Director of Accounting

Mastercard • Purchase, NY

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Rebates and Incentives (R&I), Director of Accounting within the Corporate Controllers group work with others within our R&I team, serving as an advisor and liaison with regional controllership, shared services center, other key stakeholders and external auditors. The R&I, Director provides operational support and accounting guidance for customer business agreements, ensuring appropriate R&I policies are followed and that a strong internal control environment is maintained both regionally and centrally. In addition, the R&I, Director possesses strong communication skills to engage teams to optimize and even transform the current processes and controls. A key part of the role is to be able to influence positive change through dialogue partnership with senior management, peers, and stakeholders (e.g. GBSC, Regional Controllers).

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline, Certified Public Accountant or Chartered Accountant or equivalent
• Senior Manager or higher experience at a public accounting firm or similar technical accounting experience in a large public company
• Strong US GAAP knowledge including ASC 606 and proficient with researching accounting literature
• Strong communication skills, with an emphasis on financial and business acumen
• The ideal candidate is fast-paced, highly analytical and detail-oriented who demonstrates a sense of urgency and knowledge and experience with finance functions
• Self-motivated with ability to meet project deliverables
• Experience setting plan for process improvement initiatives along with developing procedures for implementation
• Experience building collaborative working relationships with stakeholders at the global/regional, local or corporate level
• Excellent project management skills with strong analytical and financial skills
• Must be able to integrate knowledge across disciplines and demonstrate effective relationship development skills
• Experience assessing the effectiveness and oversight of operational and financial control implementation; ensures compliance within a diverse organization
• Strong knowledge of Internal Controls and Sarbanes Oxley regulations, ability and experience to assess and design effective operational and financial controls
• Proficient PC skills, especially Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Hyperion & Oracle a plus

Nice To Haves

• Market and industry knowledge a strong plus

Responsibilities

• Oversight of the R&I processes driving issue resolution & relationship management with the regions, business units, and accounting shared service center
• Perform and document contract reviews and determine accounting treatment in accordance with US GAAP and Mastercard’s accounting policies
• Advise and interact with senior management on R&I transactions, including leading the effort of preparation of various quarterly deliverables and providing updates of R&I activity
• Provide ongoing support to regional controllership, shared services center and other key stakeholders on R&I accounting issues
• Lead in the decision-making process by providing accounting guidance for business-related R&I transactions
• Manage quarterly pre-close R&I meetings with both regions and shared services center
• Review reporting deliverables to ensure compliance with SEC requirements
• Transform current state by identifying: (1) efficiencies and solutions to enhance processes, (2) opportunities to further automate and streamline processes and (3) standardized R&I processes to enable risk-based approaches around the review and analysis of R&I activity; ensuring processes are sustainable for future growth of the business globally
• Oversee compliance activities, as needed (e.g.. Mastercard policies, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and Operational Risk Management (ORM)) and communicates potential exposures on a timely manner
• Interact with external auditors regarding the application of US GAAP for R&I related transactions and disclosures
• Manages a team, conducts goal setting and performance appraisals, coaches and develops employees as an organizational resource

Benefits

• insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
• flexible spending account and health savings account
• paid leaves (including 16 weeks of new parent leave and up to 20 days of bereavement leave)
• 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time, 25 days of vacation time and 5 personal days, pro-rated based on date of hire
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director