MasterCard Hiring for Finance Leader, Regional Finance Job at London, England Full Time

The position reports to the UK Controller, part of the Europe Regional Controller’s group. The role will manage 5 direct reports.

The Europe Controllers Group is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the US GAAP financials in partnership with the GBSC (Global Business Service Center), ensuring local statutory reporting compliance as well as providing support to the business teams across a number of areas including accounting and controls.

The role will cover controller activities to support Mastercard Payment Gateway Services. The Controller activities include the following:

Integrity of the Financials – The Controllers work in partnership with their local teams and the GBSC to ensure that the financial statements for their businesses are appropriate. This includes both management reporting and statutory filings.

Business Advice is provided by the Controllers to ensure the proper accounting and reporting for transactions, customer deals, expenses and other areas.

The Controllers play a critical role in the First Line of Defense in the Risk and Control Framework. Using the Operational Risk Management (ORM) methodologies and policy, the Controllers ensure that we have efficient processes with effective controls.

Role

Accounting and Internal Controls

Oversee the integrity of the financial records of MPGS legal entities

Plan and execute statutory account audits for MPGS legal entities on a timely basis as well as provision of quarterly disclosure information to MasterCard Corporate Group; Maintain strong relationships with external parties (auditors and other third parties involved in the statutory reporting process)

Assist in business results analysis and preparation of the monthly management results package.

Supports the UK Controller’s ORM (Operational Risk Management) initiatives by leading assessments and partnering with the business on evaluating the risks and controls as well as efficiency of business processes outside accounting and financial reporting.

Maintain a strong internal control environment and improve internal controls where necessary to ensure a scalable infrastructure is in place to allow the company to operate and grow effectively while mitigating risk. Ensure continued alignment with MasterCard internal control procedures.

Documentation of financial and business processes throughout the group of companies under scope of responsibility.

Oversee accounting review and documentation of new and non-routine transactions. Lead consultations on technical accounting topics with Regional Controller as well as Corporate as required.

Provide the tax team with statutory accounting data for the filing of tax and VAT/GST returns.

Review and analyze customer/supplier agreements to ensure the accurate allocation of revenue and expenses between the various Gateway/Mastercard subsidiaries in accordance with IP ownership, expense effort and revenue.

Review and manage the implications of all cross border ensuring compliance with local/US GAAP and advising the field where applicable as to actions required.

Assistance to tax teams to prepare quarterly legal entity forecasts.

Billing

Oversee global billing processes across a number of platforms / services.

Drive automation and continuous improvement to maximize efficiency and accuracy of billing processes.

People Management

Lead, coach and develop a multi-site team of 5 people, including conducting performance reviews and identifying top talent

Hold regular team meetings and 1:1’s to set priorities, discuss progress and remove roadblocks.

Build team resilience and agility to ensure continuity in the event of staff absence.

Model customer-focus behaviors for the team to follow

All About You

Bachelor’s degree, ideally in Accounting, Finance or related discipline

Fully ACCA / CIMA qualified

8-10+ years experience with US GAAP and statutory accounting and reporting requirements

Experience with process improvement initiatives

Strong can-do attitude, positive mindset and resilience

Driven, pro-active, enthusiastic and resilient, with a strong can-do attitude

Ability to collaborate effectively with a vast array of stakeholders in a culturally and educationally diverse environment

Ability to multi-task, plan, prioritize, organize and delegate work under tight deadlines and carry out multiple related activities

Strong business acumen and communication skills

Due to COVID-19, most of our employees are working from home. We’ve implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview candidates by phone or video and are onboarding new hires remotely. We value the safety of each member of our community because we know we’re all in this together.

Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Corporate Security Responsibility

Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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.