Dynamic Yield, a Mastercard company, is seeking a dedicated Accountant to join our Global Business Services Center (GBSC) team. In this role, you will provide excellent accounting services to Mastercard Worldwide, with a primary focus on contract review, timely and accurate financial month-end close processes for rebates and incentives, and the validation, processing, and approval of related payments.
The Role
As an Accountant, you will:
- Contract & System Management: Review executed contracts and accurately set up customers, deals, and incentives within the Mastercard Contra Revenue System (CRS).
- Month-End Close: Ensure timely and accurate close of the CRS sub-ledger and Oracle general ledger, including the creation and review of journal entries.
- Journal Entry Analysis: Identify and prepare manual journal entries by analyzing close results, trends, and actual-to-budget/forecast variances.
- Reconciliations: Prepare and review general ledger account reconciliations.
- Payment Validation: Perform detailed reviews of rebate and incentive payment requests, including contract review and validation of driver data against internal systems.
- Business Partner Support: Provide comprehensive support and customer service to business partners across the Mastercard Worldwide organization.
- Process Improvement: Recommend, develop, and implement process improvements to enhance accounting operational efficiency, output quality, and optimize synergies.
- Performance Monitoring: Monitor key performance indicators to track progress against established goals.
- Ad-hoc Tasks: Perform various ad-hoc reporting, analysis, or projects as needed.
- Systems Collaboration: Partner with financial systems teams regarding CRS requirements, data, reporting, and functionality.
- Compliance: Support SOX control compliance.
- Global Processes: Support global processes, with a focus on the European region, which may require early start times to address real-time customer needs.
- Other Duties: Fulfill other accounting duties as required.
All About You
- Education/Certification:Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting or Finance.
- CPA, preferred.
- MBA, preferred.
- Knowledge/Experience/Skills:Strong knowledge of US GAAP and current accounting concepts.
- Prior experience in revenue, contra revenue, and/or contract management, preferred.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong customer service and business acumen.
- Progressive accounting experience, preferably in a large, global environment.
- Ability to deliver accurate results in a fast-paced environment with strict deadline adherence.
- Robust understanding of financial/ERP systems, with direct experience with Oracle preferred.
- Prior experience in significant process improvement projects.
- Ability to organize and prioritize multiple activities among a team with a high sense of urgency.
- Customer service-oriented with the ability to communicate effectively and develop solid working relationships across multiple levels and organizational boundaries.
- Capable of working within a changing environment with excellent analytical, planning, and organization skills.
