Manager, Finance Business Partner

Our Purpose

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Title and Summary

Manager, Finance Business Partner

Overview:
We are seeking a detail-oriented, analytically strong Manager, Finance Business Partner to support technology investment decisioning across Mastercard. This role focuses on building high-quality financial models, supporting business case development, conducting scenario analysis, and ensuring stakeholders have accurate, timely, and actionable financial insights.

The ideal candidate is curious, hands-on, structured, and eager to learn how technology investments create business value. They bring strong financial discipline, comfort working with data, and a willingness to dive into the technical and operational drivers behind technology initiatives. This is an excellent opportunity for a high-performing finance professional to deepen their exposure to technology, strategic modeling, and cross-functional decision-making.

Role:
1. Business Case Development, Analysis & Strategic Modeling
• Build and maintain financial models for technology investment initiatives with clear logic and traceable assumptions.
• Conduct scenario and sensitivity analysis to support decision-making.
• Translate engineering and product inputs (labor, capacity, infrastructure, cloud/private cloud components, timelines) into financial outcomes.
• Prepare supporting materials for business case reviews and steering committee (steerco) discussions.

2. Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Partner with engineering, architecture, and product teams to gather detailed inputs and understand operational drivers.
• Collaborate with FP&A, Controllership, and Strategy to ensure financial accuracy and P&L alignment.
• Validate assumptions with business partners and proactively identify gaps or inconsistencies.

3. Model Hygiene, Governance & Process Support
• Maintain and update business case models on a quarterly basis to reflect latest actuals, resource estimates, and roadmap changes.
• Ensure assumptions, inputs, and outputs remain consistent, well-documented, and easy to audit.
• Support the team in standardizing templates, modeling methodologies, and intake processes.

4. Insights & Reporting
• Identify financial risks, opportunities, and key cost/value drivers within business cases.
• Summarize insights into clear, concise messages tailored for Finance, Technology and Product leaders.
• Support monthly forecasting and budgeting cycles related to technology investments and operational expenses.

5. Automation & Continuous Improvement Support
• Identify areas where automation or tooling can improve model accuracy, speed, or transparency.
• Assist in the implementation and adoption of Confluence/Jira-based intake forms, modeling engines, or other modernization tools.
• Champion improvements in data quality, process efficiency, and modeling consistency across technology finance.

All About You:
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Engineering, or related field
• Experience in FP&A, financial modeling, business case analysis, or technology finance; Experience supporting Technology, Product, Engineering, or cloud/infrastructure initiatives preferred.
• Strong Excel and financial modeling skills; ability to build structured, scalable models
• Exposure to modeling or automation tools (Power BI, Alteryx, Domo, Anaplan, etc.)
• Experience working with cross-functional partners and handling detailed input gathering.
• Interest in learning how technology architecture, platforms, and infrastructure drive financial outcomes.
• Ability to break down complex financial issues into simple, logical components.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present clear insights.

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if yo