Director, FP&A - Commercial

Mastercard Inc.; Purchase (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard Inc. in Purchase, NY is seeking a Director, FP&A - Commercial to lead planning, forecasting, and executive reporting for the Commercial organization. You will own end-to-end FP&A processes, partner with the SVP/Commercial CFO, and provide strategic financial insights across regional teams.

This role requires strong business acumen, leadership, and the ability to translate data into actionable recommendations that drive performance and growth for Mastercard's Commercial portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Progressive FP&A or Finance Business Partner experience with leadership responsibilities.
• Strong knowledge of financial systems and BI tools (Hyperion, Oracle, Power BI).
• Forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and performance management expertise.
• Experience in Product financials or Commercial is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own FP&A for Commercial end-to-end processes across regions.
• Lead planning/forecast and close cycles; provide financial advisory to SVP/Commercial CFO.
• Develop executive level reporting, dashboards, and materials for Commercial leadership.

Skills

Executive communication

Relationship management

Strategic thinking

Leadership

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Finance Accounting Engineering or related

Tools

Hyperion

Oracle

Power BI

Job description

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

Director, FP&A - Commercial

Role Overview

The Director, FP&A - Commercial reports to the Vice President, FP&A - CNPF and as a trusted partner to the SVP/Commercial CFO, plays a critical role in driving financial planning, long-term projections for board, strategy execution/performance tracking, and executive reporting for the Commercial organization.

The role has end-to-end ownership of core FP&A processes and acts as a key thought partner to the SVP/Commercial CFO and his team, providing governance at global level, collaborating and aligning with regional leads, provide financial advisory, establishing reporting, competitive analysis and strategic thinking, analytical leadership, insight, and operational leverage across planning and close cycles.

Key Responsibilities

• Own FP&A for Commercial end-to-end ownership across all process and establish solid and resilient governance across all regions
• Lead planning/forecast and close cycles, long-term projections for board, financial tracking of strategy execution, while serving as primary financial advisor for SVP/Commercial CFO and his team
• Act as a trusted partner to the Commercial CFO as required, providing continuity across deliverables, leadership forums, and senior stakeholder engagement.
• Establishing new processes and governance, while developing set of managerial reports for the business performance and strategy tracking
• Liaising with regional leads, while continuing to enhance competitive intelligence
• Own Commercial revenue consolidation and expense governance, ensuring transparency, accountability, and financial discipline
• Lead and oversee month end close deliverables, including variance analysis versus budget, forecast, prior year, and key business drivers.
• Develop and deliver executive level reporting, dashboards, and presentation materials for Commercial leadership and the CFO Commercial
• Ensure accuracy, integrity, and governance of data into enterprise planning systems (e.g., Product P&L, PPA, MyMPA including Hyperion).
• Design, maintain, and continually improve standardized reporting packs, KPIs, and performance metrics
• Drive process improvement and automation, building scalable analytical tools and financial models
• Provide review, oversight, and coaching across analytical outputs, ensuring high quality and consistency (including informal mentorship of analysts where applicable).
• Lead ad hoc analysis and special projects, exercising sound judgement on prioritization and stakeholder management.
• Guide and develop team members.

All About You

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Progressive experience in FP&A, or Finance Business Partner, with demonstrated growth in scope, ownership, and stakeholder management, ability to manage team.
• Strong working knowledge of financial systems and BI tools (e.g. Hyperion, Oracle, Power BI).
• Excellent understanding of forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and performance management.
• Experience in Product financials or in Commercial is a plus.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast paced, matrix environment.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to translate data into clear executive insight.
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills.
• Fluency in English.

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