Director, Finance Business Partner, SME

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

Director, Finance Business Partner, SME

Overview:
Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) is a priority area for Mastercard, expected to accelerate volume and revenue growth for the company. This high-profile role will partner with the Mastercard SME team to drive the business forward and maximize ROI. This role has a broad remit and will include P&L management, business case & decision support, investment optimization, FP&A, ad-hoc analytics, & special projects.

Role:
•Build and maintain close relationships with business partners to provide financial/business case support & inform decision making.
•Partner with regional finance teams & Corporate Planning to devise targets/operating budget, financial forecasts, variance analysis, and risks/opportunities for the Commercial Solutions and/or SME team.
•Develop, track, and analyze key business performance metrics and share insights with business partners and senior leaders.
•Manage month & quarter-end financial close processes. Ensure accruals and amortization entries are booked in the proper period. Maintain expense trackers to understand spend, find efficiencies, and refine future forecasts.
•Maintain a thorough understanding of costs, drivers, and variances to forecast.
•Support senior level reviews (e.g. board decks, monthly CEO/CFO update, monthly business reviews, etc.) with performance tracking, key insights & outlooks, and ad-hoc analytics, presented in a clear and compelling manner.
•Assist the product teams with business cases pertaining to strategic initiatives that may require incremental investment; provide thought leadership to refine the ask and to help them achieve their goals for current and outer years.
•Support effective cost management and drive financial discipline.
•Work closely with the Commercial product and engineering teams to identify, measure and deliver against aggressive expense efficiency targets and drive process improvements.
•Coordinate with Engineering and Engineering Finance teams to incorporate Engineering with Product for a consolidated Commercial financial view.
•Work with Tax, Legal, Controllership and other functions as needed to appropriately structure and account for new product initiatives
•Develop financial models and analyses to support business strategies and analyze new business opportunities.
•Analyze client-level actual and forecasted revenue trends to identify opportunities and risks and incorporate those findings into the forecast.
•Ensure a sound, well-controlled financial environment.
•Support investor relations in their external conversations by providing insight into drivers of past commercial performance and expectations for the future.

All about you:
•Advanced modeling and analytical skills (both quantitative and qualitative)
•Excellent project management, follow up and organizational skills
•Ability to work on several projects/workstreams simultaneously
•Strong verbal and written communication skills
•Intellectually curious and driven to find and share the story behind the numbers
•Demonstrated history of thoughtful risk taking, business acumen, commitment, and strong sense of urgency
•A thought leader with the ability to translate raw data into meaningful information and to present complex information in a concise professional manner for senior management review
•Executive presence, ability to influence others; demonstrated intellectual horsepower
•Comfortable interacting with all levels of management
•Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or related discipline, MBA Preferred

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.