MasterCard Hiring for Senior Accountant at Pune, India Full Time

Our Purpose

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Job Title

Senior Accountant

Overview:

• Are you motivated to work in a team that provides global services?

• Do you like to simplify, standardize, and transform existing processes?

The Senior Accountant will provide excellent accounting services to Mastercard Worldwide as part of the Global Business Services Center (GBSC). The candidate will be responsible for delivering timely and accurate accounting services to our Mastercard Worldwide business unit(s) including contract review, plus being a key contributor in the financial month-end close process for net revenue and rebate and incentive payment validation, processing, and approval.

Role:

• Review executed contracts and create customers, deals and incentives in the Mastercard Contra Revenue System (CRS)

• Accomplish timely, accurate close of the CRS sub ledger and Oracle general ledger including creation and review of journal entries

• Identify and prepare manual journal entries through the analysis of close results, trends and actual to budget/forecast

• Prepare and review general ledger account reconciliations

• Perform detailed review of rebate and incentive payment requests including contract review and validation of driver data to various internal systems

• Provide overall support and customer service to business partners located throughout the Mastercard Worldwide organization

• Recommend, develop and implement process improvements to improve accounting operational efficiency, quality of output and optimize synergies

• Monitor performance indicators to track progress against goals

• Perform various ad-hoc reporting, analysis or projects, as needed

• Partner with financial systems regarding CRS requirements, data, reporting, and functionality

• Support SOX control compliance

• Other duties as required

All About You:

Education/Certification

• CPA/CA, preferred

• Inter CA, MBA Finance

Knowledge/Experience/Skills

• Knowledge of US GAAP and current accounting concepts

• Prior revenue, contra revenue, and/or contract management experience, preferred

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Strong customer service and business acumen

• Progressive accounting experience preferably in a large, global environment

• Ability to deliver accurate results in a fast-paced environment with attention to deadline constraints

• Robust understanding of financial/ERP systems, preferably direct experience with Oracle

• Prior experience in significant process improvements projects

• Organize and prioritize multiple activities among a team with a high sense of urgency

• Customer service oriented with the ability to communicate effectively and develop solid working relationships across multiple levels and organization boundaries

• Capable of working within a changing environment with excellent analytical, planning and organization skills

COVID-19 Considerations

We value the safety of each member of our community because we know we’re all in this together. In many locations, which may change over time, we’ve implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview candidates by video or phone. In addition, in some locations, only individuals who have been fully vaccinated will be permitted inside Mastercard offices until further notice.

About Mastercard

Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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.

Requisition ID: R-138632