Vice President, 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

Vice President, Finance Business Partner

Who is Mastercard?
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.
Overview
Reporting to the Region Finance Officer and Divisional President, the Division Finance officer will play a key part as financial advisor and business partner for the Australia & New Zealand Business
Job Description:
• Plays a leading role in partnering with business units, regions, business partners and/or corporate to manage major aspects of financial reporting (e.g.. budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, target setting)
• Communicates the key drivers behind the budget and forecast, linking the financial performance to strategy; develops quarterly operating reviews and decks, and communicates results to leadership
• Contributes to the development, assessment and implementation of the Sales Incentive Plans [SIP]; sets plan objectives and calculates individual results
• Advises group/business unit leadership on external factors that affect business performances, leveraging subject matter expertise of budgeting, long range planning, and forecasting of overall business segments and divisions
• Embodies the Leading Beyond Finance initiative by playing a leading role in partnering with business units, regions, business partners and/or corporate to develop strategies and identify revenue opportunities
• Works cross-functionally with business partners to ensure alignment with targets, performs variance analysis to deliver and articulate arguments and answers in an effective manner
• Often called upon to represent MasterCard at external key events, contributing to expert panels and sharing best practices
• Drives the process improvement initiatives related to budgeting, forecasting, systems and other key areas. Proactively improves upon efficiencies and streamlines the overarching process
• Responsible for strategizing to improve Enterprise Risk Management policies and fostering a strong control environment to mitigate risks
• Will be a member of both the Regional Finance and Divisional Leadership teams.
• Supervises one or more teams, conducts goal setting and performance appraisal processes, coaches and develops employees as an organizational resource
All About You:
The ideal candidate for this position should have:
• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting; MBA preferred
• FP&A, finance business partner & controller experience a plus, with overall 15 plus years of experience
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Able to proactively identify & resolve issues
• Strong interpersonal, relationship management, communication, and presentation skills (both verbal and written), including Executive presence
• Results driven with a disciplined approach to achieving goals
• Track record of driving process and systems improvements
• Seasoned people leader, with experience across the range of responsibilities stated above
• Able to influence and drive effective decision making
• Ability to perform successfully in a fast paced, rapidly changing environment and manage multiple priorities and assignments concurrently
• Strong sense of urgency; excels in a deadline driven work environment

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.