Senior Analyst, Finance Business Partner

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

Senior Analyst, Finance Business Partner

Overview
• Responsible for a broad range of finance related responsibilities and acts as a finance generalist for East Africa cluster
• The Finance Business Partner team assumes full responsibility for planning, operating performance, and management reporting for the Division. We also partner with the business for development of Strategy and play an integral role in execution and tracking of strategy execution plans.
• Reporting to the Vice President, Finance Business Partner, Africa, the primary responsibility of this role will be performing a broad spectrum of financial processes and strategic initiatives for East Africa

Responsibilities
• Manages all aspects of financial planning and forecasting from a country, product and customer perspective for the clusters;
• Provides financial insights to leadership and supports driving and execution of strategy by applying an understanding of key drivers, pricing and products; highlights areas of risks & opportunities and makes recommendations on resolutions
• Manages aspects of month end financial close (revenue recognition, expense) in partnership with the business, the Controller and Global Business Shared Service teams
• Embodies the Leading Beyond Finance initiative by running and maintaining business models to analyze performance and business opportunities (e.g. MIS, KPIs, Cluster business review decks)
• Partners with regions, business units, business partners and/or corporate to assist in developing, analyzing and validating new business opportunities. Performs new opportunity assessments by providing counsel to the business around ongoing deals and Customer Business Agreements [CBA]
• Partner with the businesses in supporting strategic growth plans both near and long term, assisting with business case modeling and providing thought leadership
• Proactively drives and implements continuous process improvement activities
• Supports Africa Finance Business Partner team in maintaining a strong control environment

All about you
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or related discipline
• The ideal candidate is fast-paced, highly analytical and detail-oriented who demonstrates a sense of urgency, ownership, knowledge and experience with all phases of financial planning, budgeting and forecasting supporting their business partners
• Independent worker & thinker with the ability to follow up on time sensitive issues
• A team player with the ability to communicate effectively and develop solid working relationships across multiple levels and organizational boundaries is required
• Experience in consulting and providing advice and feedback to the business on risk and opportunity considerations, leveraging advanced analytical techniques as well as outside trends and events
• Comfortable with occasional ambiguity but able to make calculated decisions
• Advanced PC, modeling and analytical skills (both quantitative and qualitative)
• Successfully resolves complex issues in a timely and efficient manner
• Experience operating in a diverse, multi-functional finance group across time zones

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.