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

Lead FinOps Analyst

Mastercard is a world leading payments and technology company with the aspiration to help reshape the digital economy so everyone can realize their ambitions. Technology is our product, and we pride ourselves in using the latest technologies to create secure, customer centric experiences.
We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Overview

Job Title
Manager, FinOps Analyst

The Manager, FinOps Analyst is responsible for owning and driving the strategy and execution of Mastercard Technology FinOps Policies, Processes, and practices. This role leads the delivery of one or more Strategic Objectives from strategy definition to planning and through to execution success by (a) developing the strategy with corporate leaders and (b) leading a team of diverse Subject Matter Experts and Mastercard stakeholders. Furthermore, it is upon the Director to ensure the use of technology-based systems and processes (e.g., automation and analytics) to ensure solutions deliver efficient, secure, and effective experiences.

The Role

1/ Establish a best-in-class FinOps practice.
•\tPartner with team members (TBMAs, product owners and Cloud Engineers) to understand data requirements, sources, and gaps.
•\tDocument requirements for solutions to streamline data management through automation.
•\tDocument requirements for internal customer focused end-to-end cloud financial reporting solutions.
•\tDevelop solutions to assist in analyzing data quality.
•\tBuild out new reporting and modeling capabilities
•\tLead application of FinOps principles and best practice. Analyze the end-to-end repercussions of proposed process and/or solution changes & optimize cloud consumption & Costs.
•\tIdentify and drive a continuous cycle of cloud expense management improvements.
•\tShare in the responsibility for the day-to-day operations of the cloud and ensure solid coverage plans for critical/time-sensitive ongoing tasks

2/ Supporting up a best-in-class transformation operating model and organization and serve as liaison across stakeholders in all
•\tEngaging with team members by creating a motivating work environment that recognizes, holds team members accountable, and rewards strong performance.
•\tSupporting the assignment of clear tasks and objectives and establishing performance indicators for monitoring results versus objectives
•\tPromoting development and sharing of best practices and knowledge that build on the MasterCard’s abilities to proactively address risks and priorities
•\tCreating and implementing the strategy, roadmap, resourcing and business cases to drive and deliver mastercard’s FinOps practice
•\tSupporting and driving the use of leading practices to execute complex initiatives spanning different large teams/ stakeholders and geographies
•\tCoordinating closely with O&T leaders to drive alignment and dependencies between different priorities


All about you

•\tResults-proven track record of exceeding goals and a bottom-line orientation; evidence of the ability to consistently make good decisions through a combination of analysis, experience and judgment
•\t4+ years of progressive experience with cloud
•\tExperience with data manipulation tools and ETL processes, strong configuration skills.
•\tStrong collaboration & communication skills
•\tKnowledge and understanding of IT Financial concepts
•\tExperience with the Apptio Cost Transparency and Cloudability applications or a similar solution
•\tApptio R12 Development Experience desirable
•\tPrior experience in a corporate IT environment or Technology Business Management framework
•\tAbility to think strategically, anticipate future consequences and trends, and incorporate them into the organizational plan
•\tAbility to connect both on an individual level and in large groups; capacity to enforce accountability, cultivate entrepreneurship and learn the strengths and weaknesses of the team to put people in a position to succeed
•\tCommitment to diversity and ethical, accountable, and transparent leadership
•\tExperience in the payments domain desirable

Mastercard is an 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. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com 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;

Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.