Payroll Compliance Manager

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

Payroll Compliance Manager

Overview:
Lead the compliance delivery for the GBSC P&C organization delivering transaction excellence and “priceless” customer service, creating value and contributing to the overall business impact of MasterCard’s multi-function GBSC.

Role:
Program Governance – perform regular reviews of existing programs and plans to ensure full compliance with internal policies and local tax requirements.
Serve as an advisory partner by acting as central point of contact responsible for coordination between payroll, tax, total rewards, mobility, and legal
Maintain and apply effective controls, appropriate segregation of duties and reporting requirements to reduce exposure
Ensure accuracy of financial information; compliance with Company policies and procedures including SOX and other internal control requirements
Stay informed about newly released tax regulations and impact on payroll operations.
Responsible for end to end audits including but not limited to internal, external and/or statutory
Responsible for local requirements as they related to end to end processes pertaining to the GBSC P&C function
Investigate and respond to tax authorities notices
Partner with internal communications to ensure People Business Partners and the business is kept up to date and aligned with company standards

All About You:

Previous experience in compliance
Bilingual abilities are preferred
Strong knowledge of HR, Payroll, Tax, Legal processes, procedures
Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent in education and experience with a major concentration in Business, Finance, Tax and/or Human Resources
Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively across a global organization at multiple levels and business units.
Ability to be flexible in a fast paced, deadline focused, changing environment.
Strong client services mentality and able to develop strong working relationships with your team, internal partners, and vendors to deliver a high-quality service
Demonstrated leadership in complex situations and is viewed as a credible subject matter expert to all levels of senior management
Solid project management experience inclusive of process design and system optimization
Deep understanding and use of key technologies that drive automation and efficiency

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.