Director, Accounting

Job Description

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

Director, Accounting

Overview

The Global Business Service Center (GBSC) is a shared services center within Mastercard whose mission is to add value to our partners and serve our customers by delivering operational excellence, enhanced customer experiences, and focused business results. The Director, Accounting will execute on this mission in collaboration with peers and support of Accounting and Treasury Leadership.

Role

Management & oversight of settlement reconciliation & accounting, cash accounting, and bank administration functions

Leads a team of Managers that deliver on financial accounting and associated daily operating activities while managing financial risk

Transforms processes leveraging automation tools to deliver innovative customer solutions

Leads a global team with presence in multiple locations

Liaises with GBSC, regional, and business teams to ensure compliance with all represented policies and controls

Evaluates financial and operational performance metrics, summarizes findings and makes timely recommendations to Senior Leadership

Serves as a point of escalation for compliance and service level issues

All About You

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

MBA / CPA / Chartered Accountant preferred

Experience managing a diverse, multi-functional accounting and/or finance group

Experience delivering process improvement through vision, design and build

Experience managing processes with reliance on metrics-based performance management tools

Experience building trusted relationships with business partners

Demonstrated successful oversight of the management and resolution of high-risk issues to ensure completeness and efficiency

Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency and accuracy

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.