa Asia Pacific with over 100 staff in the country. 

What a Manager, Finance does at Visa
The Manager reports to the Senior Manager and will serve as a key member of the Japan Finance Team. The Manager will be a key contributor to Visa Japan’s financial planning and analysis function, with a primary focus on operating expense and headcount management. This role is responsible for analyzing financial outcomes, delivering consultative financial advice to business stakeholders, and supporting performance target achievement. The Manager will also interface with Visa’s broader Asia Pacific Finance team to jointly deliver best-in-class financial support to country sales and functional teams. Additionally, the Manager will ensure the integrity and timeliness of financial data by overseeing its processing, coordination, and analysis in alignment with internal policies and regulatory standards. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a collaborative mindset, a hands-on approach, and a strong desire to understand the business and contribute to its growth.

This position is based in Visa Tokyo Office. 

FP&A:

• Lead the consolidation and analysis of operating expense budgets and workforce planning in close collaboration with business units, ensuring alignment with long-term corporate objectives. Provide clear visibility into critical assumptions and required investments to support strategic goals.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to develop and submit the annual operating plan, incorporating thoughtful quarterization, key dependencies, and a balanced view of opportunities and risks to ensure successful execution.
• Collaborate closely with country functional leads to oversee operating expense budgets through ongoing tracking, forecasting, and variance analysis. Apply rigorous financial evaluation to proposed initiatives to maintain fiscal discipline and ensure strategic allocation of resources.
• Design and deliver insightful financial metrics and management reports to effectively communicate performance outcomes to country leadership, enabling data-driven decision-making.
• Utilize Visa’s operational and financial systems to conduct in-depth analysis of revenue drivers, client incentives, and operating expenses. Identify emerging trends and recommend targeted follow-up actions to optimize financial performance.

Controllership:

• Collaborate with Asia Pacific Finance teams and Global Shared Service Center to maintain accurate accounting records in compliance with US GAAP, J-GAAP, SOX, and local tax regulations.
• Act as a Subject Matter Expert on controllership and finance processes, guiding business teams through finance policy and compliance requirements.
• Lead root cause analysis and drive corrective actions for issues identified by control stakeholders.
• Monitor and analyze risk metrics and process performance to support continuous improvement initiatives.

Why this is important to Visa
The Japan Finance team is responsible for creating and maintaining a high standard of financial discipline, decision support and accountability within the country to facilitate delivery of short-term financial targets and long-term growth targets.

Projects you will be a part of
You will be supporting financial aspect of the business planning that will change and impact the growth of Visa Japan’s business in the future. 

This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

What you will need

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative discipline; an MBA is a strong plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English; fluency in Japanese is preferred
• 8 years of relevant experience in financial planning and analysis (FP&A), ideally within a multinational corporation with regional operations
• Professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent) preferred, or minimum 3 years of relevant accounting experience required.
• Strong commercial acumen and business insight; familiarity with Visa’s business is advantageous but not required
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative skills, with the ability to frame complex business problems and present clear, actionable solutions
• Proven ability to build effective relationships and communicate across diverse teams and organizational levels
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with financial planning tools such as Hyperion or TM1 is a plus
• Demonstrated expertise in financial modeling and managing large datasets
• High attention to detail with a strong commitment to accuracy and quality
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results under tight deadlines
• Proactive mindset with a strong sense of ownership and problem-solving orientation

What will also help

• Knowledge of Visa business/payment industry and business intelligence reporting systems
• Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Tableau and PowerBI
• Hands-on experience with J-GAAP, Japan statutory requirement, and tax filing
• Conversant with accounting applications particularly Oracle

Additional Information

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.