Manager, Finance Business Partner - Core Payments

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 - Core Payments

Overview:
The Manager, Finance Business Partner – Core Payments at Mastercard will partner with our product and engineering teams to support business growth and ensure robust financial management.

We seek a strategic thinker with financial expertise and growing leadership skills. Collaboration, financial acumen, dedication and stakeholder management are key to success in this role. This role will partner with product and engineering groups in understanding the financial impacts of business decisions and serve as a strategic advisor, ensuring alignment with overall business strategy.

Role:
• Responsible for budgeting and forecasting short/long-term plans, as well as preparing and analyzing internal and external financial reports
• Responsible for closing month end financials and reporting variances to forecast
• Activities include managing risks and opportunities and monitoring the organization's revenue and expenses while considering macro-economic factors
• Engage with business partners and regularly interact with senior management to build relationships in order to effectively manage business unit financials
• Coordinate divisional budget and quarterly forecasts with director to achieve targets
• Detailed personnel forecasting, analysis and monitoring
• Partner with sourcing and business owners on analyzing vendor negotiations and proposals
• Help build out technology business management framework to enable the business to make more data-driven decisions
• Support monthly and quarterly internal and corporate reporting deliverables including operating reviews
• Identify process improvement opportunities and make significant contribution as part of project teams to support implementation of process improvements and other ad hoc initiatives
• Support and/or lead special projects and ad-hoc reporting as applicable

About you:
• 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
• Financial planning and analysis experience with progressively increasing responsibility
• Strong analytical skills with ability to work with multi-faceted issues. An eye for detail that is also able to step back and look at the big picture strategy
• 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
• Effective communication and influencing skills; ability to build credibility and rapport with senior management
• Track record building internal and external business partnerships and storytelling
• Energetic and motivated team player with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and teams, driving projects and key initiatives to successful completion
• Ability to work independently and to drive process improvement initiatives
• Strong organizational skills and sense of prioritization
• Good working knowledge of general accounting and internal controls
• Proven presentation skills, including strong oral and written capabilities
• Advanced knowledge of Excel & Powerpoint is required. Access, Oracle, Apptio, Agile IT methodology, Tableau, Power BI, Workday and Hyperion knowledge are a plus.

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 [email protected] 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.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $102,000 - $158,000 USD