Senior Analyst, Finance Business Partner

Overview

Senior Analyst in the Finance Business Partner function, supporting the Global Marketing Services Finance Business Partners within the Business Finance Center (BFC), with the potential to take on direct business support and broader CAE Services Finance projects.

What you'll do

• Create the monthly reporting package for business leads, collating inputs from the respective finance leads for Regions.
• Manage aspects of the month-end financial close (revenue recognition, expenses) in partnership with the business, the Controllers and Global Business Shared Service (GBSC) teams.
• Support the monthly close, including manual revenue recognition and accruals.
• Prepare monthly adjustments to the reporting dashboard (DASH) for revenue recognized outside of SFDC.
• Track COGS and 3P cost / fulfilment ratio across deals and regions, ensuring correct revenue recognition and deal margins.
• Conduct the monthly close review of detailed revenue and expense accounts versus forecast, including preparing variance explanations versus forecast/budget each month.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive process improvements that enhance financial performance and support a strong control environment.
• Partner with the business to address all financial needs, including tracking performance and ensuring data integrity of reporting.
• Support development and execution of strategic initiatives for the business.
• Run point for ad hoc requests from business teams and collaborate to improve understanding of financial processes (billing, vendor management) within the team.
• Drive automation of BAU reports.

What you'll need

• A Bachelor's degree with a major in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration (MBA), or CA.
• Previous experience in Finance roles is required.
• Highly analytical and fast-paced, with advanced knowledge of financial planning and management and strong business acumen.
• Expertise in Business Intelligence tools and financial systems such as Hyperion and Oracle.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel/PowerPoint).
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvement activities, and making recommendations to further improve procedures.
• Team player with the ability to communicate effectively and develop solid working relationships across multiple levels and organizational boundaries.
• Initiative-taking, with a proven record of delivering success while operating in a team environment.
• Maturity to challenge ideas and balance opportunities and threats.

Nice to have

• Experience with Advanced Excel, Power BI and Alteryx.

Details

• Location: Gurgaon, India.
• Corporate security responsibility: abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices, ensure confidentiality and integrity of information accessed, report any suspected information security violation or breach, and complete all periodic mandatory security trainings.