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

Senior Accountant (Statutory Centre of Excellence)

Senior Professional, Statutory Centre of Excellence

About Mastercard

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Position Overview

Join this exciting team to build and lead the way in global statutory reporting for Mastercard. Manage a team of finance professionals supporting the external audits of Mastercard companies worldwide. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a finance background in statutory accounting, can build relationships with cross-functional teams, contribute to the finance team and consistently produces exceptional results.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a finance background, the ability to build relationships with cross-functional teams, contribute to the finance team and consistently produce exceptional results. This role is ideal for a person with a strong technical accounting background, good analytical skills and an ability to drive projects through to completion. The critical components are energy and intellect, combined with a can do attitude.

Role & Responsibilities

Performs complex accounting activities (e.g., sub-ledger accounting [SLA] and high level financial statements) in accordance with accounting principles and standards to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, laws and reporting requirements
Responsible for analyzing and exercising judgment on financial performance and complex issues
Independently determines complexity of issues, escalates and makes recommendations to leadership
Assists with the implementation of process improvements
Supports SOX compliance and assisting with control improvements
Supports the business partner relationship and applies a client-service mentality towards all deliverables
Supports relationship with external and internal auditors
Ability to research, interpret and apply accounting guidance, e.g., GAAP, to provide the appropriate accounting treatment to financial statements and ensure consistent application and adherence to accounting policies

All About You

Bachelor's degree preferred. Qualified Accountant (ACA, AMCA, ACCA)
Experience managing components of larger projects
Experience creating and delivering presentations for training events and/or business discussions
Experience working with colleagues from other business units and markets
Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of accounting principles, financial statements and financial reporting requirements and consistently delivers accurate work on a timely basis
Experience reviewing and analyzing work for appropriate accounting treatment
Experience implementing and suggesting process improvements
Experience performing basic issue resolution; gains exposure to the resolution of complex issues
Experience executing controls and assessing their effectiveness, makes recommendations to improve upon areas of concern
Proactively builds relationships with business partners
May produce and review internal and external reports with a moderate level of complexity to ensure compliance
Advanced MS Excel skills essential
Experience in statutory reporting with IFRS and US GAAP experience
Oracle/Hyperion skills beneficial

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.