Senior 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

Senior Accountant

Overview:
The role of the Senior Accountant within the Australia New Zealand Controllership Group requires the individual to support statutory reporting, risk & compliance and coordination of Audit and Tax in partnership with the Controllers, Local, Regional and Global Finance and Tax teams.

Role:
This role requires an individual for:
• Assisting in the preparation of Financial Statements including statutory adjustments for the Australian consolidated group and overseas subsidiaries in New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore and other financial data in accordance with applicable, IFRS, U.S.GAAP, and statutory and regulatory requirements
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, supporting schedules and analytical reviews to support statutory reporting and audit requirements.
• Interpretation of AASB, IFRS and GAAP and monitoring changes impacting the business
• Partner with business stakeholders, finance teams, tax advisers and auditors to resolve technical accounting, reporting and compliance matters.
• Assisting in the preparation of process documentation to senior management and other stakeholders
• Assisting in the interpretation of customer contract wording for accounting and tax requirements
• Assisting in review of Sarbanes Oxley annual risk assessments and compliance
• Reviewing financial data for compliance and risk assessments
• Coordination of interim and year-end statutory audits, including management of auditor requests, resolution of audit queries and coordination of financial statement reviews and approvals
• Support corporate income tax compliance activities, including preparation of trial balances, tax adjustments, supporting schedules and coordination of external tax adviser reviews.
• Billing arrangements approvals for Audit and tax
• Assist in the preparation and review of indirect tax obligations, including GST, FBT and other local tax filings across Australia and New Zealand.
• Provide technical accounting guidance to business and finance stakeholders on local statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Identify, recommend and implement process improvement and automation initiatives to improve reporting accuracy, strengthen controls and increase operational efficiency.
• Strengthen financial controls and governance frameworks
• Any related accounting adhoc duties

All About You:
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline, Certified Public Accountant or Chartered Accountant or equivalent
• Strong technical accounting knowledge with demonstrated experience applying IFRS, US GAAP and local statutory reporting requirements in a multinational environment.
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple, concurrent tasks
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Experience leveraging AI and digital tools to improve productivity, automate routine tasks and enhance financial reporting processes.
• High level skills in Excel (using Macro’s and data analysis techniques)
• Experience with Oracle and other enterprise reporting systems is highly desirable.
• Excellent project management skills with strong analytical and financial skills

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.