Senior Analyst, Finance Business Partner

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, Finance Business Partner

Overview:
Mastercard's Technology (TECH) Business Unit operates the company's integrated global payments processing network. TECH uses its expertise to make payments safe, simple, and smart. The TECH Finance team provides financial guidance, analysis, planning, and governance support that enables business leaders to make informed decisions while ensuring compliance with financial reporting requirements.
As part of the Software Capitalization team, this role offers a unique opportunity to support Mastercard's internally developed software portfolio and manage the end-to-end software capitalization lifecycle. This includes partnering with stakeholders across Technology, Finance, and Controllership to evaluate technology initiatives, support capitalization decisions, and ensure compliance with Mastercard policy and applicable accounting guidance, including ASC 350-40.
The team is also responsible for forecasting and budgeting capitalization-related costs, analyzing actual results against plan, identifying financial risks and opportunities, and providing insights to leadership. Success in this role requires strong analytical skills, collaboration across diverse teams, and the ability to understand both financial concepts and evolving technology initiatives.
Role:
• Evaluate software development initiatives and capitalization requests by applying Mastercard policy and accounting guidance to determine capitalization eligibility
• Maintain end-to-end ownership of key processes, including software capitalization governance, SOW capitalization, forecast development, and related reporting activities
• Partner with Technology, Product, Program Management, Finance, and Controllership teams to support capitalization decisions and ensure compliance with Mastercard policy and applicable accounting guidance.
• Assist with preparation of the annual budgets and monthly forecasts related to software capitalization, while supporting broader planning and forecasting processes
• Provide financial reporting and insights to management, including analysis of actual results, key drivers, risks, and opportunities
• Assist with strategy and process improvements related to budgeting, forecasting, reporting systems, and capitalization processes; proactively identify opportunities to increase efficiency and drive execution of agreed-upon improvements
• Identify, analyze, and communicate trends and issues affecting the business, including addressing ad hoc financial requests and helping develop mitigation plans
• Maintain and enhance performance, capitalization, and expense tracking reports to drive insight, transparency, and accountability across the organization
• Identify and drive process improvements through automation, reporting enhancements, dashboards, and analytical tools
• Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders by translating complex technical initiatives into financial and accounting impacts
All About You
• Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related business field required
• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in Finance, Accounting, FP&A, or a related field
• Excellent written, verbal, and reading comprehension skills in English
• Experience supporting software capitalization, technology finance, or technology accounting processes a plus.
• Ability to learn and understand complex technologies, business processes, and system interdependencies in order to assess financial and operational impacts
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make well-reasoned decisions when applying policies, guidance, and controls to complex or evolving business scenarios
• Effective communication and relationship management skills, with the ability to translate complex financial and technical information into actionable insights and effectively partner with both technical and business stakeholders
• Strong finance and analytical skills, including forecasting, budgeting, financial reporting, and analysis of financial results
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a process-improvement mindset
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, evolving environment while demonstrating ownership, accountability, and the ability to independently drive work from problem identification through resolution
• Self-motivated, intellectually curious, and comfortable operating in ambiguous environments with evolving processes
• Strong technical skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, Hyperion, Power BI (DAX and Power Query), and Power Automate
• Ability to comply with Mastercard's hybrid in-office work policy

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.