Director -Financial Planning and Analysis-Americas

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
Director -Financial Planning and Analysis-Americas
Overview:
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.
Role:
1. Americas expense forecast:
Support the Forecasting Process for Americas - working closely with Regional Finance and Corporate Finance to deliver accurate forecast on a timely basis:• Prepare, coordinate and consolidate monthly operating expenses for all cost centers/business units• Ensure numbers are correctly loaded in the management system (Hyperion)• Coordinate, review and consolidate quarterly forecast from the regions (Workdays 5 to 8)• Support FP&A leaders with ad-hoc analysis during forecasting process• Interact with regional Finance to ensure expense targets for all regions• Be the owner of operating expense (A&M, GO&A) forecast and budget for Americas
2. Americas Monthly Closing:
Support the full monthly closing process:• Monitor and report actual to forecast performance during the month-end close (Workdays 2,3,4) • Identify and analyze monthly variances between forecast and actuals• Communicate and interact with Regional Finance to gather explanations on variances• Provide monthly results for various internal customers• Prepare ad hoc reports to Senior Management on a monthly basis
3. Other responsibilities:• Prepare Regional President quarterly scorecard through Country Managers and Business Owners• Assist with preparation and consolidation of the Annual Operating Plan (Budget) for Americas regions.• Assist with yearly Planning Process, as liaison with other Corporate areas.• Assist with preparation of Strategic Funds requests aligned to Strategy team and Regional leaders.• Team management (4 analysts)
All About You:
Skills required:• Strong knowledge of the principles, theories and concepts of financial management• Dynamic, financial analyst type used to work in a fast-paced environment and with tight deadlines. Good understanding of foreign exchange impacts in the regions• Proven skills communicating and negotiating across organizational areas.• Highly motivated team player. Be constantly on top of things in a proactive way.
Experience Required:
Experience in FP&A and/or similar business or financial analytical experience
Strong abilities in Microsoft Office suite products, Hyperion a plus
Multifunctional Project Management experience a plus
Payments industry experience a plus
Expenses management experience a plus
Education: Bachelor's Degree in relevant field. MBA 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.