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The Director Financial Analysis Visa Direct role will be responsible for supporting Visa Direct leadership in delivering business objectives, providing analytical & financial insights, driving forecast & management reporting processes, and standardization for Visa Direct regionally.

The ideal candidate will have strong strategic, technical, analytical, and collaboration skills combined with meaningful FP&A experience and the ability to work across a matrix business organizational structure. This role will have exposure with key Global and Regional Visa Direct leadership teams and their respective Finance Partners.

• Lead performance diagnostics, budgeting, forecasting, multiyear strategic outlook, and management reporting regionally.
• Identify financial trends and insights, defining critical decisions to ensure the effective strategic management of the business and delivery of Visa Direct financial performance.
• Perform robust financial analysis and be able to succinctly outline and present key drivers, themes, and key risks while applying business and financial acumen to explain underlying drivers of results across several scenarios.
• Actively maintain current tools/models and introduce new tools/models/processes to improve analysis used for executive financial deliverables.
• Collaborate in the storyboarding of analytical output and production of communication materials for related presentations.
• Identify risks and opportunities (plus mitigating actions) to ensure delivery on targets.
• Provide ad hoc business analysis and support the ongoing management of key initiatives and investments such as market opportunity sizing, pricing opportunity, etc.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the business and provide analysis reports and presentations to ensure efficient information and decision-making flows.
• Actively participate and collaborate with Global, Regional, and country counterparts in promoting best practices.

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

Basic Qualifications:

• 10 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree in finance, engineering, accounting, economics, or related quantitative field, or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 12 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree in finance, engineering, accounting, economics, or related quantitative field; MBA a plus, or 8 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 5 or more years of experience with a PhD.
• Strong business acumen and multifunctional business experience a plus.
• Demonstrated program leadership capabilities to drive key financial processes.
• Outstanding analytical and quantitative skills; ability to resolve tough business problems with well-structured analyses.
• Advanced application of pivot tables, macros, and formulas.
• Solution-oriented and great problem solver; ability to strike balance between compliance/governance requirements and achieving business outcomes.
• Must be detail-oriented to ensure accuracy and quality of output.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences.
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse team and produce time-sensitive deliverables.

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.

No

Full-time

Financial Analyst

As a Financial Analyst, you will play a key role in maintaining the accuracy and integrity of our financial records. This includes preparing and maintaining financial statements, managing accounts payable/receivable, payroll, and bank reconciliations. You will also be responsible for ensuring compliance with VAT regulations and other financial laws in UAE.

• 5+ years' experience in accounting (UAE experience preferred)
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• Professional certification (CPA, ACCA, CMA, or equivalent)
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and UAE VAT regulations
• Proficiency in accounting software (QuickBooks, SAP, Oracle, etc.)
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, etc.)

• Stable career with a reputable company
• Professional growth opportunities
• Competitive tax-free salary and benefits package
• Modern work environment with supportive team

Qualified candidates should email their CV and cover letter to us.

ABOUT US:

Cigna healthcare is a global health service company with roots in the US serving more than 180 million customers and patients throughout the world. We deliver quality health care through choice predictability affordability and through integrated capabilities and connected personalized solutions that advance whole person health.

Cignas mission is to help our customers improve their health wellbeing and sense of security by providing access to care. With our whole health approach were focused on addressing health concerns improving resilience reducing stress levels and emotional health issues. Our employer promise is to remain steadfast in our commitment to fostering growth and improving lives by offering meaningful work within a positive inclusive culture that prioritizes our colleagues. We champion teamwork and collaboration and empower our people with cuttingedge technology to drive efficiency and amplify their impact in everything we do. Together we strive to create an environment where every individual thrives and contributes to meaningful change.

Overview

The Financial Analysis Advisor role will provide support oversight and on various finance related tasks. This would include supporting in the monthly and quarterly reporting process as well as helping in longer term forecasting with an emphasis on highlighting key insights trends and analysis to support senior management decision making.

This role will also play a consultative role for the finance team building appropriate pitch decks internal and external research and business case creation. As a result this member will likely take on leadership responsibility for approved projects and initiatives.

The preferred candidate must have a deep and competent understanding of business strategy and subsequently be able to provide robust financial support on a wide range of topics. This role reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer for GIH but is required to maintain strong relationships with their finance peers and an understanding for consolidated international results.

Critical Tasks and Expected Contributions / Results:

• Support monthly reporting/close process for GIH

• Provide financial reporting insights and analytics to enable key decision making across the organisation improving and iterating as the business grows

• Building presentation decks and memos that support project initiatives or key finance updates

• Act as a consultant for the finance team

• Lead critical projects that have been approved seeing them through both design and

• Develop and maintain key financial controls governance and documentation

• Build strong relationships and processes between central finance functions and GIH

• Represent GIH finance at meetings or project calls

• Support process innovation work with regards to finance tools and platforms with emphasis on TM1 Alteryx and Tableau

Skills Required

• 7 years of relevant finance and consultancy experience

• Prior experience working in insurance or financial services industry is preferred

• Highly analytical and proficient reporting/modelling skills

• Meticulous of work and an eye for fine details

• Problem solving and critical thinking

• Strong business and financial acumen

• High emotional intelligence when working with senior stakeholders

• Proficient in Excel Alteryx Tableau and other Microsoft suite programs

• Excellent English verbal and written skills

Education and Other Requirements:

• A graduate degree in Finance Accountancy Mathematics Actuarial Statistics or closely related field

• More than 7 years working experience in finance roles required

• A deep passion for analysis process transformation and technological innovation with proven experience

• Strong consulting skills

• Ability to travel internationally 25

What we are looking for

We are seeking individuals who thrive in collaborative environments are passionate about driving meaningful change and are excited to grow in a company that prioritizes its people.

Join us and be part of a company where your growth ideas and contributions are valued. Lets create something extraordinary together. Its time to look to your future and apply to work for Cigna today

About Cigna Healthcare

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race color age disability sex childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran or military status religion national origin ancestry marital or familial status genetic information status with regard to public assistance citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process please email: for support. Do not email for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority

This role is designed for non-financial personnel who require an in-depth understanding of financial markets, products, and risks. Delegates will acquire detailed knowledge about trading, pricing, and risk management associated with various financial instruments.

• Analyze financial data to identify trends and patterns.
• Develop and implement effective financial strategies to mitigate risks.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive business growth.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (Finance, Accounting, Economics).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Excel and other financial software tools.

• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• Ongoing training and development opportunities.
• A dynamic and supportive work environment.

Financial Expertise Role

This role focuses on providing expert financial analysis and guidance to support business growth and decision-making.

The Financial Analysis Advisor will be responsible for developing and maintaining key financial controls, governance, and documentation.

Additionally, this individual will play a consultative role for the finance team, building presentation decks and memos that support project initiatives or key finance updates.

The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of business strategy and provide robust financial support on a wide range of topics.

Critical Tasks and Expected Contributions/Results

• Support monthly reporting/close process
• Provide financial reporting insights and analytics to enable key decision making across the organization
• Build presentation decks and memos that support project initiatives or key finance updates
• Act as a consultant for the finance team
• Lead critical projects that have been approved, seeing them through both design and implementation
• Develop and maintain key financial controls, governance, and documentation
• Represent finance at meetings or project calls
• Support process innovation work with regards to finance tools and platforms, with emphasis on TM1, Alteryx, and Tableau

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 7 years of relevant finance and consultancy experience
• Prior experience working in insurance or financial services industry is preferred
• Highly analytical and proficient reporting/modelling skills
• Meticulous of work and an eye for fine details
• Problem solving and critical thinking
• Strong business and financial acumen
• High emotional intelligence when working with senior stakeholders
• Proficient in Excel, Alteryx, Tableau, and other Microsoft suite programs
• Excellent English verbal and written skills

Education and Other Requirements

• A graduate degree in Finance, Accountancy, Mathematics, Actuarial Statistics, or closely related field
• More than 7 years working experience in finance roles required
• A deep passion for analysis, process transformation, and technological innovation with proven experience
• Strong consulting skills
• Ability to travel internationally (25%)

The Director Financial Analysis Visa Direct role will be responsible for supporting Visa Direct leadership in delivering business objectives, providing analytical & financial insights, driving forecast & management reporting processes, and standardization for Visa Direct regionally.

The ideal candidate will have strong strategic, technical, analytical, and collaboration skills combined with meaningful FP&A experience and the ability to work across a matrix business organizational structure. This role will have exposure with key Global and Regional Visa Direct leadership teams and their respective Finance Partners.

• Lead performance diagnostics, budgeting, forecasting, multiyear strategic outlook, and management reporting regionally.
• Identify financial trends and insights, defining critical decisions to ensure the effective strategic management of the business and delivery of Visa Direct financial performance.
• Perform robust financial analysis and be able to succinctly outline and present key drivers, themes, and key risks while applying business and financial acumen to explain underlying drivers of results across several scenarios.
• Actively maintain current tools/models and introduce new tools/models/processes to improve analysis used for executive financial deliverables.
• Collaborate in the storyboarding of analytical output and production of communication materials for related presentations.
• Identify risks and opportunities (plus mitigating actions) to ensure delivery on targets.
• Provide ad hoc business analysis and support the ongoing management of key initiatives and investments such as market opportunity sizing, pricing opportunity, etc.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the business and provide analysis reports and presentations to ensure efficient information and decision-making flows.
• Actively participate and collaborate with Global, Regional, and country counterparts in promoting best practices.

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

Basic Qualifications:

• 10 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree in finance, engineering, accounting, economics, or related quantitative field, or at least 5 years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 2 years of work experience with a PhD.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 12 or more years of relevant work experience with a Bachelor's Degree in finance, engineering, accounting, economics, or related quantitative field; MBA a plus, or 8 or more relevant years of experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 5 or more years of experience with a PhD.
• Strong business acumen and multifunctional business experience a plus.
• Demonstrated program leadership capabilities to drive key financial processes.
• Outstanding analytical and quantitative skills; ability to resolve tough business problems with well-structured analyses.
• Advanced application of pivot tables, macros, and formulas.
• Solution-oriented and great problem solver; ability to strike balance between compliance/governance requirements and achieving business outcomes.
• Must be detail-oriented to ensure accuracy and quality of output.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences.
• Ability to work effectively with a diverse team and produce time-sensitive deliverables.

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.

No

Full-time

ABOUT US:

Cigna healthcare is a global health service company with roots in the US serving more than 180 million customers and patients throughout the world. We deliver quality health care through choice predictability affordability and through integrated capabilities and connected personalized solutions that advance whole person health.

Cignas mission is to help our customers improve their health wellbeing and sense of security by providing access to care. With our whole health approach were focused on addressing health concerns improving resilience reducing stress levels and emotional health issues. Our employer promise is to remain steadfast in our commitment to fostering growth and improving lives by offering meaningful work within a positive inclusive culture that prioritizes our colleagues. We champion teamwork and collaboration and empower our people with cuttingedge technology to drive efficiency and amplify their impact in everything we do. Together we strive to create an environment where every individual thrives and contributes to meaningful change.

Overview

The Financial Analysis Advisor role will provide support oversight and on various finance related tasks. This would include supporting in the monthly and quarterly reporting process as well as helping in longer term forecasting with an emphasis on highlighting key insights trends and analysis to support senior management decision making.

This role will also play a consultative role for the finance team building appropriate pitch decks internal and external research and business case creation. As a result this member will likely take on leadership responsibility for approved projects and initiatives.

The preferred candidate must have a deep and competent understanding of business strategy and subsequently be able to provide robust financial support on a wide range of topics. This role reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer for GIH but is required to maintain strong relationships with their finance peers and an understanding for consolidated international results.

Critical Tasks and Expected Contributions / Results:

• Support monthly reporting/close process for GIH

• Provide financial reporting insights and analytics to enable key decision making across the organisation improving and iterating as the business grows

• Building presentation decks and memos that support project initiatives or key finance updates

• Act as a consultant for the finance team

• Lead critical projects that have been approved seeing them through both design and

• Develop and maintain key financial controls governance and documentation

• Build strong relationships and processes between central finance functions and GIH

• Represent GIH finance at meetings or project calls

• Support process innovation work with regards to finance tools and platforms with emphasis on TM1 Alteryx and Tableau

Skills Required

• 7 years of relevant finance and consultancy experience

• Prior experience working in insurance or financial services industry is preferred

• Highly analytical and proficient reporting/modelling skills

• Meticulous of work and an eye for fine details

• Problem solving and critical thinking

• Strong business and financial acumen

• High emotional intelligence when working with senior stakeholders

• Proficient in Excel Alteryx Tableau and other Microsoft suite programs

• Excellent English verbal and written skills

Education and Other Requirements:

• A graduate degree in Finance Accountancy Mathematics Actuarial Statistics or closely related field

• More than 7 years working experience in finance roles required

• A deep passion for analysis process transformation and technological innovation with proven experience

• Strong consulting skills

• Ability to travel internationally 25

What we are looking for

We are seeking individuals who thrive in collaborative environments are passionate about driving meaningful change and are excited to grow in a company that prioritizes its people.

Join us and be part of a company where your growth ideas and contributions are valued. Lets create something extraordinary together. Its time to look to your future and apply to work for Cigna today!

About Cigna Healthcare

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race color age disability sex childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran or military status religion national origin ancestry marital or familial status genetic information status with regard to public assistance citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process please email: for support. Do not email for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority

Senior Financial Planning Analyst

This role is categorized as hybrid. The successful candidate is expected to report to the office at minimum three times per week and work remotely two times per week.

• Prepare and consolidate financial forecasts, budgets, and long-term plans.
• Analyze actual results, highlight key trends, and provide insights to improve accuracy and transparency of projections.
• Drive critical analysis of variances and recommend corrective actions.

• A minimum 5 years of experience in financial planning, analysis, or consolidation.
• Strong understanding of financial statements and performance drivers.
• Experience working with large datasets, financial modeling, and analytics tools.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.

• CPA, CFA, or MBA can give you an edge in this position.
• Action Oriented mindset with strong analytical skills.
• Proficiency in advanced Excel and Power BI to turn large datasets into meaningful dashboards and insights.

• Data-Driven Decision Making.
• Team Collaboration.
• Strategic Thinking.

The opportunity to work with a dynamic team and make a significant impact on the company's financial performance.

Investigative Financial Analyst

We are seeking an experienced Investigative Financial Analyst to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for analyzing and assessing insured financial losses from inception to settlement.

• Conduct thorough examinations of financial documentation and insurance policies to determine coverage in the event of a financial loss.
• Accompany loss adjusters and senior members of the forensic accounting team to on-site investigations and damage surveys for claims as required.
• Perform detailed analysis and review of both financial and non-financial information.
• Prepare reports for loss adjusters, insurers, and lawyers.
• Assist in presentations and training as part of the investigative financial analysis team.

For this role, we require a qualified accountant with 3+ years of accounting experience. You must be proficient in Excel and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

1. Review financial data and identify areas of potential loss or mismanagement.
2. Analyze financial statements and assess their accuracy and completeness.
3. Develop and implement strategies to mitigate potential financial risks.
4. Provide expert advice and guidance to clients and stakeholders.
5. Conduct site visits and inspections to gather information and evidence.

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• 3+ years of accounting experience.
• Proficient in Excel.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including professional development opportunities and a supportive work environment.

Our company is an equal employment opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion.

Apply now to join our team of experienced professionals.