Associate Specialist, Transaction Services-1

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

Associate Specialist, Transaction Services-1

Overview
The Global Business Service 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 Team member will execute on this mission in collaboration with peers and support of Transaction Services Leadership.
• Do you want to be part of a dynamic and agile team environment?
• Are you motivated to drive business transformation on a global scale?
Role
• Provides quality and timely resolution for P2P inquiries related to Supplier onboarding, Purchase orders, invoices / payments, etc.
• Coordinates with Global P2P, Sourcing, Legal, Compliance teams to resolve P2P inquiries
• Liaise with Business Owners, Suppliers to resolve their P2P inquiries
• Update and maintain working files, trackers for reporting purpose
• Performs day to day transaction processing in support of accounts payable, payments processing and month-end close activities in the procure to pay space
• Performs data analysis, provides insights on activity and recommendations on process improvements that will reduce manual effort and improve timeliness and accuracy
• Plan and organize work so that Service Level Agreement objectives are met or exceeded
• Ensures compliance to SOX controls and maintains documentation as assigned
All About You
• Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance and equivalent work experience (min. 5 years)
• Experience supporting procure to pay processes and expense/ sub-ledger accounting with reliance on metrics-based performance management tools
• Have excellent customer service, understand the customer journey and advocate for process improvements that make sense for the customer and the processing teams
• Work effectively across functions to get a resolution and maintain customer satisfaction. Continually look at opportunities for process improvements and deploy solutions. You turn problems into opportunities
• Ability to understand contract terms, support in drafting SOW/MSA/DPA, etc.
• Experience with ERP systems, such as Coupa and Oracle (preferred)
• End to end AP knowledge
• Excellent verbal / written communication. Be skilled at explaining technical problems succinctly and clearly.
• Have strong data analysis skills to dig into the details, identify actionable insights and bring positive results
• Ability to deliver quality results in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency and focus on data integrity and compliance

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.