Mastercard is seeking a Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis to support the financial close process, provide financial insights to leadership, and refine existing revenue forecasting models. The successful candidate will have a Chartered Accountant or CPA or MBA, with advanced knowledge and experience with all phases of financial planning and management.
Requirements
- Support the financial close process through the analysis of P&L variances against budget, forecasts, prior year actuals, key business drivers, and initiatives.
- Provides financial insights to leadership, leveraging an advanced understanding of budgeting and forecasting at detailed levels
- Refines existing revenue forecasting models, works with the product owners to develop a deeper understanding of market and product trends and incorporates the learnings into forecasting models
- In addition to bottom-up product build up, conducts top-down analyses of historical revenue and driver trends to pressure test and further improve the forecast
- Supports business verticals and regional leads in identifying, tracking and delivering on revenue generating opportunities to achieve revenue target
- Works closely with product owners to be on top of changes in product offerings and assists with providing financial inputs for product business cases.
- Respond promptly to ad-hoc requests for information and analysis. Derive insights and takeaways from historical data to help business with decision making.
- Assists with strategy and process improvements related to budgeting, forecasting, systems and other key areas; proactively identifies ways to improve processes and executes agreed upon improvements
- Influences and negotiates with the respective Regional/product teams who may have divergent objectives in relation to their respective business P&L. This involves challenging their assumptions to direct and shape their submissions
- Ensures that Finance is closely integrated with, and positively supports the business providing managers at all levels with the necessary information to make good business decisions; works with the management team in the development and implementation of short and medium term strategic and tactical plans and provide the financial input required to that process.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Visa Sponsorship
