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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, Financial Planning & Analysis - CNPF Overview:Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
The Financial Planning & Analysis function manages all aspects of management reporting encompassing budgeting and forecasting, strategic and customer planning. This includes the management and execution of the corporate reporting and planning requirements
This position is responsible across a broad spectrum of strategic processes and initiatives while managing and executing the corporate reporting and planning requirements
Role:
• Lead the end-to-end Global Commercial FP&A process (e.g. product P&L revenues and total expenses), including monthly variance analysis, forecasting cycles and budget planning
• Work with the Product P&L Governance committee to lead the governance process for Commercial
• Partner with Global and Regional FBPs to ensure timely and accurate commentary and inputs for reporting cycles
• Collaborate with equivalent Consumer team on product P&L
• Identify and implement process improvements to streamline P&L reporting and forecasting workflows.
• Leverage existing tools and dashboards or lead the development of new ones to enhance visibility and decision-making.
• Lead end-to-end FP&A support for Transfer Solutions, including budget, forecasting, and monthly performance reporting across Send, Cross-Border Services, and Bill Pay
• Partner with global and regional stakeholders to explain variances, track actuals vs. budget, and support investment decisions
• Provide financial oversight and reporting for major programs such as One Hub and the Corpay partnership, including commercial modeling, risk tracking, and KPI alignment
• Drive CNPF BFC team development and engagement by leading robust talent planning, succession management, and career development initiatives—including coaching, performance feedback, and storytelling skill-building sessions—while fostering a collaborative and inclusive team culture
• Continuously assess team workloads and rebalance responsibilities across the Commercial and Transfer Solutions finance teams to ensure alignment with evolving CNPF priorities, optimize resource utilization, and maintain high-quality deliverables during peak planning and reporting cycles.
• Collaborate closely with the MTS Finance team to support core FP&A activities, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and performance reporting, while driving financial insights that inform strategic decision-making and enhance operational efficiency
• Support special projects as they arise
All About you:
• Educational qualification -Chartered Accountant or CPA or MBA Finance
• Experience in financial roles with advanced knowledge and experience with all phases of financial planning and management
• Good knowledge of Business Intelligence tools and experience with financial systems/applications (e.g. Hyperion and Oracle)
• Good understanding of reporting, forecasting and budgeting techniques.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Self-motivated with a proven track record of delivering success while operating in a team environment.
• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency and accuracy
• Ability to manage multiple activities of different nature in a condensed timeframe
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Strong strategic thinking and business understanding.
• Strong relationship management and networking skills.
• High intellect with good commercial acumen and a creative approach to problem solving.
• Ambitious, highly driven and motivated.
• Maturity to challenge ideas and balance opportunities and threats.
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.
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