Director, Finance Business Partner

Director, Finance Business Partner

Mastercard’s Operations and Technology (O&T) business unit operates the company’s global payments processing infrastructure and development. O&T uses its expertise to make payments safe, simple and smart. Finance Business Partners within O&T work closely with technology leaders and their teams to create financial plans, manage financial performance, and evaluate investment opportunities. The Finance Business Partner role provides an excellent platform for career development.

The successful candidate will gain experience in managing and optimizing investments that enable global payments.

• Responsible for a broad range of finance related responsibilities and acts as a finance generalist for a technology business unit
• Activities include short/long-term planning, deal management, contract management, pricing and product management
• Drives aspects of financial reporting related needs and requirements (e.g., budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, target setting) for a designated area within a technology business segment (products, issuers, etc.)
• Provides financial insights to leadership, leveraging an advanced understanding of budgeting, long range planning and forecasting at detailed levels
• Partners with regions, business units, business partners and/or corporate to assist in developing, analyzing and validating new business opportunities.
• Performs new opportunity assessments by providing counsel to the business around ongoing deals and Customer Business Agreements [CBA]
• Executes large, complex agreements, leveraging subject matter expertise [SME] for their designated area (e.g., financial & data technology tools)
• Applies the Technology Business Management [TBM] framework to allocate technology costs and enable product P&L management
• Assists with strategy and process improvements to ensure alignment with market objectives; proactively identifies ways to improve processes and executes agreed upon improvements
• Ensures compliance with Enterprise Risk Management [ERM] policies, may perform control testing
• Manages a team, conducts goal setting and performance appraisal processes, identifies and coaches top talent within own team

• Track record building internal and external business partnerships; develops and leverages key relationships in order to understand the needs and objectives of stakeholders
• Successfully oversees the completion of global, complex management reporting (e.g.. monthly financial results, quarterly forecasting, annual budgets)
• Experience consulting and providing advice and feedback to the business on risk and opportunity considerations, leveraging advanced analytical techniques as well as outside trends and events
• Extensive experience setting strategy for process improvement initiatives along with developing procedures for implementation
• Demonstrated successful oversight of the management and resolution of high-risk issues to ensure completeness and efficiency
• Successfully embodies change management; executes corporate cultural initiatives, enhancing the support of an ever‑evolving environment to fulfill corporate goals and objectives

• 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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance); flexible spending account and health savings account; paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and…