Manager, Finance Business Partner, Services

**Our Purpose**
- Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential._

**Title and Summary**

Manager, Finance Business Partner, Services

Overview
The Services Business represents over a third of Mastercard revenues and is a key differentiator for Mastercard. Services use our unique and proprietary data, technology, insights and expertise to deliver solutions that meet the needs of our customers.
Within the Services organization, this role supports the AI & Data and the Advanced Analytics organization. These areas leverage cutting-edge AI and data science techniques to address complex business challenges both internally and externally for customers.
As a member of the Services Finance Team, you will be responsible for budgeting and forecasting short/long-term plans, as well as acting as a Finance Business Partner to help prepare and analyze internal and external financial projects. Activities include managing risks and opportunities, business case modelling, monitoring the organization's expenses and revenue while considering macro-economic factors

Role
Supports AI & Data and Advance Analytics Teams within Services with commercial financial business partnering and budget related needs
Conducts financial analysis and business cases for group/business unit leadership while challenging assumptions and providing actionable insights.
Develops and executes large scale cost and value quantification models for project justifications, savings identification and financial performance improvements
Responsible for monthly accounting tasks including expense journal entries, accruals and prepaid amortization
Ensures monthly/quarterly financial reports and related analyses are prepared timely as required by corporate guidelines
Conducts variance analysis and cost center and revenue management
Monitor KPIs and provide recommendations to improve profitability and efficiency.
Support cost optimization initiatives and revenue growth strategies.

Assists with strategy and process improvements to ensure alignment with market objectives; proactively identifies ways to improve processes and executes agreed upon improvements
Assists with ad hoc special projects and financial analyses as assigned

All About You:

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting
- CPA and/or MBA preferred

- Strong Excel skills required. Exposure to Oracle and Hyperion a plus.
- Strong communication skills
- Proven track record of managing relationships across a matrix organization, with strong communication and influencing skills
- Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills
- Ability to perform in ambiguous situations
- Willingness to handle multiple tasks simultaneously with changing priorities
- Results oriented with a proven track record of successfully driving continuous process improvements

**Corporate Security Responsibility**

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

- Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
- Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
- Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

- Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.