Director, Statutory Centre of Excellence-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

Director, Statutory Centre of Excellence-1

Position Overview
Join this exciting team to build and lead the way in global statutory reporting for Mastercard. Manage a team of finance professionals supporting the external audits of Mastercard companies worldwide. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a finance background in statutory accounting, can build relationships with cross-functional teams, contribute to the finance team and consistently produces exceptional results.

This role is ideal for a person with a strong technical accounting background, good analytical skills and an ability to drive projects through to completion. The candidate should have exceptional technical skills with extensive statutory accounting experience, a drive to build new and better structures and processes combined with a “can do” attitude.

Role & Responsibilities
• Assist the Finance Vice President with building out a team and structure for the centralized support of statutory accounting structures across the globe
• Provides support for the Finance Vice President relating to financial statutory reporting – ability to prepare financial statements, support audit requests, liaise with external providers and meet audit deadlines
• Manage the statutory reporting process for various Mastercard entities across the globe
• Maintains appropriate bridge files to administer and manage the differences between US GAAP and
o local accounting frameworks or IFRS
o proactively works with the controllership and GBSC teams to update both US GAAP and local accounting records accurately and on a timely basis
• Support year end accounting and engage with various departments within Mastercard to ensure any issues are resolved. This will involve working closely with local controllership and tax teams across the globe as well as the Global Business Service Center (GBSC)).
Role & Responsibilities (continued)
• Supports SOX compliance and assisting with control improvements related to financial reporting
• Assists with the external audit process and proactively works with key stakeholders and partners such as the GBSC, controlling, KPMG and PWC (auditors)
• Assists with managing and resolving audit data and issues
• Supports the controllership relationship and applies a client-service mentality towards all deliverables
• Supports the relationship with external and internal auditors as well as external advisors/ consultants e.g. KPMG
• Provide mentorship and guidance to the Statutory COE team
• Develop and implement training programs to enhance the team's technical and soft skills.

All About you
• Minimum of 12 years of experience in a senior leadership role within statutory reporting, preferably in a multinational environment.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred. Qualified Accountant (ACA, AMCA, ACCA)
• Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of accounting principles, financial statements and financial reporting requirements and consistently delivers accurate work on a timely basis
• Experience in managing financial audits, working with external auditors and consultants
• Driven by innovation and making sustainable and meaningful changes to processes
• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency & accuracy
• Ability to manage multiple activities in a condensed timeframe
• Ability to build and manage a team of finance professionals, to motivate and inspire team members
• Excellent communication and presentation skills - experience creating and delivering presentations for training events
• Must have strong attention to detail and the ability to work independently through obstacles
• Experience in statutory reporting with IFRS and US GAAP experience
• Oracle/Hyperion skills beneficial
• Advanced MS Excel skills essential

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.