Financial Controller

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

Financial Controller

Overview
- The position is Controller, Manager, and is part of the Real Time Payment (RTP) Controller's team.
- The Controller is responsible for ensuring the integrity of the financial statements of RTP's legal entities, in partnership with the Global Business Service Center (GBSC), and ensuring local statutory reporting compliance as well as providing support to the business pertaining to accounting, financial reporting, internal controls and business advisory.
- The role will drive the statutory accounting and reporting process for RTP's legal entities, in accordance with Corporate policies, UK/US GAAP and SEC requirements.
Role
Accounting and Internal Controls
- Ensures integrity and accuracy of financials for RTP's legal entities, and primary responsibility for ensuring compliance with external and Corporate accounting requirements, both from a US and UK GAAP perspective
- Supports the statutory audits for RTP's legal entities, including preparation of audit documentation, interfacing with external auditors and liaising with the GBSC
- Directs efforts to strengthen existing controls and optimize business processes by reviewing performance metrics/reports, as well as perform monitoring controls over the integrity of the financial records of legal entities that comprise the business
- Guides financial decisions related to business transactions including acquisitions and investments by providing accounting/regulatory advice and by establishing, monitoring, and enforcing policies and procedures.
- Advises management on all accounting related business transactions and accounting/ regulatory standards, including but not limited to revenue recognition, software capitalization, impairment reviews, business for deal structures, intercompany arrangements, business ventures, etc.
- Anticipates future legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements; filing financial reports and advising management on needed actions.
- Works in partnership with Risk for compliance activities (e.g. Mastercard policies, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and Operational Risk Management (ORM)) and communicate potential exposures to leadership
- Establishes collaborative partnerships with internal and external stakeholders (e.g. corporate function, business partners, corporate and regional controllers, external auditors and other third parties involved in the statutory reporting process) to achieve business objectives
- Supports the management of intercompany arrangements, where required, in partnership with the GBSC and Tax, as applicable
- Supports Tax and Legal teams in managing company structure to ensure deals are correctly assessed and transactions are correctly recorded
- Supports other audits as required (e.g. ISAE3000 audit)
- Completes special requests for analysis, research, and detailed information, including other projects deemed necessary by Senior Management
Treasury and Cash Management
- Manages retained bank accounts for contractual funding requirements and LINK scheme transactions
- Coordinates with Mastercard Treasury on material banking activity
All About You
In terms of the performance and personal competencies required for the position, we would highlight the following:
- Extensive experience/proven track record in accounting controls and financial processes within a global organization or within a Big 4 Firm. A mix of industry and Big 4 experience is preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline; Masters Degree is a plus
- Active Certified Public Accountant or Chartered Accountant or equivalent
- Experience with US GAAP and/or IFRS accounting and reporting requirements
- Strong project management skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written); Strong presentation skills; Influencer who uses analytical and leadership skills to achieve goals
- Established as a trusted advisor to business partners; consults on complex technical accounting issues to final interpretation in order to ensure the integrity of the financials
- Must be able to integrate knowledge across disciplines
- Experience assessing the effectiveness and oversight of operational and financial control implementation; ensures compliance within a matrixed, global and diverse organization
- Process-minded change agent, with strong knowledge of internal controls, ability and experience to assess and design effective operational and financial controls, as well as Sarbanes Oxley regulations
- Successfully drive and integrate change and cultivate a continuous improvement culture
- Experience delivering presentations
- Must be able to integrate knowledge across disciplines and demonstrate effective leadership with relationship development skills
- Experience of regulated environments preferred
- Proficiency with accounting & finance systems/software applications
- Market and industry knowledge a plus

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.