Manager, Accounting

Our Purpose

We work 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. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Manager, Accounting

Overview
- The position reports to the Director, UK Controller.
- The Vocalink 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 under IFRS; as well as providing support to the business teams across a number of areas including accounting and controls.
- The role will cover controller activities in the Vocalink group. The Controller activities include the following:
o 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.
o Annual statutory audit – assisting with coordinating audit documentation and support.
o Technical accounting advice is provided by the Controllers to ensure the proper accounting and reporting for transactions, customer deals, expenses and other areas.
o The Controllers play a critical role in the First Line of Defense in the Risk and Control Framework.
Role
- Oversee the integrity of the financial records of UK and international based legal entities in accordance with MasterCard policies in partnership with the GBSC.
- Lead the statutory audits for the Vocalink legal entities, including preparation of audit documentation, as well as liaising with the GBSC and external auditors.
- Second line review of balance sheet reconciliations prepared by the GBSC and resolution of any unidentified items and reporting.
- Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations for locally controlled accounts.
- Prepare monthly quarterly and ad-hoc management reporting including variance analysis.
- 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.
- 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 under scope of responsibility.
- Ad hoc support for tax and treasury activities
Project Management
- Enhancement of accounting and other processes related to legal entities under scope of responsibility.
- Participate in efforts to streamline legal entities.
- Lead other key projects to improve efficiency and manage change.
All About You
In terms of the performance and personal competencies required for the position, we would highlight the following:
- Experience with US GAAP and IFRS and UK statutory accounting and reporting requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline
- Qualified accountant preferred
- Big 4 experience preferred
- Experience of liaising with external auditors
- Experience assessing the effectiveness and oversight of operational and financial control implementation
- Experience leading process improvement initiatives along with developing procedures for implementation
- Strong internal control background
- Sound project management and organizational skills
- Strong analytical skills and proficient with Excel
- Strong communication skills in a global and matrixed organization
- Flexible and able to perform efficiently under tight deadlines
- Enthusiastic, hands on, proactive, able to work well independently and in teams
- Takes initiative and is result oriented

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.