Vice President, Accounting

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

Vice President, Accounting

Overview
• Responsible for financial accounting, financial reporting and operating activities
• Activities at the junior levels include settlement accounting; accounts receivable; fixed assets; and at the senior levels preparing budgets and financial reports; conducting financial analyses; and making recommendations to senior management
• The Controller should have oversight and controls in place around the accounting and business processes and assure the accuracy and timely completion of all accounting transactions
Responsibilities
• Effectively oversees a diverse, multi-geography or multi-functional accounting and/or finance group/business unit
• Leads and oversees compliance activities (e.g.. Sarbanes-Oxley Act [SOX] and Operational Risk Management [ORM]) and communicates potential exposures to leadership
• Directs efforts to strengthen existing controls and optimize business processes by reviewing performance metrics/reports
• Establishes collaborative partnerships with internal and external stakeholders (e.g.. external auditors, third party vendors, corporate and business unit leaders) to achieve business objectives
• Often called upon to represent MasterCard at external key events, contributing to expert panels and sharing best practices
• Evaluates financial performance against budget and projections for external reporting and stakeholder communications
• Manages one or more teams, conducts goal setting and performance appraisal processes, coaches and develops employees as an organizational resource
Experiences
• 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
• Managed a diverse, multi-functional accounting and finance organization
• 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
• Certified Public Accountant or Chartered Accountant

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.