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Title and Summary
Senior Accountant, Accounting
Senior Accountant, Accounting
Overview:
The Senior Accountant, Accounting reports to the VP, Accounting - Controllership Integration and serves as a support function to the Corporate Controllership team located in Purchase, NY. This role will support strategically important and recently acquired Mastercard businesses. The Senior Accountant will support the activities associated with the integration. This role is key in ensuring that financial systems, controls and accounting practices are harmonized and aligned with company policies during the integration process. The Senior Accountant will support key stakeholders within Corporate Controllership, Finance and Business Partners, Business Unit and Regional Controllership and Global Business Shared Services. The successful candidate will bring accounting experience, strategic thinking and project management skills to drive integration efforts effectively.
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Role:
• Support assurance of integrity and accuracy of financials for acquisitions and has responsibility for ensuring compliance with policy and external and Corporate accounting requirements
• Support the monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc management reporting requests, including variance analysis and preparation of executive presentations
• Support periodic review of financial reporting processes to ensure operationally mitigating risks based on design and the evolution of business processes
• Support the management of intercompany arrangements, where required, in partnership with the GBSC and Tax, as applicable
• Support accounting-related matters on business transactions and accounting, including but not limited to revenue recognition, software capitalization and impairment reviews
• Support implementation of automated solutions to streamline processes
• Support alignment on Mastercard accounting policies and adheres to SOX as appropriate
• Support the integration project timeline and deliverables, track progress and escalate risks or issues to leadership as needed
• Support the successful transition and provide ongoing support to business units to address integration-related financial questions or concerns
• Support partnership with business unit finance partners and other finance functions with dependencies on controllership over the course of the integration
• Support partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, including but not limited to Business and Finance Executives, Peers, Products and Services business partners, Regional Controllers, and GBSC
All About You:
• Fluent in English
• Degree in Accounting; Certification as CPA or equivalent is required
• Strong knowledge in US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Strong analytical skills with experienced reviewing and analyzing for appropriate accounting treatment
• Self-starter who is comfortable problem solving and operating in ambiguity
• Excellent project management skills with strong analytical and financial skills
• Excellent presentation and communication skills
• Proactively builds relationships with business partners
• Experience executing controls and assessing their effectiveness
• Proficient PC skills, especially Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Hyperion & Oracle a plus
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.