Mastercard India | Accountant

About the role and responsibilities

• We are looking for a detail-oriented and results-driven Accountant to lead and manage the accounting operations within our Global Business Solutions (GBS) organization. This role will play a critical part in ensuring the accuracy, timeliness, and compliance of accounting activities, supporting both corporate and statutory reporting requirements.
• This position primarily involves (but not limited to) managing Cash Accounting, Reconciliations and Month-end closing for Mastercard entities worldwide, and may further evolve for managing complex accounting with greater responsibilities.
• This role involves collaboration with international stakeholders and various cross-functional teams to manage daily accounting operations, address queries, and implement continuous process improvements.
• Responsible for preparing and reviewing General Ledger reconciliations and journal entries as part of month-end close activities.
• Review Cash and sub-ledger transactions, perform foreign exchange (FX) analysis, and variance analysis to support accurate financial adjustments.
• Understand the financial impacts and intricate accounting treatments, ensuring strict compliance with regulations, laws, and reporting standards.
• Support reporting activities preparing various reports, scorecards and dashboards etc.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and handles process improvements, escalations, and BAU tasks.
• Support internal and external audits, including SOX compliance, and contribute to strengthening control frameworks
• Identify process gaps, assess and mitigate risks, and implement improvements to enhance operational efficiency.
• Independently determines complexity of issues, escalates and makes recommendations to leadership.
• Support the business partner relationship and applies a client-service mentality by addressing ad-hoc requests and queries effectively.
• Manage special projects and initiatives, including entity transitions, process improvements, and new acquisitions.
• Drive usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automations for process efficiencies and effectiveness.

Experience and qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field; MBA, CA, CA Inter or equivalent certification preferred.
• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 1 years in Cash accounting role.
• Strong understanding of subledger and controlling accounts for Cash, AP, AR, Intercompany etc
• Strong technical expertise in accounting operations, including GL management, reconciliations, and close processes.
• Fair knowledge of GAAP, IFRS, and statutory reporting requirements.
• Proficiency in Oracle systems is must
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and learning agility
• Strong commitment to customer service excellence, featuring a customer-centric mindset
• Good understanding of MS Excel (Knowledge in PowerBI/Power Automate is beneficial)
• Drive usage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and automations for process efficiencies and effectiveness
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment

Mastercard

Mastercard is a global payments technology company that runs one of the world's largest card payment networks, connecting consumers, merchants, banks and governments in more than 200 countries and territories. It does not issue cards or lend money itself: it provides the network, processing, security and data services that let banks and other partners offer credit, debit, prepaid and digital payment products. Its work also covers fraud prevention and cybersecurity, digital identity, open banking, and data-led advisory services for businesses and governments.

Mastercard has worked in India for more than four decades. It opened its first India technology hub in Pune in 2014, and Pune is now its largest workforce in a single city anywhere in the world; the company also has offices in Gurugram, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Vadodara. Teams in India work on software, data and cybersecurity, and also in finance, franchise and network services, product management and the Advisors & Consulting Services practice, which gives clients strategy, analytics and marketing advice. Finance, revenue assurance, consulting and analytics roles here can suit CA, CFA, CMA, MBA (Finance) and commerce profiles.

• Industry: Payments technology — global card payment network, payment security and data services
• Headquarters: Purchase, New York, USA
• In India: Offices in Pune, Gurugram, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Vadodara