Vice President, Finance Business Partner, Payment Networks

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 Vice President, Finance Business Partner, Payment Networks The Vice President, Finance Business Partner -- Payment Networks at Mastercard will be a senior finance leader and strategic business partner in the Payment Networks Organization, providing leadership across business strategy, growth priorities, financiak planning, performance management, investment prioritization, and decision support. This VP will lead a finance team within Payment Networks responsible for real time payments (RTP) – across international markets and RTP global products and engineering -- requiring effective business partnering and translating business, product, engineering, and regulatory requirements into financial insights, actionable plans, and executive-ready recommendations. This role partners closely with Business teams, Product, Engineering, regional and Corporate Finance, People & Capability and Controllership teams to ensure financial outcomes are aligned with organizational goals, governance expectations, and Mastercard’s strategy. The ideal candidate is a strategic finance leader with strong business judgment, executive presence, and the ability to lead through ambiguity in a fast-paced and rapidly evolving environment. Responsibilities: • Lead Finance Business Partner agenda for Payment Networks, RTP (ex-Uk) as a senior finance advisor to product, engineering and business leaders • Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes across revenues, expenses, investments, personnel, vendor spend, and macroeconomic drivers, ensuring plans are grounded in business drivers, strategic priorities, and financial targets • Own executive-level financial performance management, including month-end and quarter-end close review, forecast variance analysis, risks and opportunities, operating reviews, corporate reporting deliverables, and leadership narratives • Set the finance strategy and operating cadence for the organization, including KPIs, financial frameworks, reporting routines, governance forums, resource allocation, and decision support standards • Partner with senior business leaders to evaluate new products, partnerships, strategic investments, business cases, pricing, vendor negotiations, partner economics, operating model options, and return expectations • Proactively manage financial, operational, control, reporting, close, execution, regulatory, and market risks across the portfolio; develop mitigation plans and escalate key issues as needed • Develop and present executive-ready materials, including operating reviews, leadership updates, steering committee materials, finance readiness assessments, decision papers, performance narratives, and ad hoc strategic analysis • Identify and lead process improvement opportunities that strengthen financial discipline, enhance forecast accuracy, improve decision support, and increase operating efficiency • Lead, coach, and develop a finance team. Set priorities, ensure ownership, and foster a high-performing, collaborative team environment About you: • 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 skills including superior organization, planning, and follow through. • Able to foster a positive team environment and collaborate to produce outstanding results • Able to work independently, prioritize effectively and drive process improvement initiatives • Knowledge of Business Intelligence tools and experience with financial systems/applications (e.g., Hyperion and Oracle) preferred • Advanced degree or MBA preferred. 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.