Director, Finance Business Partner - Technology Infrastructure

Mastercard•O'fallon, MO

22h•$142,000 - $234,000•Onsite

About The Position

Mastercard’s Technology business unit operates the company’s global payments processing infrastructure and development. Technology uses its expertise to make payments safe, simple and smart. Finance Business Partners within Technology work closely with technology leaders and their teams to create financial plans, manage financial performance and evaluate investment opportunities. The Finance Business Partner role provides an excellent platform for career development. The successful candidate will gain experience in managing and optimizing investments that enable global payments.

Requirements

Robust understanding and experience as a Finance Business Partner in a Technology organization
Advanced knowledge of Excel, Oracle, and Hyperion; prefer understanding of Apptio and Agile IT methodology
Energetic and motivated team player with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and teams, driving projects and key initiatives to successful completion.
Proficient in managing multiple concurrent initiatives simultaneously
Experience in managing a diverse, multifunctional, global Finance organization, including motivating, developing and inspiring Finance professionals
Good working knowledge of general accounting and internal controls
Proven presentation skills, including strong oral and written capabilities including executive level presentations
Track record building internal and external business partnerships; develops and leverages key relationships in order to understand the needs and objectives of stakeholders
Successfully oversees the completion of global, complex management reporting (e.g.. monthly financial results, quarterly forecasting, annual budgets)
Experience consulting and providing advice and feedback to the business on risk and opportunity considerations, leveraging advanced analytical techniques as well as outside trends and events
Extensive experience setting strategy for process improvement initiatives along with developing procedures for implementation
Demonstrated successful oversight of the management and resolution of high-risk issues to ensure completeness and efficiency
Successfully embodies change management; executes corporate cultural initiatives, enhancing the support of an ever-evolving environment to fulfill corporate goals and objectives

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree preferred in Finance, Business or related field

Responsibilities

Leads and drives aspects of financial reporting related needs and requirements (e.g., budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, target setting) for a designated area within a technology business segment
Provides financial insights to leadership, leveraging an advanced understanding of budgeting, long range planning and forecasting at detailed levels to assist in decision making and enhance financial performance; recommend new metrics to measure success
Partners with regions, business units, business partners and/or corporate to assist in developing, analyzing and validating new business opportunities
Collaborates with senior business partners, acting as a trusted advisor on financial matters, ensuring alignment with goals and strategies; partner with sourcing to deliver efficiencies alignment with targets; performs variance analysis to deliver and articulate arguments in an effective manner
Executes large, complex agreements, leveraging subject matter expertise [SME] for their designated area (e.g., financial & data technology tools)
Performs new opportunity assessments by providing counsel to the business around ongoing deals and Customer Business Agreements [CBA]
Applies the Technology Business Management [TBM] framework to allocate technology costs and enable product P&L management
Assists with strategy and process improvements to ensure alignment with market objectives; proactively identifies ways to improve processes and executes agreed upon improvements
Ensures compliance with Enterprise Risk Management [ERM] policies, may perform control testing
Manages a team, conducts goal setting and performance appraisal processes, identifies and coaches top talent within own team
Perform other ad hoc projects and financial analyses as needed including those for new business cases

Benefits

insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
flexible spending account and health savings account
16 weeks of new parent leave
up to 20 days of bereavement leave
80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
25 days of vacation time
5 personal days
10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays
401k with a best-in-class company match
deferred compensation for eligible roles
fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
eligibility for tuition reimbursement