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Join to apply for the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Vocalink Limited-R-251139 role at Mastercard

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.

Our Purpose

• Develop and execute financial strategies that align with business objectives and regulatory requirements
• Provide financial insights to support strategic decision-making, growth initiatives, and risk management.
• Ensure effective capital management, investment decisions, and financial planning to optimize profitability and liquidity.

• Ensure adherence to all financial regulations, industry standards, and reporting requirements.
• Maintain strong relationships with regulators, auditors, and compliance bodies.
• Oversee financial reporting processes to ensure accuracy, transparency, and compliance with IFRS, US GAAP, or other relevant accounting standards
• Implement and monitor internal controls to mitigate financial, strategic and operational risks.

• Identify and manage financial risks, including credit, market, technology and operational risks.
• Develop risk mitigation strategies, ensuring robust financial controls and policies.
• Guide financial decisions related to business transactions, including acquisitions and investments by providing local accounting/regulatory advice and by monitoring and enforcing policies and procedures; works with Corporate Controllers team to ensure technical accounting issues are identified and appropriately addressed
• Oversee treasury functions, including liquidity management, funding strategies, and capital structure optimization.

• Serve as a key advisor to the CEO, board of directors, and the VLL executive team on financial and regulatory matters.
• Support VLL Business and Board obligations and requirements for financial reporting and regulatory reporting requirements for the Bank of England.
• Communicate financial performance, risks, and opportunities to VLL, CEO, VLL Board, Mastercard, regulators, and other stakeholders.

• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, target setting, and financial analysis to drive business efficiency.
• Partner with regional and global functions (treasury, network, product, engineering, compliance, legal and regulatory) to drive revenues and profitability.
• Optimize cost structures while maintaining regulatory compliance and service quality.
• Leverage technology and digital finance solutions to enhance financial operations and reporting.

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting; MBA preferred
• Professional accounting qualification (e.g., CPA, ACCA, CIMA) or financial certification (CFA preferred).
• Extensive experience in financial leadership roles within a payments / banking regulated industry.
• Relevant experience of working in a complex (preferably multi-national) stakeholder environment that includes complex customers and experience of working with regulators.
• Experience engaging with and reporting into a Board of Directors.
• Trusted business partner, influencer, and advisor; experience managing regulatory expectations and developing/presenting executive and board-level financial reporting
• Proven track record in risk management, financial governance, and strategic financial planning.
• Demonstrated history of thoughtful risk taking, business acumen, thought leadership, commitment, and strong sense of urgency
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to build high performing teams, history of strong leadership, teamwork, and the ability to work in a matrixed organization.
• Experience in leading a team that is geographically dispersed and to be part of a geographically diverse team.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Executive presence, ability to influence others and intellectual horsepower
• International experience is a plus as well as geographic mobility

• 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Financial Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Technology, Information and Internet

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