Our Purpose
We work 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. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.
Title and Summary
Accountant - Statutory ReportingOverview
Join this exciting, newly created team focusing on global statutory reporting. Join a team of finance professionals supporting the external audits of various Mastercard companies worldwide. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a finance background, with the ability to develop a sound understanding on Mastercard systems and processes and contributes to the finance team by consistently producing exceptional results.
This job is ideal for a person with a strong technical accounting background and good analytical skills. The critical components are a keen interest in learning and developing as a finance professional at a leading multinational company.
Role
• Performs accounting activities (e.g., reconciliations, journal entries) in accordance with accounting principles and standards to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, laws and reporting requirements
• May assists with internal financial reporting, performs comprehensive trend analysis and data mining; assesses for completeness
• Executes and supports internal and external controls
• Makes suggestions for process improvements to supervisor
• Assists in supporting the business partner relationship, including performing any ad-hoc analysis and reporting
• Assists in supporting the lead accountant or team manager in providing accurate, complete and high quality financial information to external auditors
• Works with the Global Shared Services Centre employees in analysing accounting data/information subject to external audits
• Prepares lead schedules and supporting information to support the external audit process
About you
Skills & Experience
The ideal candidate would have:
• Bachelor’s degree preferred. Qualified or part qualified Accountant (ACA, AMCA, ACCA)
• Sound knowledge of accounting principles, financial statements and financial reporting requirements
• 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
• Consistently delivers accurate work on a timely basis
• Gains exposure to reviewing and analyzing own work for appropriate accounting treatment
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple requests within a condensed timeframe
• Shows initiative in building relationships with colleagues from multiple areas within Mastercard
• Good MS Excel skills essential
• Experience in statutory reporting in IFRS and/or US GAAP
• Experience working with external auditors and consultants beneficial
• 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.
