Senior Accountant – Rebates, Incentive

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

Senior Accountant – Rebates, Incentive

Job Title
Senior Accountant – Rebates, Incentive
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
The Financial Services arm of Global Business Service Center (GBSC) is tasked with the mission to add value by delivering operational excellence, enhanced customer experiences, and focused business results.
Role
Oversee assigned tasks in the accounting and revenue acceptance processes for the Contra Revenue line particularly: rebates, incentives, advisor services, waivers, and claw backs.
Responsibilities
• Play a pivotal role in the Advisors revenue acceptance process by reviewing and approving availability of funds for advisors’ services.
• Communicate and collaborate with account managers to resolve issues related to funds availability, maximize revenue while tapping revenue leakages.
• Run Sales Force Database reports to review contracts/deals executed with customers & capture financial elements into Contra Revenue System (CRS).
• Lead Country call meetings with the business managers to review and adjust accruals basis deal performance
• Ensure and manage a timely and accurate financial close, including creation and review of journal entries
• Preparation of GL recons for Waivers, Rebates, Advisors, and variance analysis of actual v/s forecast
• Preparation of various analytics, metric reports and assisting in quarterly reporting for corporate team
• Assist with project specific work related to Rebates and Incentive, Advisors rejections for the region
Competencies
• Knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS and current accounting concepts
• Advance MS Excel and financial/ERP systems, preferably direct experience with Oracle
• Strong foundation and experience in accounting
• Ability to produce accurate and reliable outputs/results
• Strong bias on controls and ensuring that processes and procedures are followed
• Results orientated with an ability to work under pressure and have a structured approach to deliverables
• Focused on achieving key outputs, with a sense of urgency and in a professional manner
• Able to adjust to improve/automate processes and systems – should be agile to adapt
• Ability to communicate effectively with account managers and fellow colleagues at various management levels
• Proactively builds relationships with business partners
• Experience performing basic issue resolution, gains exposure to the resolution of complex issues
• Prior experience in supporting business process transitions and process improvements projects
• Capable of working within a changing environment with excellent analytical, planning and organization skills
• Progressive accounting experience preferably in a large, global environment
Education/Certification
Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance (Chartered accountant / CPA Preferred)
Job Overview:
Manages all accounting, including revenue recognition, expense recording, and timely and accurate closes. Ensures the preparation of accurate, reliable, and timely reporting of financial statements and other financial data in accordance with applicable SEC, U.S., GAAP, statutory and regulatory requirements. Keeps abreast of changes to accounting requirements to ensure ongoing compliance. Develops and implements company wide accounting policies in conformance with GAAP and current accounting pronouncements. Prepares period-by-period analyses and explains significant account variances. Develops and implements cost-effective controls to promote data integrity and minimize risk. Monitors compliance with internal accounting policies and procedures and with all regulatory requirements
Major Accountabilities:
• Closing the books in a timely and accurate manner.
• Reconcile and review various general ledger accounts for discrepancies and unusual fluctuations. Analyze financial results compared to prior periods, forecasts and budgets and prepare explanations for variances.
• Engages in quarterly and year-end audits.
• Identify opportunities to streamline departmental workflow; enhance departmental efficiencies and promote continued quality service.
• Interact with professionals and managers in other departments and follow-up on requests and inquiries.
• Cross-functional project team member
Education:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
Knowledge / Experience:
• Thorough knowledge of general accounting practices usually acquired through work experience. Experience analyzing, interpreting and summarizing financial data.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Knowledge of Oracle Financials preferred
• Detail oriented; Strong analytical and communication skills
Work Conditions:
• Reports to the Leader of Accounting.
• Receives guidance on a day-to-day basis.

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.