MasterCard - Senior Business Analyst

Who is Mastercard?

We are the global technology company behind the world's fastest payments processing network. We are a vehicle for commerce, a connection to financial systems for the previously excluded, a technology innovation lab, and the home of Priceless. We ensure every employee has the opportunity to be a part of something bigger and to change lives. We believe as our company grows, so should you. We believe in connecting everyone to endless, priceless possibilities.

Job Title: Sr. Business Analyst

Overview

GBSC - Systems Team is the strategic systems vertical under the Global Shared Services Organization (GBSC). (GBSC) - Systems, owns and operates strategic financial applications such as Oracle Financials, Hyperion and Oracle Financial BI servicing all lines of business globally across MasterCard.

The Sr. Analyst, Financial Systems will be part of GBSC - System's Hyperion Team and is expected to conduct requirements analysis, participate in solution design, perform application development under the guidance of a senior member of the team. He / She will be responsible for operational support across our Hyperion Planning & Essbase application platform. Significant dealings with FP&A, Tax, Human Resources and other MasterCard groups is routine and leading system initiatives/development across these teams is required.

Do you have the skills and desire to work as an individual contributor as well as, collaborate cross functionally with various business constituents. Daily interaction and work performance within the Financial Systems team necessitates a team player with a winning attitude.

Have you had hands on development skills combined with an ability to analyze and understand end user requirement with the ability to execute by on planned system strategies and business strategies through the delivery of scalable and sustainable application development is key to successful performance

Are you willing to balance a demanding work load and priorities which include application development, process improvements, operational support, and management reporting because this is a work from office job located in Pune, India supporting business owners in the United States (US). You will be required to work US hours during key delivery cycles and may require minimal (~5%) travel. During critical business periods this role may require 24 hour (on call) availability to support systems and financial processing

Role

- Analyze, design, develop, test & implement Hyperion planning/ Essbase applications and relevant reporting products (FR, SmartView, Dodeca, OBIEE) used in the organization

- Provide operational support in the areas of Hyperion Planning/Essbase, associated with budgeting and forecasting, profitability analytics and management reporting systems.

- Process month end and quarterly activities for management's reporting, manage user provisioning, monitor system environment for optimal performance.

- Maintain focus on quality deliverables and effectively manage project tasks, participate in project analysis, prepare/deliver presentations and training and provide guidance and direction to business users.

- Learn and demonstrate a high level of familiarity and understanding of financial planning, Profitability Analysis and reporting processes and their impact and integrations with technologies and systems.

- Build and maintain positive relationships with key business users and exhibit a solid understanding of basic financial concepts and practices.

All About You

Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent, Post Graduate degree desirable, relevant Professional Certifications such as Hyperion or Essbase Certification, PMP, Six Sigma, etc. preferred

Experience:

- A positive track record in implementing and managing Hyperion Planning and Hyperion Essbase applications in a complex business environment.

- Thorough understanding of Hyperion Planning and Essbase including development and maintenance of complex allocation models and database management is required.

- Completed and led at least 1 to 2 Hyperion Planning full cycle implementations using structured methodologies and tools to support requirements, design, development, validation, deployment and training.

Skills:

Technical: Hyperion Planning, Essbase, Calc Scripts / Business Rules, Security Administration, Smart View, EPMA, Web Analysis, FDM, Relational Database Technology, Dodeca

Professional: Excellent verbal and written English communication skills, able to develop training collateral and participate in end user training sessions, aptitude to become a consultative, thought leader with in Financial Systems, able to develop formal and informal relationships across internal and external stakeholders, able to understand process improvement/redesign and ability to organize, plan and multi-task