Lead and manage global settlement reconciliation, cash accounting, and bank administration teams. Oversee managers, ensure compliance and controls, drive process transformation and automation, monitor performance metrics, escalate and resolve high-risk issues, and partner with regional and business teams to deliver accurate, timely financial operations.
Our Purpose
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
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:
Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we're helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential.
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.
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