Senior Financial Analyst

About the Company

Global Payments (NYSE:

GPN) helps businesses around the world enable commerce and provide exceptional experiences to their customers. Our payment technology and software solutions enable merchants and developers to deliver seamless customer experiences, run smarter operations and adapt quickly to change. Because if it has anything to do with commerce, we are already on it.

Headquartered in Atlanta with nearly 27,000 team members worldwide, Global Payments is a Fortune 500® company and a member of the S&P 500 with worldwide reach spanning over 100 countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.

We are seeking a Finance Manager (c.2 years post-qualification) with a strong background in cost management and expense analysis. This role will take ownership of the company’s expense base, ensuring transparency, control, and actionable insights. The Finance Manager will be a key partner to all department teams to drive cost efficiency, optimise vendor spend, and strengthen controls across a complex multinational cost structure.

• Own monthly, quarterly, and annual expense reporting processes, ensuring accuracy and insight.
• Provide insightful analysis of expense movements against budget/forecast.
• Analyse cost drivers, variances, and trends to provide clear commentary to senior leadership.
• Manage accruals, prepayments, and allocation of costs across geographies and business lines.
• Ensure control of headcount planning and open roles from a budget/forecast perspective ensuring proposed recruitment is aligned with plan.

• Partner with all business departments and functions to track and challenge expenditure.
• Provide forward‑looking analysis and insights to help optimise operational efficiency.
• Support procurement and vendor management processes with financial analysis of supplier costs.

• Lead the expense element of planning cycles (budgeting, forecasting, long‑range planning).
• Provide scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis on key cost categories (e.g. Compensation).
• Deliver clear expense forecasts and identify risks/opportunities.

• Identify opportunities for process automation and simplification in expense management.
• Develop KPIs and dashboards to monitor cost efficiency across functions.

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with c.2 years PQE.
• Strong experience in expense management, cost control, or FP&A in a multinational, Fintech, or high‑volume business.
• Solid technical grounding in accounting standards (IFRS) and expense recognition principles.
• Strong financial modelling, Excel, and analytical skills; exposure to ERP and BI tools advantageous.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders.
• Commercial mindset with a focus on efficiency and continuous improvement.