Senior Accountant at Mastercard

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
The Japan Finance team plays a key role as business partners by providing the business with thought leadership and financial advice on business priorities to enable financially sound, effective and efficient investment decisions. The Sr. accountant will report to the Division Controller by working closely with the Japan Division Finance Officer. He/she will assume responsibility for the financial stewardship of the Business Unit and actively maintaining a strong internal control environment to support operational excellence.
Role:

• Ensure accounting is in compliance with U.S. GAAP, J-GAAP, Master Card Worldwide policies & procedures, and implements new accounting pronouncements in a timely manner.
• Responsible for tax filing, statutory and regulatory reporting
• Reviews accounting information for accuracy and reliability.
• Prepares period-by-period analyses and explains significant account variances, when comparing actuals, budgets, and forecasts.
• Performs detailed account analyses.
• Works closely with multiple stakeholders including regional controller, regional tax, GBSC-Shared Accounting service, on complex accounting matters
• Review Accounts Payable, Cash Management, GL, and Fixed Assets
• Operations & Systems
• Conducts continuous reviews of existing accounting processes and assess operational efficiency and to ensure that processes meet the present and anticipated needs of business units, Worldwide Finance, and other stakeholders.
• Participates in the development and implementation of process improvements to the accounting function to improve operational efficiency and quality of output.
• Escalates any identified financial system risks and system requirements as appropriate.
• Ensures delays and problems are promptly addressed by taking the appropriate action to resolve issues.
• Control & Security
• Participates in the development, implementation and maintenance of cost-effective controls to promote data integrity and minimize risk (financial, operational, legal, regulatory, etc.) and maintains appropriate segregation of duties.
• Ensures access to data, information and systems is appropriately authorized in accordance with Master Card policies and procedures.
• Participates in internal audits and responds to requests timely and appropriately.

All About You:

• Experienced professional in the field of accounting, tax and controllership
• Good understanding of the diverse cultural, regulatory, statutory and taxation environment of the markets in which the Business Unit has a physical presence
• Expertise in U.S. and J-GAAP accounting
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing 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.