Senior Accountant

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

Overview
Responsible for financial accounting, financial reporting and operating activities
Responsible for expense accounting; financial reports; conducting financial analyses
Part of GBSC (Global Business Service Center) Accounting Services team, which manages the end to end month end close process following the established GBSC accounting policies and guidelines under US GAAP.

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

About you
Skills & Experience
Qualified Accountant (ACA, AMCA, ACCA)
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
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.