Mastercard - Director - Financial Planning & Analysis

Description:Our Purpose:Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide.Together with our customers, were 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, 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.The FP&A function manages all aspects of management reporting encompassing budgeting and forecasting, business analytics, strategic and customer planning for the Europe region.This includes the management and execution of the corporate reporting and planning requirements.This position is responsible for supporting the Vice President EEMEA across a broad spectrum of strategic processes and initiatives while managing and executing the corporate reporting and planning Lead the financial close process through the analysis of variances against budget, forecasts, prior year actuals, key business drivers and initiatives.- Implement and maintain processes to ensure effective and timely generation of regional revenue forecasts and budgets.- Drive strategic planning sessions by developing engagement and reporting processes between RHQ, Divisions, APEMEA and various functional groups.- Lead development of the business plans and work to develop the annual plan and budget process.- Lead the team for incorporating accurate data upload into Hyperion budgeting and forecasting tool as well as for the compilation, timely completion and submission of the Preliminary Budget Review Template and CEO Review Template to APEMEA.- Develop engagement and reporting processes between RHQ, Divisions, APEMEA and various functional groups.- Generate pertinent performance information and analysis on key revenue drivers.- Identify and communicate revenue risks and opportunities.- Review management reporting packages and financial presentations for Regional Management, APEMEA and other ad-hoc business reviews.- Respond promptly to ad-hoc requests for information and analysis.- Develops and/or continues improve in-region and corporate financial analysis and reporting.- Collaborate with Regional Business Development team to include the analysis of underpinning assumptions in the management reporting process.- Provide leadership and guidance to Divisional Finance teams on use of Hyperion for revenue forecasting.- Apply strategic understanding of business dynamics in regional markets and competitive forces in driving creative responses and formulating mitigating strategies.- 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.- Guide and Mentor the team.All About You:- Chartered Accountant or CPA.- or MBA Finance with advanced knowledge and experience with all phases of financial planning and management 12+ years of experience.- Strong analytical and proven 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.- Broad understanding of all the different areas of finance.- Good understanding of reporting, forecasting and budgeting techniques.- Strong strategic thinking and business understanding.- Strong relationship management and networking skills.- Team Management experience.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 Mastercards 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 Mastercards guidelines. 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