Manager, Accounting
About The Position
The Rebates and Incentives (R&I), Manager 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, Manager 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, manager 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.
- Manager or equivalent experience at a public accounting firm or similar technical accounting experience in a large public company.
- Strong general accounting knowledge including US GAAP and proficient with researching accounting literature.
- Strong communication skills, with an emphasis on financial and business acumen.
- Experience assessing the effectiveness and oversight of operational and financial control implementation; ensures compliance within a diverse organization.
- 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.
- 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.
- Proficient PC skills, especially Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Hyperion & Oracle a plus.
- Excellent project management skills with strong analytical and financial skills.
- Must be able to integrate knowledge across disciplines and demonstrate effective relationship development skills.
- Market and industry knowledge a strong plus.
Responsibilities
- Oversight of the Global R&I processes driving issue resolution & relationship management with the regions, business units, and accounting shared service center.
- 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.
- Perform and document accounting research for new and non-routine transactions to determine US GAAP treatment.
- Advise and interact with senior management on R&I transactions, including preparation of various quarterly deliverables and providing updates of R&I activity.
- 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.
Benefits
- insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
- flexible spending account and health savings account
- 16 weeks of new parent leave
- up to 20 days of bereavement leave
- 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
- 25 days of vacation time
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
