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Title and Summary
Manager – Finance Business Partner, Mastercard Move (Cross Border Services)Overview
Mastercard Move is Mastercard’s portfolio of money movement capabilities powering a variety of payment experiences — including person-to-person payments, business payments and disbursements. The portfolio includes Mastercard Cross-Border Services and Mastercard Send.
This position, partners with the Cross Border Services management to drive forward strategy and maximize return on investment. Being able to analyze data, think strategically and provide guidance to management are key attributes for success as is the ability to build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders located in different parts of Mastercard and across the globe.
This position is responsible for supporting the Director across a broad spectrum of strategic processes and initiatives while managing and executing the corporate reporting and planning requirements.
Role
o Work cross functionally with business partners to provide financial support to Cross Border Services
o Lead the financial close process through the analysis of variances against budget, forecasts, prior year actuals, key business drivers and initiatives.
o Ensure Close is processed accurately and timely through strong relationships with key members of the controlling and accounting team in each region.
o Implement and maintain processes to ensure effective and timely generation of regional revenue forecasts and budgets.
o Partner with regional finance and product teams to assist in developing, analyzing, validating and implementing new business opportunities and use cases.
o Ensure expenses are tightly managed and cost saving initiatives are achieved.
o Drive the development of the business plans and work to develop the annual plan and budget process. Also be responsible for ensuring accurate data upload into Hyperion budgeting and forecasting tool.
o Generate pertinent performance information and analysis on key revenue drivers. Identify and communicate revenue and cost risks and opportunities.
o Prepare and review management reporting packages and financial presentations for Regional and Global Management, and other ad-hoc business reviews.
o Review and respond promptly to ad-hoc requests for information and analysis. Develops and/or continues improve in-region and corporate financial analysis and reporting.
o Collaborate with Regional Business Development team to include the analysis of underpinning assumptions in the management reporting process.
o Support continuous reviews of existing processes to assess operational efficiency and development and implementation of process improvements to ensure processes meet present and anticipated needs of internal customers, members, and other stakeholders.
All about you
o Chartered Accountant or CPA or MBA Finance with advanced knowledge and experience with all phases of financial planning and management
o Good knowledge of Business Intelligence tools and experience with financial systems/applications (e.g. Hyperion and Oracle)
o Strong analytical and proven problem-solving skills
o Self-motivated with a proven track record of delivering success while operating in a team environment.
o Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency and accuracy
o Ability to manage multiple activities of different nature in a condensed timeframe
o Excellent communication and presentation skills
o Broad understanding of all the different areas of finance
o Good understanding of reporting, forecasting and budgeting techniques.
o Strong strategic thinking and business understanding.
o Strong relationship management and networking skills.
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.
