Accountant

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

Accountant

The role of the Accountant within the Australia New Zealand Controllership Group requires the individual to support financial accounting in partnership with the Controllers, Local, Regional and Global Finance and Tax teams.
Role Overview:
• Perform month-end and year-end close processes, including the preparation of journal entries and reconciliations for ANZ entities and APAC subsidiaries.
• Prepare, process and review manual AR invoices.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of all month end revenue recognition including intercompany service fees calculation.
• Reconcile monthly balance sheets accounts and upload in Blackline.
• Prepare and analyse financial reports, including balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and cash flow statements.
• Provide valuable insights with variance analysis and commentary on P&L and balance sheets to support decision making.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date accounting records, ensuring compliance with relevant financial regulations and standards and company policies.
• Coordination of information to auditors and responses to auditor queries.
• Collaborate with the wider finance team and other departments (FP&A, Tax and regional teams) to ensure the smooth running of financial operations.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of accounting processes and controls.
• Assisting in the preparation of process documentation and approvals by management and other stakeholders.
• Any related accounting ad hoc duties.
All About You:
• Degree in Accounting or equivalent, preferably with a recognised accounting qualification (e.g. CA, CPA).
• Minimum 3-5 years' experience in a similar financial accounting role.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting standards (IFRS) and general accounting principles.
• Basic working knowledge of Aus and NZ GST, FBT and tax
• Proficient PC skills, especially Microsoft Office (Excel, Word) and ERP. Experience of working with Oracle and SAP a plus.
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team and communicate financial information effectively.
• Proactive and solutions-oriented approach to problem-solving.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple, concurrent tasks.

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.