Manager, FP&A Expenses

Our Purpose

We work 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. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Manager, FP&A Expenses

FP&A Manager – Expense, Overview
FP&A manager, Expense will lead the financial planning, analysis, and reporting for the Services business. They monitor and manage the expenses, prepare and analyze financial reports, and drive the strategy and business process improvement by using financial tools and models. They also support the finance business partners globally and regionally with data analysis and feedback.
Responsibilities
• Leads the expense forecasting and budgeting process, ensuring accuracy and alignment with the business goals and objectives
• Prepares and presents financial reports (monthly, quarterly, annual) and analysis, highlighting the key drivers and variances of the business performance
• Drives strategy and business process improvement initiatives by building and maintaining financial tools to perform analysis and modeling; provides insights and recommendations to optimize the region, product and business unit plans
• Communicates across the various stakeholder groups to ensure alignment and transparency within the organization
• Supports the LBF initiative by running and maintaining business models to analyze expense and profitability trends and opportunities (e.g. MIS, KPIs, CEO deck)
• Demonstrates strong modeling capabilities leveraging automation and data-driven approaches; supports the establishment of consistent frameworks and methodologies to enable global and regional finance business partners
• Successfully embodies change management; fosters a culture of innovation and continuous improvement
• Develops and delivers compelling presentations that convey the story behind the numbers and frameworks; coaches and guides team members on how to effectively communicate complex financial information to various audiences
• Develops expertise at expense line level such as personnel, fulfillment, data processing; understands the drivers and dynamics of each expense category and how they impact the overall business performance
Experiences
• Experience leading and managing a team of financial analysts; develops and leverages key relationships in order to understand the needs and objectives of stakeholders
• Ability to model and perform predictive analytics to review financial and operational scenarios and outcomes
• Experience operating in a diverse, multi-functional finance group; demonstrates strong leadership and influence skills
• Exposure to supporting a designated business area on expense management, leveraging analytical techniques as well as outside trends and events
• Experienced with financial systems and applications; serves as a subject matter expert and mentor to those less experienced (e.g. Hyperion, Oracle)
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvement activities; drives best practices and standards across the finance function
• Successfully resolves complex issues in a timely and efficient manner; adapts to changing business needs and priorities

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.