Manager, Finance Business partner - Technology

Manager, Finance Business Partner - Technology

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.

Overview

At Mastercard Technology, we're working together to create a future that's seamless and secure. We're engineering critical connections that bring continents, customers and communities closer together. Our Technology strategy builds on our platforms to stay ahead of the market trends and maintain flexibility in an uncertain world. Our strategy is anchored on three pillars: where we run, what we run and how we run while ensuring we prioritize to what matters.

The Manager, 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 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

This role will be assigned to specific division(s) and is intended to provide rotational opportunities that broaden the team's overall experience. Timing and rotation decisions will be based on individual career aspirations, business needs, and leadership priorities to strengthen the team's skills and capabilities.

Provide divisional financial reporting, identify financial risks & opportunities, and provide recommendations to leadership to achieve financial targets for assigned division(s) within Technology

Coordinate and lead the annual budget process, including assessing risks, cost pressures, contractual increases, and business- or volume-driven impacts.

Manage financial close and forecast, including analysis of key performance metrics and P&L variances against budget, forecasts, prior year actuals, and initiatives for month and quarter end processes; as well as management of parameter input e.g. Hyperion load

Assist with strategy and process improvements including the use of AI, 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

Embody leading beyond finance by developing, running and maintaining financial/business models to analyze performance and business opportunities (e.g. Dashboard, KPIs, financial & business metrics)

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

Maintain and develop performance and expense tracking reports to drive insight and accountability with the business (Technology leaders)

Negotiate, alongside business and sourcing, renewals or new contractual spend for 3rd party services or technology solutions

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About You:

Self-motivated with a proven track record of delivering success while operating in a team environment

Experience building presentations with executive messaging is preferred

Ability to challenge ideas and balance opportunities and threats

Must be comfortable working with ambiguous processes in a fluid environment

Excellent communication skills and ability to interact, communicate, influence and navigate effectively with executive management

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

Background in IT financial management and accounting considered beneficial

Strong relationship management and networking skills

Must be highly proficient using MS suite of products Excel/Office/PowerPoint and enterprise ERP/Planning systems

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or equivalent combination of education and work experience in a financial analysis role

Advanced degree (MBA, Master's) or professional certification (CMA, CPA) a plus

Must be able to adhere to the company's hybrid in office work policy

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role.

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