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Title and Summary

Systems Analyst II

The Senior systems Analyst, Financial Systems will be part of Mastercard’s Financial Systems Hyperion Systems Team and is expected to lead solution design, analysis, application development, and operational support across our Hyperion Planning & Essbase application platform. Hands on development skills combined with an ability to analyze and understand end user requirements are critical success factors within this role. This role requires 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. Significant dealings with FP&A, Tax, Human Resources and other Mastercard groups is routine and leading system initiatives/development across these teams is required.
This challenging role calls for an individual to balance a demanding work load and priorities which include application development, process improvements, operational support, and management reporting. A demonstrated ability to understand and align system and business strategies through the delivery of scalable and sustainable application design and development is key to successful performance.
This is a work from office job located in Purchase, NY 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:
•\tAnalyze, design, develop, test & implement Hyperion planning/ Essbase applications
•\tProvide operational support in the areas of Hyperion Planning/Essbase.
•\tPerform & manage business as usual activities related to operational support associated with budgeting and forecasting, profitability analytics and management reporting systems.
•\tProcess month end and quarterly forecast activities for management reporting, manage user provisioning, monitor system environment for optimal performance.
•\tPerform system changes and set up required to commence allocations, budget and forecast cycle, ensuring data integrity exists for internal and external reporting.
•\tMaintain 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.
•\tIdentify process improvement opportunities with the process / application you support.
•\tDemonstrate a high level of familiarity and understanding of financial planning and reporting processes and their impact and integrations with technologies and systems.
•\tBuild and maintain positive relationships with key business users and exhibit a solid understanding of basic financial concepts and practices.

All About You:
•\tBachelor’s degree or equivalent - required
•\tRelevant Professional Certifications such as Hyperion or Essbase Certification, PMP, Six Sigma, etc. - preferred
Required Experience\t
•\tA positive track record in implementing and managing Hyperion Planning and Hyperion Essbase applications in a complex business environment.
•\tKnowledge of industry leading Enterprise Performance Management tools such as; Cognos TM1, Cognos Planning, etc.
•\tPrior hands on experience implementing Hyperion Planning and Essbase solutions.
•\tThorough understanding of Hyperion Planning and Essbase including development and maintenance of complex allocation models and database management is required.
•\tCompleted and led at least 3 Hyperion Planning full cycle implementations using structured methodologies and tools to support requirements, design, development, validation, deployment and training.
•\tRequired:
o\tHyperion Planning
o\tEssbase
o\tCalc Scripts / Business Rules
o\tSecurity Administration
o\tSmart View
o\tFinancial Reports.
o\tEPMA
o\tWeb Analysis
o\tFDM
o\tWorkforce Planning
•\tAdditional Skills Desired:
o\tODI
o\tCapital Planning
Professional Skills:
•\tExcellent verbal and written English communication skills
•\tMaintain professional business like appearance and conduct
•\tAbility to develop training collateral and lead end user training sessions
•\tAct in a consultative and thought leadership manner
•\tSelf-Motivated, personally accountable and quality driven
•\tAbility to develop formal and informal relationships across internal and external stakeholders
•\tStrong understanding of process improvement/redesign
•\tExcellent organizational, planning and multi-tasking skills

This position may be located in Pune, India

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.