Our Purpose
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.
Title and Summary
Manager, Finance Business Partner
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
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
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. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the @type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.
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.
Pay Ranges
O'Fallon, Missouri: $109,000 - $180,000 USD
