Finance manager (9-month fixed-term) supporting RTP business FP&A. Partner with cross-functional teams on budgeting, forecasting, revenue/expense analysis, business cases, performance reporting, and identifying cost efficiencies while ensuring strong financial controls.
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
RTP Finance Manager - Maternity Cover FTC
This role is a Fixed Term Contract for 9 months
Overview:
As countries around the world are seeking to develop modern real-time payment ("RTP") systems, Mastercard is partnering with customers to deliver a suite of solutions to meet their infrastructure, applications and services needs. Building from our acquisitions in the United Kingdom (Vocalink) and the Nordics (Mastercard Payment Services), Mastercard provides a leading infrastructure ecosystem which supports real-time payment providers, banks, and their customers around the world.
This position, which reports to a Finance Director in the RTP team, will partner with a variety of teams to manage Financial Planning & Analysis deliverables and support strategic analyses across the RTP business.
The ability to analyse data, think strategically, provide leadership and build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders located across the globe are key attributes for success.
About the Role:
• Work cross-functionally with business partners to support financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, and target setting
• Perform a variety of revenue and expense analyses to meet business needs.
• Scrutinise new business cases; challenge assumptions using a variety of data sources and your own analyses
• Ensure a sound, well-controlled financial environment
• Work closely with the RTP programs to identify, measure and deliver expense efficiency opportunities and drive process improvements
• Produce and present product financials and analysis of business performance including tracking of progress against budget and business cases
• Partner and engage with other Mastercard finance functions including Controllership, Tax, Treasury, Product & Engineering and regional finance teams
All About You
Leadership Attributes/Qualifications
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a matrixed organization
• Ability to both think strategically and provide an executive-level view while also being able to dive into the details.
• Experience in working in a team that is geographically dispersed
• Fluency in English. Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated history of thoughtful risk taking, business acumen, thought leadership, commitment, and strong sense of urgency
• Executive presence, ability to influence others; demonstrated intellectual horsepower
• Experience in getting up to speed quickly on new topics and managing multiple projects simultaneously
Experience/Education:
• Degree in finance/accounting and accounting qualification preferred
• Solid accounting skills, excellent finance skills including modelling and scenario analysis, budget, planning and forecasting experience, experience in risk management and a solid understanding of the business or demonstrated learning agility are required. Operational experience is very desirable.
• Experience in working with Oracle and Hyperion would be helpful
• International experience is a plus
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:
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
RTP Finance Manager - Maternity Cover FTC
This role is a Fixed Term Contract for 9 months
Overview:
As countries around the world are seeking to develop modern real-time payment ("RTP") systems, Mastercard is partnering with customers to deliver a suite of solutions to meet their infrastructure, applications and services needs. Building from our acquisitions in the United Kingdom (Vocalink) and the Nordics (Mastercard Payment Services), Mastercard provides a leading infrastructure ecosystem which supports real-time payment providers, banks, and their customers around the world.
This position, which reports to a Finance Director in the RTP team, will partner with a variety of teams to manage Financial Planning & Analysis deliverables and support strategic analyses across the RTP business.
The ability to analyse data, think strategically, provide leadership and build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders located across the globe are key attributes for success.
About the Role:
• Work cross-functionally with business partners to support financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, and target setting
• Perform a variety of revenue and expense analyses to meet business needs.
• Scrutinise new business cases; challenge assumptions using a variety of data sources and your own analyses
• Ensure a sound, well-controlled financial environment
• Work closely with the RTP programs to identify, measure and deliver expense efficiency opportunities and drive process improvements
• Produce and present product financials and analysis of business performance including tracking of progress against budget and business cases
• Partner and engage with other Mastercard finance functions including Controllership, Tax, Treasury, Product & Engineering and regional finance teams
All About You
Leadership Attributes/Qualifications
• Proven ability to work collaboratively in a matrixed organization
• Ability to both think strategically and provide an executive-level view while also being able to dive into the details.
• Experience in working in a team that is geographically dispersed
• Fluency in English. Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated history of thoughtful risk taking, business acumen, thought leadership, commitment, and strong sense of urgency
• Executive presence, ability to influence others; demonstrated intellectual horsepower
• Experience in getting up to speed quickly on new topics and managing multiple projects simultaneously
Experience/Education:
• Degree in finance/accounting and accounting qualification preferred
• Solid accounting skills, excellent finance skills including modelling and scenario analysis, budget, planning and forecasting experience, experience in risk management and a solid understanding of the business or demonstrated learning agility are required. Operational experience is very desirable.
• Experience in working with Oracle and Hyperion would be helpful
• International experience is a plus
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.
Mastercard London, England Office
1 Angel Lane, London, United Kingdom, EC4R 3AB
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