Senior Accountant - Comp & Benefits

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Job Description

As a part of Visa's North America Controllership team, you will manage accounting and finance operations for Visa's corporate activities in North America within the broader Global Controllership function. This role offers opportunities for significant responsibilities, cross-functional collaboration, and career development.

You will collaborate with other Visa Finance business functions, providing accounting support, and contribute to process improvement, system optimization, and standardization projects. This position offers the opportunity to support accounting at a growing public company and work cross-functionally with a dynamic leadership team.

The successful candidate will report to the Senior Accounting Manager in Foster City, California, and will handle accounting activities including compensation and benefits, litigation, and equity for North America and Global. Responsibilities include performing month-end close, consolidation, analytical review, and research of technical and operational accounting issues.

As the Senior Accountant, you will play a key leadership role in the Controllership organization around close-the-books process improvement, system optimization projects, scaling accounting infrastructures, and standardizing processes globally.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Visa Finance business functions to provide accounting support and contribute to process improvement, system optimization, and standardization projects.
• Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for North America and global consolidation, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Coordinate with regional accounting teams for timely and accurate submission of local reporting packages and adherence to accounting policies.
• Reconcile and prepare journal entries for payroll, equity, stock-based compensation, benefits, and related intercompany activities.
• Analyze, interpret, and record financial transactions, reporting this information accurately.
• Own specific components of the North America balance sheet and income statement, review balances during month-end closing, prepare balance sheet account reconciliations, and perform variance analysis and other analytical reviews.
• Identify and implement process improvements and automation to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of the consolidation process.
• Assist with finance system transformation and accounting-to-reporting projects, ensuring best-in-class global close processes and effective internal controls documentation.
• Research and document conclusions on accounting issues, referencing GAAP pronouncements.
• Prepare quarterly financial schedules to support external reporting and audits.
• Establish, maintain, and coordinate the implementation of accounting operational documents and desktop procedures.
• Maintain a strong understanding of foreign currency accounting and reporting, providing guidance and implementing best practices.
• Support the preparation and review of 10K and 10Q filings, including footnotes and disclosures related to assigned areas.
• Regularly interact with various levels of management within and outside of Finance, internal and external audit teams, and participate in cross-functional projects.
• Ensure SOX 404 compliance for functional areas of responsibility.

This is a hybrid position to be located in our Foster City, CA office location. Expectation of days in the office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 5 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD
• CPA or CPA in Progress required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelor's Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
• 2+ years of experience in compensation and benefits, severance, pensions, long-term equity incentive plans (RSUs, ISO/NQ stock options, and ESPP), equity, and litigation accounting
• Strong accounting, quantitative, and analytical skills, ability to apply key U.S. GAAP to various business situations
• Experience in consolidation and intercompany accounting
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work under pressure and interact at all levels
• Proficient with Oracle or similar enterprise accounting systems, familiarity with Workday
• Background in continuous improvement methodologies to drive efficiency and effectiveness
• Knowledge of Sarbanes-Oxley internal control compliance
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment
• Strong organizational, communication, and analytical skills, able to work independently and flexibly
• Capable of managing complex projects and improving process efficiency
• Strong team player with experience working with global teams
• Proactive, self-starter with accountability for delegated tasks and projects
• Attention to detail, deadline-driven, and results-oriented

U.S. Applicants Only

Work Hours

Varies upon the needs of the department.

Travel Requirements

This position requires travel 5-10% of the time.

Mental/Physical Requirements

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

Visa is an EEO Employer