Sr. Director BPO WCA

About UsVisa 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.At Visa, you'll have the opportunity to create impact at scale — tackling meaningful challenges, growing your skills and seeing your contributions impact lives around the world.Join Visa and do work that matters – to you, to your community, and to the world. Progress starts with you.Job DescriptionPurposeThe WCA Business Planning and Operations team directly supports the Western and Central Africa (WCA) Group Country Manager (GCM) and sets out to facilitate achievement of financial and business goals for the region.  Closely engaging with all internal stakeholders (GCM, Country Managers, CEMEA Hub and various functional verticals), the team provides guidance, oversight and project management across strategic and BAU priorities of the region.Principle Responsibilities / Key Results AreaThe Snr Director-Business Planning and Operations will lead collaboration across the WCA region by providing support in financial planning, pricing, decision-making, competitive tracking, managing strategic business initiatives, client support programs, management reporting, insights and related areas.  Primary responsibilities of this position are:·Lead with the Finance team the annual business planning cycle, manage cross-functional discussions, review all proposals, and ensure optimal investment of resources in order to finalize the operating plan for WCAIdentify, structure, and manage complex issues to arrive at recommendations that drive corporate objectives.  Drive solving of a range of business problems by collaborating and coordinating with multiple internal stakeholders.Oversee major project work streams related to Visa business and strategic priorities in WCACollaborate with business line management across WCAProvide leadership to the BPO team and ensure the delivery of functional objectivesSpecific project content will vary greatly in sponsor, business or strategic focus, depth, and stakeholders served, ranging from broad co-ordination efforts across multiple countries or functional areas to focused special assignments for senior management that are of high strategic importance to Visa’s business in WCAMaintain business landscape knowledge to provide solid foundational context to critical strategic projectsResearch and analyze internal/ external data, information and trends to present client and market level insights to the WCA leadership teamCommunicate and generate support for recommendations among business leaders across the organizationProvide frameworks and perspectives relevant to business objectivesMaintain tight alignment and work closely with Functional and Country management teams, acting as a project manager on strategic or pan-regional projects, and bringing timely and useful insight, perspective, analytical support, and research resourcesWork with minimal direction, usually within a complex and often ambiguous environment, to drive rigorous, fact-based recommendations to regional managementBalance facilitation, influence, and content contribution to help business leaders design their strategies and achieve their goals.  Support all functions and geographies in WCAPrepare regular management reporting and presentation documents when requiredOversee the Sales Playbook implementation for WCA, ensuring that both the strategic account management approach and the technology are effectively adoptedLead the hosting/managing of Visa Internal/external events such as Client Forum, Staff Offsite, BD training week and specific key regional client events in line with the event StrategyThis is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your hiring manager.QualificationsBasic Qualifications• Strong project management and analytical skills• Strategic thinking, and financial acumen required to be a trusted advisor• Fluent in English and French, with professional proficiency in both languages.• Personal presence and ability to clearly communicate, verbally and in writing, compelling messages to senior managers and other stakeholders• Self-confident and hands-on, with the ability to operate in a fast paced and constantly changing work environment• Ability to rally corporate resources and functional experts to drive business objectives• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills to influence and build credibility with various WCA functions and Country teams, in order to work in a matrix organization• Project management skills and strong execution ability to deliver against tight deadlines• Collaborative and resilient• Ability to learn quickly, deal with complexity and lead change• Aptitude to source relevant information and make timely decisions, tolerance for ambiguity• Ability to quickly assess an opportunity, using industry experience and fact-based analyses• Advanced MS Excel and MS PowerPointPreferred Qualifications• Postgraduate degree from a top-tier institution in a business relevant discipline• Minimum of 12 years work experience in Management, and Corporate Strategy or a related function• Experience in managing people• Experience in and/or significant exposure to the financial services/payments industry required• Global or multi-national business experience strongly preferred, preferably in the WCA region• Experience in handling projects with multiple work streams, and coordinating complex cross-enterprise processes with multiple stakeholders at both senior and junior levelsVisa is an EEO EmployerQualified 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