Vice President, Accounting (GBSC)-R-246955

Mastercard; Missouri; On-site; USD 170,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Vice President of Accounting to oversee global accounting functions. The successful candidate will lead a diverse team, ensuring compliance with financial regulations and driving process improvements through innovative solutions. A strong background in leading finance teams and collaboration with stakeholders at various levels is essential.

Benefits

401k with company match

Paid leave including new parent leave

Tuition reimbursement

Medical, dental, and life insurance

Fitness reimbursement

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading diverse, multi-functional accounting and/or finance groups.
• Experience building collaborative relationships with stakeholders globally.
• Successful track record of financial reporting and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Leads global accounting functions including Expense, HR, and Fixed Asset.
• Ensures accuracy of financial reporting and compliance with regulations.
• Oversees transformation of business processes using automation tools.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Financial Analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

MBA / CPA / Chartered Accountant

Job description

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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

Vice President, Accounting (GBSC)

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

Vice President, Accounting (GBSC)

Overview

The Global Business Solutions 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 VP, Accounting will execute on this mission in collaboration with peers and support of GBSC Leadership.

Role

• Leads a diverse, global team with presence in multiple locations, with oversight of global Expense, HR, Lease, Occupancy, Fixed Asset, Consolidations, Intercompany and Analytic accounting functions
• Partners with Corporate Controllership to ensure accuracy of Financial reporting including reviews of SEC disclosures and footnotes
• Leads a team of Directors that deliver on financial accounting and associated daily operating activities while managing financial risk
• Leads and oversees compliance activities (e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley Act [SOX] and Operational Risk Management [ORM]) and communicates potential exposures to Leadership
• Oversees transformation of business processes leveraging automation tools to deliver innovative stakeholder solutions
• 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 GBSC & Business Leadership
• Establishes collaborative partnerships with internal and external stakeholders (e.g.. external auditors, third party vendors, corporate and business unit leaders) to achieve business objectives
• 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 leading a diverse, multi-functional accounting and/or finance group
• Experience building collaborative working relationships with stakeholders at the global/regional or local level
• Extensive experience growing and motivating a team; coaches members through career milestones and progression
• Extensive experience delivering presentations and engaging with senior leadership
• Experience supporting multiple markets and prior shared services experience and BPO management preferred
• Established as a trusted advisor to business partners; consults on complex technical accounting issues to final interpretation in order to ensure the integrity of the financials
• Experience assessing the effectiveness and oversight of accounting control implementation; ensures compliance within a diverse organization
• Experience setting strategy for process improvement initiatives along with developing procedures for implementation
• Demonstrated successful oversight of the management and resolution of high-risk issues to ensure completeness and efficiency
• Experience leading processes with reliance on metrics-based performance management tools
• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency and accuracy
  
  
  

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal 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. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail] 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.
  
  
  

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.

Pay Ranges

O'Fallon, Missouri: $170,000 - $263,000 USD

Purchase, New York: $196,000 - $302,000 USD

R-246955

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Finance and Sales

• Industries

  Financial Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, and Technology, Information and Internet

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