Director, Financial Planning

Title and Summary

Director, Financial Planning & Analysis - CorporateOverview:

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 Director position is responsible across a broad spectrum of strategic processes and initiatives while managing and executing the corporate reporting and planning requirements

Role:

Deliver advanced data analysis of operational metrics; strong storytelling skills and ability to draw conclusions from analysis and prepare financial presentations

Manage, develop and create financial reporting packages that will help drive and support the business, inclusive of business metrics/KPIs. Also identify and communicate revenue risks and opportunities and review and respond promptly to ad-hoc requests for information and analysis

Partners with key stakeholders to design and deliver complex custom data analyses utilizing metrics, dashboards and reporting packages to address critical informational needs

Proactively analyse data and trends leveraging AI when feasible; compile data from multiple sources to analyse and provide additional insights

Manages key relationships with internal business units; Investor Relations, Regional Finance, Product and Account Teams

Partner with business and product owners across the organization to understand their evolving needs to enhance reporting

Provide leadership and expertise in systems, enhancements and process improvements

Investigate and create opportunities for automation and more efficient methods of creation and delivery anticipating needs of internal customers and other stakeholders

Guide and Mentor the team

All About You:

Educational qualification - Chartered Accountant or MBA Finance with Engineering degree or coding experience

Experience in financial roles with advanced knowledge and experience with all phases of financial planning and management

Leadership experience working with executive and senior management levels and leading or participating on cross-functional teams or initiatives

High intellect with good commercial acumen and a creative approach to problem solving.

Strong analytical skills with ability to work with complex multi-faceted issues

Team player with proven team leadership and relationship skills

Strong project management experience; demonstrated ability to lead initiatives

Ability to perform successfully in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment and manage multiple priorities and assignments concurrently

Advanced MS Office skills (primarily Excel and VBA, Access, PowerPoint) and working knowledge of enterprise financial systems (e.g. Oracle/Hyperion, SAP) and other tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau etc