Financial Planning and Analysis Manager - Services

Manager, FP&A, Services EEMEA

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

Manager, FP&A, Services EEMEAOverview:

FP&A manager, EEMEA will lead the financial planning, analysis, and reporting for the Services business. They forecast and manage the revenue, 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. They have a thorough understanding of the revenue drivers, use historical data to study patterns and use these insights to inform short-term forecasts and other forward looking projections for long term planning.

Responsibilities
• Leads the revenue 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 revenue 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
• Emphasizes proactive identification of revenue opportunities and risks by continuously monitoring market trends, competitor actions, and internal performance metrics; translates insights into actionable recommendations to maximize growth and mitigate potential challenges.
Experiences
• Experience leading and managing a team of financial analysts; develops and leverages key relationships 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 revenue 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.

Experience Level

Mid Level