Director, Finance Business Partner

Mastercard Mastercard · Fintech · O Fallon, MO +1 · Finance

Director, Finance Business Partner at Mastercard, focusing on technology infrastructure spend, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, deal management, contract management, pricing, product management, cost optimization, business case development, and benefit tracking. The role involves managing technology spend, investments, ROI, and prioritization of initiatives, utilizing the Technology Business Management (TBM) framework and tools like Apptio. The position also includes managing a team of financial professionals.

What you'd actually do

  1. Drives aspects of financial reporting related needs and requirements (e.g., budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, target setting) for technology Infrastructure spend including network, public cloud, database, mainframe costs, etc.
  2. Provides financial insights to leadership, leveraging an advanced understanding of budgeting, long range planning and forecasting at detailed levels
  3. Partners with regions, business units, business partners and/or corporate to assist in developing, analyzing and validating new business cases for modernization and other tech advancement imperatives
  4. Performs new opportunity assessments by providing counsel to the business around technology partners on financial modeling
  5. Executes large, complex agreements, working closely with sourcing and leveraging subject matter expertise [SME] for their designated area (e.g., financial & data technology tools)
  6. Applies the Technology Business Management [TBM] framework to allocate technology costs and understand total cost of ownership of products
  7. Assists with strategy and process improvements to ensure appropriate forecast, close and cost optimization; proactively identifies ways to improve processes and executes agreed upon improvements
  8. Manages a team, conducts goal setting and performance appraisal processes, identifies and coaches and mentors talent

Skills

Required

  • Significant experience with Technology finance
  • Progressive experience managing a team of financial professionals
  • Broad range of finance-related responsibilities
  • Short/long-term planning
  • Deal management
  • Contract management
  • Pricing and product management
  • Cost optimization
  • Business case development
  • Benefit tracking
  • Managing technology spend
  • Managing investments
  • ROI
  • Prioritization of initiatives
  • Financial reporting
  • Budgeting
  • Forecasting
  • Strategic planning
  • Target setting
  • Technology Infrastructure spend (network, public cloud, database, mainframe)
  • Financial insights
  • Advanced understanding of budgeting, long range planning and forecasting
  • New business cases for modernization and other tech advancement imperatives
  • New opportunity assessments
  • Financial modeling
  • Large, complex agreements
  • Technology Business Management (TBM) framework
  • Total cost of ownership
  • Strategy and process improvements
  • Forecast, close and cost optimization
  • Team management
  • Goal setting
  • Performance appraisal
  • Talent coaching and mentoring
  • Building high performing teams
  • Working in matrix organizations
  • Internal and external business partnerships
  • Global, complex management reporting
  • Sourcing, controllership, tax collaboration
  • Risk and opportunity considerations
  • Advanced analytical techniques
  • Process improvement initiatives
  • High-risk issue management
  • Change management
  • Experience with Apptio or other TBM tools

What the JD emphasized

  • Technology finance
  • Technology Business Management [TBM] framework
  • Apptio or other TBM (technology business management) tools