Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

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

Senior Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

Role Overview:
The Senior Analyst, FP&A role within the Business Finance Center (BFC) supports the Americas region by delivering high-quality financial analysis, planning, forecasting, and management reporting. The role partners closely with Finance and Business stakeholders to provide transparency into performance, support decision-making, and drive execution against financial objectives.
This position offers exposure across multiple FP&A disciplines, including budgeting and forecasting, performance management, consolidation, and advanced analytics, while contributing to the standardization and automation of finance processes across regions and verticals.

Key Responsibilities:
- Support financial planning, forecasting, and performance management activities across countries, products, customers, or business functions within the Americas region.
- Prepare and analyze financial results versus budget, forecast, and prior year, identifying key drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Contribute to month-end close activities by supporting variance analysis, commentary, and financial reporting in partnership with Controllers and Global Business Services.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance financial models, management reports, and dashboards using tools such as Excel, Power BI, or other analytics platforms.
- Support standardization and automation initiatives for reporting and planning processes, leveraging data and analytics to improve efficiency and insight.
- Partner with business and finance teams to support strategic initiatives, including business case analysis, pricing analysis, and evaluation of growth opportunities.
- Produce clear, accurate, and insightful financial materials for leadership reviews and decision forums.
- Respond to ad-hoc requests for financial analysis and data to support business and finance leadership.
- Ensure adherence to internal controls, financial governance, and data integrity standards.
- Actively participate in continuous improvement initiatives to enhance processes, reporting quality, and stakeholder experience.

All About You:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Engineering, Economics, or Business Administration required.
- Prior experience in FP&A, financial analysis, management reporting, or consolidation, preferably in a global or matrixed organization.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills with attention to detail and accuracy.
- Solid proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; exposure to Power BI, SQL, financial systems, or automation tools is a plus.
- Ability to translate financial data into clear insights and structured analysis.
- Effective communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional and regional stakeholders.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Proactive, curious, and eager to learn, with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Team-oriented, with the ability to work independently while leveraging guidance from senior team members.

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.