Vice President, Accounting (GBSC)

Key Responsibilities

• 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

Qualification & Requirements

• 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

Benefits

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.