
Visa
Senior Manager Finance
- Permanent
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Experience 5 - 10 yrs
Job expiry date: 08/11/2025
Job overview
Date posted
24/09/2025
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package + relocation
Experience
5 - 10 yrs
Seniority
Senior Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
08/11/2025
Job description
Visa is seeking a Senior Manager Finance to lead financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting functions in its Dubai office. This role involves developing financial insights to support business decision-making, driving forecast accuracy, and enhancing financial processes. The individual will collaborate closely with cost center managers and senior leadership to optimize budgeting strategies and deliver analytical support for strategic initiatives. They will also provide monthly and quarterly financial reports, evaluate investment proposals, and manage the budgeting cycle with a focus on accuracy and alignment with business goals. This is a hybrid role, and in-office expectations will be determined by the hiring manager.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Drive forecasting accuracy by managing functional expenses and analyzing variances to plan
- Prepare financial models and business cases to assess viability of investments
- Lead the budget and forecasting processes, coordinating timelines and ensuring stakeholder alignment
- Partner with business units to provide strategic financial insights and support decision-making
- Deliver regular performance and financial reporting with insights into key metrics
- Support month-end closing, general ledger reviews, and forecast-to-budget variance analysis
- Propose and implement process improvements in financial planning and reporting
- Develop strong working relationships with cost center managers and executive leadership
Experience & skills
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, or a related field (MBA preferred)
- At least 8 years of financial analysis experience
- Strong business acumen and strategic thinking skills
- Expertise in Excel, PowerPoint, and Power BI (Hyperion/TM1 preferred)
- Proven experience in financial modeling and handling large datasets
- Ability to communicate complex financial insights to executive leadership
- Strong organizational and time management skills in a matrixed environment
- Detail-oriented with a proactive mindset