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, Financial Planning & Analysis

Who is Mastercard?

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.

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.

Role Overview:

The Financial Planning & Analysis team manages all aspects of management reporting encompassing budgeting and forecasting, strategic and customer planning.

Join our team as an Analyst and help support our business achieve its objectives. We are seeking a motivated, analytical and intellectually curious individual who is passionate about driving business results.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a globally recognized organization that thrives on innovation and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the financial close process through the analysis of variances against budget, forecasts, key business drivers and initiatives.

• Review and provide thoughtful business driven commentary to senior management (including hosting monthly performance reviews with the business)

• Collaborate closely with the business to understand the key initiatives and drivers of performance, and how they impact the achievement of budgets and forecasts

• Support the development of the annual plan/budget and periodic forecasting

• Manage, develop and update standardised financial reporting packages that will help drive and support the business, inclusive of business metrics/KPIs

• Ensure that finance is closely integrated with the business and account management teams to monitor individual customer performance and provide analysis and insights on performance.

• Provide inputs for the consolidation of the revenue and expense risks and opportunities analysis

• Liaise with Business Development Finance Teams as required to facilitate questions concerning active deal opportunities for New Zealand and Pacific Islands

• Facilitate ad-hoc requests for information and analysis from senior management and the business teams

• Support special projects as they arise including reporting automation and efficiency efforts

Qualifications and Experience:

• Experience in a similar role preferred.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• Professionally qualified or studying toward a CPA, CA or equivalent.
• Analytical, investigative with great problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in utilizing data and analytics for reporting and forecasting.
• Sound written and verbal communication skills.
• Good understanding of reporting, forecasting, and budgeting techniques.
• PC skills including proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Previous experience working within complex global or matrixed organisations desirable.
• Prior exposure to financial systems such as Hyperion and Oracle desirable.
• Experience with Tableau, Alteryx or other comparable business intelligence tools desirable.

Join Us

At Mastercard, we empower our employees to unleash their full potential and make a meaningful impact across the business.

If you are a motivated and adaptable professional who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, we encourage you to apply. We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for growth and development.

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.