Accounting Manager
Mastercard
- Philippines Manilla, NSW
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Being the key point of contact within the finance team to co-ordinate and ensure that onboarding of new customers in the money transfer product platforms is done accurately by Cross Border Operational teams with focus on key finance related controls
- Review of customer contracts to ensure accuracy within the money transfer platform
- Provide the oversight of the pipeline of new customers to be onboarded with communication with key finance stakeholders to ensure alignment
- Support intercompany reconciliations to ensure accuracy and completeness
- Global projects within the team to ensure continuous improvement in process and controls
- Evaluates financial and/or operational metrics and performances, summarizes findings and makes preliminary recommendations to leadership
- Serves as a point of escalation for compliance and service level issues
- Implements initiatives to improve day-to-day operations, including ORM, IT, business processes and system applications
- Preferably at least 5 years of experience in an international multi-functional accounting and/or finance team
- Ability to communicate effectively with team members as well as with colleagues across the globe and senior management
- Certified Public Accountant or Chartered Accountant preferably with Big 4 experience
- US GAAP and IFRS experience required
- Experience assessing effectiveness and implementing accounting controls and ensuring compliance
- Experience identifying and implementing process improvement activities, makes recommendations to further improve procedures
- Demonstrated successful oversight of the management and resolution of high-risk issues to ensure completeness and efficiency
- Experience driving and building relationships with business partners
- Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of accounting principles, financial statements and financial reporting requirements and consistently delivers accurate and timely information
- Proficiency with accounting and finance systems/software applications e.g. Excel, Hyperion and Oracle is a plus
- Independent worker and thinker with the ability to follow up on time sensitive issues, with the ability to drive others.
- High level of analytical skills
- Ability to understand the business with a curious mindset and to validate proper translation into the financial statements
- Excellent Oral and Written Language proficiency in English