Director, Financial Planning & Analysis

MasterCard; Purchase (NY); On-site; USD 163,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Paid leave

Vacation days

401k match

Job summary

Mastercard in Purchase, NY seeks a Director, FP&A to serve as a strategic finance leader for North America. You will own budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, and executive reporting, partnering with business, regional, controllership, and global FP&A teams to drive growth, predictability, governance, and accountability.

The role focuses on building financial models, scenario analyses, and business cases, translating insights into clear recommendations for senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Experience leading FP&A, forecasting, performance management, and decision support in a complex, matrixed, growth-oriented organization.
• Strong business partnership skills with the ability to connect financial insights to business strategy and influence senior stakeholders.
• Advanced capability in financial modeling, scenario planning, variance analysis, KPI management, QOR preparation, and executive storytelling.
• Strong ownership, judgment, collaboration, problem-solving, and communication skills in ambiguity.
• Experience with enterprise finance systems such as Oracle and Hyperion; reporting tools, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled productivity tools preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, strategic planning, and target-setting for North America.
• Own executive-level performance reporting, including QOR materials, variance commentary, KPI insights, and recommendations.
• Analyze INER performance, trends, and drivers; collaborate to define and execute management actions.
• Develop financial models, scenario analyses, business cases, and sensitivity assessments.
• Identify performance trends, risks, and opportunities; translate into actionable insights for senior leadership.
• Drive ad-hoc analysis and executive presentations to support decision-making and strategic priorities.
• Partner with business development, regional teams, controllership, corporate FP&A, and global finance stakeholders.
• Maintain a strong control environment with governance, SOX awareness, reporting integrity, and risk management.
• Champion AI adoption across NAM Finance; embed AI tools into FP&A workflows to boost productivity.

Skills

Financial modeling

Scenario planning

Variance analysis

KPI management

Executive storytelling

Strategic partnership

Analytical rigor

Communication

Ambiguity navigation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business

Advanced degree or professional certification preferred

Tools

Oracle

Hyperion

Job description

Title and Summary Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Position Summary

The Director, Financial Planning & Analysis will serve as a strategic finance leader and trusted advisor to senior leaders across Mastercard's North America business. This role will provide financial insight, decision support, and disciplined performance management to help drive growth, improve predictability, and deliver against financial commitments. The Director will lead core FP&A rhythms and executive deliverables, including budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, target setting, management reporting, QOR materials, INER analysis, ad-hoc presentations, and related management actions. The role will partner across business, regional, corporate finance, controllership, and global FP&A teams to ensure transparency, accountability, governance, and alignment with Mastercard priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, strategic planning, and target-setting in support of North America priorities and enterprise financial objectives.
• Own executive-level performance reporting, including QOR materials, variance commentary, KPI insights, and recommendations to improve revenue, profitability, efficiency, and growth.
• Analyze INER performance, trends, and drivers, and partner with business and finance leaders to define, track, and execute management actions.
• Develop financial models, scenario analyses, business cases, and sensitivity assessments to support strategic initiatives, investment decisions, and growth opportunities.
• Identify performance trends, risks, and opportunities, and translate complex financial information into clear insights and actionable recommendations for senior leadership.
• Drive ad-hoc analysis, special projects, and executive presentations that support decision-making, performance optimization, and execution of strategic priorities.
• Partner with business development, regional teams, controllership, corporate FP&A, and global finance stakeholders to strengthen business outcomes and financial accountability.
• Maintain a strong control environment through disciplined governance, policy compliance, SOX awareness, reporting integrity, risk management, and audit support.
• Champion AI adoption across NAM Finance by identifying practical use cases, embedding AI-enabled tools into FP&A workflows, and improving productivity, analytics, and decision support.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Serve as a trusted partner to senior management, bringing financial expertise, commercial judgment, and enterprise perspective to strategic and tactical decisions.
• Build strong relationships across functions and geographies, influencing stakeholders through clear communication, analytical rigor, and executive presence.
• Lead and develop finance talent through coaching, mentoring, capability building, succession planning, and exposure to strategic projects.
• Foster a high-performing culture grounded in accountability, inclusion, collaboration, innovation, continuous improvement, and disciplined execution.

All About You

• Experience leading FP&A, forecasting, performance management, and decision support in a complex, matrixed, growth-oriented organization.
• Strong business partnership skills with the ability to connect financial insights to business strategy and influence senior stakeholders.
• Advanced capability in financial modeling, scenario planning, variance analysis, KPI management, QOR preparation, and executive storytelling.
• Strong ownership, judgment, collaboration, problem-solving, and communication skills, with comfort operating in ambiguity and balancing competing priorities.
• Experience with enterprise finance systems such as Oracle and Hyperion; experience with reporting tools, analytics, automation, and AI-enabled productivity tools preferred.
• Significant finance experience required; payments, technology, financial services, or global matrixed experience preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or equivalent experience required; advanced degree or professional certification preferred.

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 you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail] and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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

In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include:

• insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
• flexible spending account and health savings account
• paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave)
• 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
• 25 days of vacation time
• 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire
• 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays
• 401k with a best-in-class company match
• deferred compensation for eligible roles
• fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities
• eligibility for tuition reimbursement
• and many more

Mastercard benefits for interns generally include:

• 56 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
• jury duty leave
• on-site fitness facilities in some locations

Pay Ranges Purchase, New York: $163,000 - $269,000 USD

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