Senior Accountant (Statutory Centre of Excellence)

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. Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them. Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along. Merchants want more sales; we give them data and insights. People need financial access; we connect them. Corporate purchasing is complicated; we make it simple. Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way. Governments need greater efficiencies; we help create them. Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers. Retailers want to fight fraud; we provide the tools.