Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

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

Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

Role overview:
We are looking for a high impact Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst to support the Finance function in Europe and to act as a Business Partner for Mastercard Business Development Europe (MDE) and the Strategy Function.
This role is a core part of the European finance setup, partnering closely with Business Development and Strategy leaders to provide financial insight, commercial rigor, and decision support across complex deals, partnerships, and growth initiatives. The role also involves thorough analytical work on broad Europe’s finance performance, the coordination of Strategic KPIs and the involvement in the broad finance analytics initiative.
The position offers strong exposure to senior stakeholders, strategic topics, and fast paced commercial decision making in a highly visible European role.
• Are you a motivated graduate eager to start his/her first career job in the financial planning field?
• Are you excited to support one of the fastest growing Business Units within Mastercard?
• Can you communicate well with others, both by e-mail as in conversation?

Responsibilities:
o Supports annual budget and quarterly performance reviews & forecast cycles, enabling efficient & effective execution of key planning deliverables
o Supporting the alignment of regional & corporate processes and outcomes during the budgeting and quarterly performance review cycles
o Provides insights & analytics on financials and manages opportunities & risks
o Embodies leading beyond finance by partnering with regions, business units, business partners and corporate to assist in developing, analyzing and validating new business opportunities
o Assists with strategy and process improvements related to budgeting, forecasting, systems and other key areas to ensure alignment with market objectives
o Supporting revenue-generating activities such as new product/service launches & pricing initiatives
o Developing & improving (monthly) reporting & analysis package for the Divisions across Europe
o Acting as a trusted representative of the Product/Sales teams towards the Finance organization & vice versa
o Engaging with the Europe Product and Sales team by providing valuable feedback and analysis in order to stimulate objective achievement and overall development of the business, while remaining compliant to financial guidelines and processes

All About you:
o University degree in Finance or Economics
o Computer literate with knowledge and experience in Microsoft Excel, Business Intelligence tools like Power BI is a valued plus
o Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency
o High standards of accuracy and precision
o Good organizational, data management and analysis skills
o Ability to manage tight deadlines and to perform well under pressure
o Team oriented with the ability to communicate effectively and develop solid working relationships across multiple levels
o Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills
o Fast learner and able to link diverse sources of information including the ability to handle confidential information
o Fluency in English, any other language is a plus

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.