Financial Controller, Baffin Bay & Traina Interactive

at  MasterCard

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
Financial Controller, Baffin Bay & Traina Interactive
Overview
The ideal candidate is a self-starter with a finance background, the ability to build relationships with cross-functional teams, contribute to the finance team and consistently produce exceptional results.
This job is ideal for a person with a strong technical accounting background, good analytical skills and an ability to drive projects through to completion. The critical components are energy and intellect, combined with a “can do” attitude.

Role

• Provides support for the Finance Manager relating to tax and financial statutory reporting, budgeting, management of intercompany agreements, revenue and tax planning, with a focus on a particular acquisition company
• Independently determines complexity of issues, escalates and makes recommendations to leadership
• Support month end accounting and engage with various departments within Mastercard to ensure any issues are resolved.
• Support the business in delivering monthly and quarterly reports that measure business performance metrics.
• Supports SOX compliance and assisting with control improvements
• Assists with the implementation of process improvements

• Assists with regulatory reporting requirements • Supports the business partner relationship and applies a client-service mentality towards all deliverables • Supports relationship with external and internal auditors
About you
Skills & Experience
The ideal candidate would have:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred. Qualified Accountant (ACA, AMCA, ACCA) • Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of accounting principles, financial statements and financial reporting requirements and consistently delivers accurate work on a timely basis

• Experience reviewing and analysing work for appropriate accounting treatment
• Comfort with innovation & new areas
• Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment with a sense of urgency & accuracy
• Ability to manage multiple activities in a condensed timeframe
• Excellent communication and presentation skills - experience creating and delivering presentations for training events
• Advanced MS Excel skills essential
• Must have strong attention to detail and the ability to work independently through obstacles
• Experience in statutory reporting with IFRS and US GAAP experience

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.

Role

• Provides support for the Finance Manager relating to tax and financial statutory reporting, budgeting, management of intercompany agreements, revenue and tax planning, with a focus on a particular acquisition company
• Independently determines complexity of issues, escalates and makes recommendations to leadership
• Support month end accounting and engage with various departments within Mastercard to ensure any issues are resolved.
• Support the business in delivering monthly and quarterly reports that measure business performance metrics.
• Supports SOX compliance and assisting with control improvements
• Assists with the implementation of process improvement

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