Senior Accountant

Role: Senior Accountant

About Mastercard

Position Overview:
We are looking for a detail-oriented and results-driven Senior Accountant to lead and manage the accounting operations within our Global Business Solutions (GBS) organization. This role will play a critical part in ensuring the accuracy, timeliness, and compliance of accounting activities, supporting both corporate and statutory reporting requirements.
This position primarily involves (but not limited to) managing Daily Cash Accounting, Reconciliations and Month-end closing for Mastercard entities worldwide, and may further evolve for managing complex accounting with greater responsibilities.
This role involves collaboration with international stakeholders and various cross-functional teams to manage daily accounting operations, address queries, and implement continuous process improvements.

Roles & Responsibilities:
- Responsible for preparing and reviewing General Ledger reconciliations and journal entries as part of month-end close activities.
- Review Cash and sub-ledger transactions, perform foreign exchange (FX) analysis, and variance analysis to support accurate financial adjustments.
- Understand the financial impacts and intricate accounting treatments, ensuring strict compliance with regulations, laws, and reporting standards.
- Support reporting activities preparing various reports, scorecards and dashboards etc
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and handles process improvements, escalations, and BAU tasks.
- Support internal and external audits, including SOX compliance, and contribute to strengthening control frameworks
- Identify process gaps, assess and mitigate risks, and implement improvements to enhance operational efficiency.




- Independently determines complexity of issues, escalates and makes recommendations to leadership.
- Support the business partner relationship and applies a client-service mentality by addressing ad-hoc requests and queries effectively.
- Manage special projects and initiatives, including entity transitions, process improvements, and current acquisitions.
- Drive usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automations for process efficiencies and effectiveness.

All About You:
o Bachelor s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field MBA, CA, CA Inter or equivalent certification preferred.
o 6+ years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 2 years in Cash accounting role.
o Strong understanding of subledger and controlling accounts for Cash, AP, AR, Intercompany etc
o Strong technical expertise in accounting operations, including GL management, reconciliations, and close processes.
o Fair knowledge of GAAP, IFRS, and statutory reporting requirements.
o Proficiency in Oracle systems is must
o Excellent verbal and written communication skills
o Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with learning agility
o Strong commitment to customer service excellence, featuring a customer-centric mindset
o Thorough understanding of MS Excel (Knowledge in PowerBI/Power Automate is beneficial)
o Drive usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automations for process efficiencies and effectiveness
o Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

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