Manager, Finance Business Partner

Job Title:

Manager, Finance Business Partner

Overview:

Overview

Mastercard's Technology (TECH) Business Unit operates the company's integrated global payments processing network. TECH uses its expertise to make payments safe, simple, and smart. TECH Finance team strives to provide accurate financial and operational data to our business partners to enable sound financial decision making.
The Finance Business Partner is responsible for providing financial guidance and support to our business partners, reporting, planning including budget & forecast, and ad-hoc analysis. Key to prospering in this role are the abilities to interpret data, devise strategic plans, assume leadership, and cultivate connections with colleagues across the global Mastercard network. Duties include managing all facets of the routine financial tasks such as facilitating the monthly close, preparing annual budgets and routine forecasts, conducting financial analyses, identifying financial variances, as well as highlighting potential opportunities and risks.

Role

• Manage all aspects of the day-to-day financial responsibilities such as monthly close, annual budget/regular forecast, financial reporting, variance analysis, opportunities and risks.

• Manage, develop and create standardized financial reporting packages that will help drive and support the business and create valuable insights for management to support decisions.

• Assist with strategy and process improvements related to budgeting, forecasting, systems and other key areas to ensure alignment with market objectives; proactively identify ways to improve processes and execute agreed upon improvements

• Investigate and create opportunities for automation and more efficient methods of report creation and delivery anticipating needs of internal customers, members and other stakeholders

• Identify, analyze, and communicate trends and issues affecting the business, including addressing ad hoc financial queries or analysis, and assist to formulate and drive mitigation plans

• Represent Finance as a key stakeholder in various management meetings

• Support financial reporting process for all major localization initiatives

• Check and maintain the integrity of financial models and add improvements where possible.

• Build and maintain tools and reports; may serve as a go-to resource for financial technology (e.g.. Hyperion, Oracle)

All About You

• Master's in Finance or CPA preferred

• Excellent finance skills including modelling/business case development and scenario analysis, budget, planning and forecast experience

• Strong experience of expense forecasting and variance analysis; experience of Technology expense forecasting is a plus

• Ability to translate complex information into simple parts

• Demonstrates strong self-awareness, keenness to learn and a strategic mindset. Open to different approaches and ideas and willing to challenge status quo to drive new business initiatives.

• Ability to perform successfully in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment and manage multiple priorities and assignments concurrently

• Strong communicator with experience working with colleagues from other business units and markets

• Experience creating and delivering presentations for internal learning, training events and/or business discussions

• Strong sense of urgency; excels in a deadline driven work environment

• Strong skills in Hyperion, Excel and PowerPoint requiredTo find US Salary Ranges, visit People Place. Under the Compensation tab, select "Salary Structures." Within the text of "Salary Structures," click on the link "salary structures 2025," through which you will be able to access the salary ranges for each Mastercard job family. For more information regarding US benefits, visit People Place and review the Benefits tab and the Time Off & Leave tab.

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