Title and Summary

Accountant - Statutory Reporting

Overview
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.