Senior Analyst, 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

Senior Analyst, Finance Business Partner

In this position reporting to the Director, Business Partner of O&T (operations and technology), the incumbent will work in partnership with O&T teams optimise the Vocalink P&L through commercial management of the cost base and programme investments. Works closely with commercial finance business partners.
• Manage the financial close activities of specific Vocalink products through the analysis of actual results v budget, forecasts, contracts and initiatives in order to provide business driven commentary to the O&T teams also the Finance management teams.
• Present financials and associated insights, from current performance against investment business cases.
• Work to produce monthly management reporting, KPIs, Opportunities and Risks and standardised P&Ls using Hyperion (budgeting and forecasting tool).
• Confidently present financial results and associated insights to all business stakeholder on monthly basis in finance reviews and Vocalink Operating & Portfolio Sub-committees.
• Support the creation of the annual cost budgets/forecast and loads into Hyperion reporting tool and the development of final Budget presentations to management and Board.
• First point of contact for tech business cases and pricing/new business bid support
• Work alongside the business and sourcing team to support commercial analysis, reporting and negotiation on key supplier deals
• Manage and consolidate the reporting and forecasting/planning for UK O&T portfolio
• Deputise for Finance Manager – this is a highly visible role
• Ensure financial governance with projects and expenditure
• Support Capitalisation, Depreciation and Amortization processes
• Monitor the landscape of competitive products and industry trends, understand their implications for Vocalink and Mastercard from a technology perspective
• Ensure compliance with risk policies and fosters a strong control environment to mitigate risks, liaising where necessary with the key business areas across Mastercard e.g. Controllers, Legal, Sourcing, Tax.

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.