Vice President, Finance Business Partner, Payment Networks

Overview

In this role you drive the financial strategy for Mastercards Payment Networks, including real-time payments, across regions and products. You partner with product, engineering, and leadership to translate business needs into actionable financial plans and executive-ready insights. You own budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning, and you shape governance, reporting, and decision-support standards. This position offers impact by steering capital allocation, pricing, and partnerships while leading a high-performing finance team in a fast-evolving landscape.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Finance Business Partner agenda for Payment Networks and RTP (excluding the UK) as a senior advisor to product, engineering and business leaders
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning across revenues, expenses, investments, personnel, vendor spend, and macro drivers
• Own executive-level performance management, including close reviews, variance analysis, risks and opportunities, and leadership narratives
• Set finance strategy and operating cadence with KPIs, reporting routines, governance forums, and resource allocation
• Partner with senior leaders to evaluate new products, partnerships, strategic investments, pricing, and vendor economics
• Manage financial, operational, regulatory, and market risks with mitigation plans and escalation when needed
• Develop and present executive-ready materials for operating reviews, updates, and strategic analyses
• Identify and lead process improvements to strengthen financial discipline and forecast accuracy
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing finance team, fostering collaboration and ownership

Key requirements

• Proven ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Proficiency in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance and accounting
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; highly proficient in Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong project management, organization, planning, and follow-through
• Ability to foster a positive team environment and deliver results
• Ability to work independently, prioritize, and drive process improvements
• Knowledge of Business Intelligence tools and experience with financial systems/applications (e.g., Hyperion and Oracle) preferred
• Advanced degree or MBA preferred

• strategic thinking
• collaboration
• leadership
• Financial planning and analysis
• Corporate finance and accounting
• Excel

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