Manager, Finance Business Partner

Manager, Finance Business Partner

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.

The Manager, Finance Business partner will help connect our strategy to our financial objectives by supporting a broad spectrum of strategic processes and initiatives while managing and executing the day-to-day business reporting and planning requirements.

Role:

• Consolidate and present Technology financials to senior finance management including coordinating and analyzing budget, forecast, plans, FTEs and cost allocations
• Provide divisional financial reporting, identify financial risks & opportunities, and provide guidance to achieve financial targets for assigned division(s)
• Support the financial close process through the analysis of P&L variances against budget, forecasts, prior year actuals, key business drivers, and initiatives
• Support monthly and quarterly internal and corporate reporting deliverables including operating reviews
• 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
• Coordinate and lead Technology annual budget processes, including assignment of equitable divisional efficiency targets
• Negotiate, alongside business and sourcing, renewals or new contractual spend for 3rd party services or technology solutions
• Oversee capital planning for the Technology initiatives including capital outlay estimation, prioritization of projects, pressure testing assumptions for business cases on key initiatives and their project plans and start dates
• Working closely with Controllers on accounting schedules relating to prepaid and capital asset setup, with corresponding P&L assessment for amortization and depreciation impacts; as well as consumption based recharges for variable expenses like public cloud and token based AI toing
• Support and/or lead special projects and ad-hoc reporting as applicable

All 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
• 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
• Proficiency using Power BI, Power Automate, or low code tools a plus
• 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

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.

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 up to 20 days of bereavement leave); 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire; 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays; 401k with a best-in-class company match; deferred compensation for eligible roles; fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities; eligibility for tuition reimbursement; and many more. Mastercard benefits for interns generally include: 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time; jury duty leave; and on-site fitness facilities in some locations.