Senior Accountant

Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion (https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion.html) for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Job Title

Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant – Rebates & Incentive

Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview

The Global Business Service Center (GBSC) is tasked with the mission to add value by delivering operational excellence, enhanced customer experiences, and focused business results.

Role

Oversee the accounting for the Contra Revenue line particularly: rebates, incentives, waivers, and claw backs.

Responsibilities

• Run Sales Force Database reports and review contracts/deals executed with customers to capture financial elements into Contra Revenue System (CRS).

• Ensure and manage a timely and accurate close of the Contra Revenue System (CRS) sub ledger and Oracle general ledger, including creation and review of journal entries

• Communicate and collaborate with account managers to resolve any issues they may need assistance on related to rebates and incentive accruals

• Create and maintain deal workbook, deal performance and other excel based MIS for customer contracts created in CRS

• Review & approve Rebate & Incentive claims & supporting documents to ensure timely processing of customer claims within defined SLA

• Lead Country call meetings with the business managers to review and adjust accruals basis deal performance

• Preparation of GL recons for Waivers, Rebates, Advisors, and variance analysis of actual v/s forecast

• Prepare journals for contra revenue accruals and other required reclass journal entries in Oracle (if not catered for in the Contra Revenue System)

• Preparation of various analysis that may be requested relating to Rebates and Incentives.

• Assist in quarterly reporting for corporate team e.g., Balance sheet analysis - CBA Funded, Contra Accrual, out of pattern working, Prepaid working and Balance sheet recon in Multicurrency and in Local currency.

• Assist with the preparation of quarterly presentation decks e.g., R&I deck, Controller deck

• Assist with project specific work related to Rebates and Incentive for the region

All about you

• Knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS and current accounting concepts

• Advance MS Excel and financial/ERP systems, preferably direct experience with Oracle

• Strong foundation and experience in accounting

• Ability to produce accurate and reliable outputs/results

• Strong bias on controls and ensuring that processes and procedures are followed

• Results orientated with an ability to work under pressure and have a structured approach to deliverables

• Focused on achieving key outputs, with a sense of urgency and in a professional manner

• Able to adjust to improve/automate processes and systems – should be agile to adapt

• Ability to communicate effectively with account managers and fellow colleagues at various management levels

• Proactively builds relationships with business partners

• Experience performing basic issue resolution, gains exposure to the resolution of complex issues

• Prior experience in supporting business process transitions and process improvements projects

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

• Progressive accounting experience preferably in a large, global environment

Education/Certification

Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance (Chartered accountant / CPA Preferred)

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.

Everyone wants easier ways to pay;

we invent them.

Checkout lines are slow;

we speed them along.

Merchants want more sales;

we give them data and insights.

People need financial access;

we connect them.

Corporate purchasing is complicated;

we make it simple.

Commuters are busy;

we speed them on their way.

Governments need greater efficiencies;

we help create them.

Small businesses are virtual;

we give them access to a world of buyers.

Retailers want to fight fraud;

we provide the tools.

Requisition ID: R-1+0+64