Job Description
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 Overview As Vice President, Finance Business Partner - Technology at Mastercard, you will play a critical role in shaping financial strategy, enabling business growth, and driving strong financial discipline across our technology organization. Partnering closely with senior technology leaders, you will help optimize investments, improve decision-making, and enhance overall business performance. We are seeking a highly curious, hands-on leader who is motivated to go beyond surface-level understanding and truly learn the business they support in detail. The successful candidate will invest the time to understand products, platforms, operations, cost drivers, priorities, and risks—using that knowledge to provide thoughtful financial guidance and challenge assumptions where needed. This role requires someone who is proactive, analytical, and willing to roll up their sleeves to connect financial insights with how the business operates. The ideal candidate brings deep financial expertise, a strong track record supporting technology organizations, and exceptional leadership skills. You will leverage data-driven insights, streamline processes, and help business partners plan, prioritize investments, and manage performance. Acting as both player and coach, you will combine strategic thought partnership with strong execution and analytical rigor. Success in this role requires excellent collaboration and stakeholder management. You will build trusted relationships across Finance and Technology, help leaders understand the financial implications of key decisions, and serve as a strategic advisor to ensure priorities and investments are aligned with broader enterprise objectives. Role/Responsibilities Business Partnership and Strategic Advisory: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior technology leaders, developing a deep understanding of the products, platforms, engineering priorities, operating model, and cost drivers of the business. Provide strategic financial counsel that aligns resources, investments, and execution priorities with enterprise objectives. Build strong partnerships across Technology, Finance, Procurement, and other control functions to drive performance and accountability. Recognize that in-person engagement is critical to building trust and understanding the business, with a willingness to travel regularly and maintain a strong on-site presence with key stakeholders and teams. Technology Financial Strategy and Decision Support: Develop and execute financial strategies that support the long-term objectives of the technology organization. Translate complex operational and engineering decisions into clear financial outcomes, providing actionable insights that improve decision-making, scalability, and enterprise value creation. Planning, Performance Management, and Investment Governance: Lead annual planning, budgeting, forecasting, and multi-year strategic outlook processes for the technology organization. Monitor performance against commitments, analyze key drivers and variances, and implement corrective actions where needed. Establish strong governance over technology spend, ensuring disciplined management of operating expenses, capital expenditures, and headcount investments. Capital Allocation and Portfolio Prioritization: Evaluate business cases, strategic programs, and major technology investments to ensure resources are allocated to the highest-value opportunities. Drive prioritization across competing initiatives, balancing growth, resiliency, modernization, regulatory commitments, and return on investment. Run vs. Build Economics and Productivity Leadership: Provide transparency into run-the-business versus build-the-business spend, helping leaders optimize allocation of resources across maintenance, innovation, and transformation. Lead productivity initiatives focused on simplification, automation, organizational efficiency, and measurable returns from AI-enabled capabilities. Cloud, Software, and Vendor Financial Management: Oversee financial management of cloud infrastructure, software licensing, managed services, and strategic vendor relationships. Partner with Procurement and Technology leaders to optimize commercial structures, improve unit economics, strengthen dema