Manager, Finance Business Partner - Deal Management (12 Month FTC)

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

Manager, Finance Business Partner - Deal Management (12 Month FTC)

This high-profile role will partner with the B2B Travel and Business Platforms teams to drive the business forward, win new deals, and fuel growth in Corporate Solutions. This role will include deal structuring and negotiation, P&L management, business case & decision support, FP&A, and ad-hoc analytics.

Role:
• Build robust deal models for B2B travel and business platforms, building compelling proposals for future clients while maximizing Mastercard profitability.
• Present deal models to business partners, finance leaders, and external clients and support business case for approvals.
• Create financial plans, forecasts, and manage variance analysis process.
• Partner with business management to achieve financial results, highlighting risks & opportunities and provide sound recommendations to achieve targets.
• Maintain and produce regular reporting to update management on financial and business performance.
• Align with regional finance teams on budget, financial forecasts, variance analysis, and risks/opportunities for B2B Travel.
• Work with Tax, Legal, Controllership and other functions as needed to appropriately structure and account for new customer propositions.
• Build and maintain close relationships with business partners to provide financial/business case support & inform decision making.
• Develop, track, and analyse key business performance metrics and share insights with business partners and senior leaders.
• Support senior level reviews (e.g. board decks, monthly CEO/CFO update, monthly business reviews, etc.) with performance tracking, key insights & outlooks, and ad-hoc analytics, presented in a clear and compelling manner.
• Support effective cost management and drive financial discipline.
• Analyse client-level actual and forecasted revenue trends to identify opportunities and risks and incorporate those findings into the forecast.
• Ensure a sound, well-controlled financial environment.

All about you:
• Previous experience in deal management/structuring highly desirable
• Advanced modelling and analytical skills (both quantitative and qualitative)
• Excellent project management, follow up and organizational skills
• Proactive, with the ability to identify issues before they develop into problems; resolving issues directly or through escalation to appropriate partners
• Strong sense of ownership and able to deliver results within tight deadlines
• Adept at building relationships with a broad set of colleagues
• Able to work on numerous projects/workstreams simultaneously
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Intellectually curious and driven to find and share the story behind the numbers
• Operates with urgency, demonstrates exceptional time management
• Adept at distilling complex information and deal models into crisp and concise communications for internal management or external client review
• Executive presence, ability to influence others, stands up for what's right in the face of business pressure while searching for paths towards agreement
• Comfortable interacting with all levels of management
• Bachelor’s Degree in finance or accounting; (MBA/ACCA/ACA/CFA/CIMA preferred)

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.