Mastercard India | Senior Accountant-1

About the role and responsibilities

• We are looking for an experienced and detail-oriented Senior Accountant to take on a key governance and review role within our Global Business Services (GBS) organization. This position focuses on maintaining the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of Balance Sheet reconciliations across multiple entities and regions.
• The Senior Accountant will be responsible for overseeing the reconciliation process, reviewing prepared reconciliations for quality and completeness, and ensuring adherence to corporate policies and accounting standards. This role requires strong analytical skills, a governance mindset, and the ability to collaborate with global stakeholders to drive consistency and accountability in Balance Sheet reconciliation processes.
• Act as the primary reviewer for Balance Sheet account reconciliations, ensuring compliance with corporate policies and accounting standards (e.g., GAAP, IFRS).
• Evaluate the quality, accuracy, and completeness of reconciliations prepared by teams across multiple business units and geographies.
• Monitor adherence to reconciliation timelines and escalate issues or delays to leadership as needed.
• Maintain a governance framework to ensure strong internal controls over reconciliation processes.
• Review supporting documentation for reconciliations, ensuring all balances are substantiated and variances are adequately explained.
• Identify and report unnatural balances, aged reconciling items, and risks to the financial statements.
• Collaborate with preparers, business units, and functional teams (e.g., Treasury, Controllership) to resolve discrepancies and ensure timely issue resolution.
• Partner with Corporate Controllership to address policy questions and ensure consistent application of accounting practices.
• Communicate findings and provide actionable recommendations to management and stakeholders.
• Develop and enforce standardized templates, procedures, and best practices for Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Identify opportunities for automation and process enhancement to improve reconciliation efficiency and reduce errors.
• Prepare governance reports and metrics to monitor the status, quality, and risks associated with reconciliations.

Experience and qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA, CA, or equivalent certification preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 2 years in a Balance Sheet reconciliation reviewer or governance role.
• Strong technical knowledge of US GAAP, IFRS, and financial controls.
• Proficiency in Oracle systems and Blackline tools.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and accuracy.

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