Director, FP&A – Commercial

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 communicati