Senior Accountant

Mastercard; Helena (MT); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Senior Accountant to oversee financial accounting, reporting, and operating activities. Responsibilities include complex accounting, budgets, and financial analyses, with oversight of accounting processes and timely completion of transactions.

The role emphasizes adherence to accounting standards, internal controls, and collaboration with auditors and business partners to ensure accurate financial information and strong governance.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of accounting principles and financial reporting requirements.
• Experience reviewing and analyzing work for appropriate accounting treatment.
• Experience implementing process improvements.
• Experience executing controls and assessing their effectiveness.
• Proactively builds relationships with business partners.

Responsibilities

• Performs complex accounting activities (e.g., SLA and high level financial statements) to ensure compliance with accounting principles and reporting requirements.
• Responsible for analyzing and exercising judgment on financial performance and complex issues.
• Independently determines complexity of issues, escalates and makes recommendations to leadership.
• Assists with the implementation of process improvements.
• Supports SOX compliance and assisting with control improvements.
• Supports the business partner relationship and applies a client-service mentality towards all deliverables.
• Supports relationship with external and internal auditors.

Skills

Accounting principles

Financial reporting

Regulatory compliance

Analytical thinking

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

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

Senior Accountant Overview

• Responsible for financial accounting, financial reporting and operating activities
• Activities at the junior levels include settlement accounting; accounts receivable; fixed assets; and at the senior levels preparing budgets and financial reports; conducting financial analyses; and making recommendations to senior management
• The Controller should have oversight and controls in place around the accounting and business processes and assure the accuracy and timely completion of all accounting transactions

Responsibilities

• Performs complex accounting activities (e.g., sub-ledger accounting [SLA] and high level financial statements) in accordance with accounting principles and standards to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations, laws and reporting requirements
• Responsible for analyzing and exercising judgment on financial performance and complex issues
• Independently determines complexity of issues, escalates and makes recommendations to leadership
• Assists with the implementation of process improvements
• Supports SOX compliance and assisting with control improvements
• Supports the business partner relationship and applies a client-service mentality towards all deliverables
• Supports relationship with external and internal auditors

Experiences

• Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of accounting principles, financial statements and financial reporting requirements and consistently delivers accurate work on a timely basis
• Experience reviewing and analyzing work for appropriate accounting treatment
• Experience implementing and suggesting process improvements
• Experience performing basic issue resolution; gains exposure to the resolution of complex issues
• Experience executing controls and assessing their effectiveness, makes recommendations to improve upon areas of concern
• Proactively builds relationships with business partners
• May produce and review internal and external reports with a moderate level of complexity to ensure compliance

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.