Associate Product Specialist, Product Management

From Mastercard's job posting

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.

Associate Product Management / Fund Management

The Associate, EEMEA Fund Administration provides senior leadership with execution support on administration, reporting and control framework for Mastercard’s Asia Pacific Market Funds portfolio.

The role owns FundApp governance, fund administration, approval evidence, audit readiness and process standardization across EEMEA region. The role partners with Country Managers, DFOs, Country Finance, FP&A, Controllers, Legal, Regulatory, Services, GBSC Accounting and Business Owners to ensure fund activity complies with Fund Policies and Procedures, including approval requirements and control expectations.

Role

• Execute the EEMEA Fund Administration function and drive a consistent operating model across EEMEA markets.
• Ensure execution and adherence to the governance processes for fund approvals, committee operations, reporting, controls, evidence retention and escalation.
• Oversee FundApp data quality, including initiative setup, forecasts, flex codes, approvals, status updates and supporting documentation.
• Coordinate fund committee meetings, prepare materials, document decisions, track actions and maintain auditable records.
• Coordinate with regional and divisional stakeholders for updates on Fund collections and spending (planned and actual) for semi-annual Regional Steering Committee meetings.
• Validate that fund initiatives follow approved fund principles, governance standards and required approval steps
• Review financial and contract management processes and controls, supported by the Fund Owners.
• Validate the completed requests for approval as per Fund/Budget governance.
• Support SOX readiness, internal audit, external audit and control testing through complete, timely and traceable evidence.
• Partner with regional and global stakeholders to resolve process gaps, ownership issues, access limitations and reporting challenges.
• Develop practical procedures, templates, reporting routines and training materials for fund stakeholders.

About You

• You are a senior finance professional with a strong control mindset and experience operating in complex, multi-country environments.
• You can translate policy and governance requirements into practical operating routines that teams can execute consistently.
• You communicate clearly with senior stakeholders and can bring structure to ambiguous or fragmented processes.
• You take ownership, follow through on open issues and escalate risks early with evidence-based recommendations.
• You are comfortable working across Controllership, FP&A, Legal, Regulatory, Services, GBSC and Business teams.

Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in Finance Governance, Controllership, FP&A, Audit, Financial Operations.
• Experience leading process improvement, standardisation or operating model transformation across a matrix organisation.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills, with the ability to prepare executive-ready reporting and governance materials.
• Experience with FundApp, SFDC, Workiva, SharePoint, Power BI or similar finance, workflow and reporting tools is preferred.
• Ability to manage competing priorities, coordinate multiple stakeholders and maintain high-quality documentation.

The Ideal Candidate Would Have

• University degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum of 4 years of compliance, finance, controllership, fund governance, audit, FP&A or financial operations experience, preferably in a multinational environment.
• Strong experience designing, operating or improving governance processes, financial controls and audit-ready documentation.
• Strong knowledge of internal controls concepts and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements.
• Proficiency with accounting, finance, workflow and reporting systems/software applications.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills, with a strong sense of ownership, initiative and urgency.
• Self-starter with an ability to work independently, through ambiguity and complex issues with stakeholders in different countries and
• Demonstrated ability to challenge and improve processes while maintaining strong control standards.
• Demonstrated business acumen with the ability to provide solutions that support governance, transparency and positive business outcomes.

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.

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