Manager, Accounting (GBSC)

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

Manager, Accounting (GBSC)

Overview

The Global Business Solutions Center (GBSC) is a shared services organization within Mastercard whose mission is to add value to our partners and serve our customers by delivering operational excellence, enhanced customer experiences, and focused business results.

The Manager, Accounting will play a key leadership role within Mastercard's global controllership organization, with responsibility for overseeing treasury accounting, foreign exchange accounting, and related financial reporting activities. This position will partner closely with Treasury, Corporate Accounting, Technical Accounting, Financial Planning & Analysis, Financial Systems, and regional finance teams to ensure accurate and timely accounting for cash, investments, foreign currency exposures, and treasury-related transactions across Mastercard's global operations.

The ideal candidate will possess strong technical accounting expertise, experience managing complex treasury and foreign exchange accounting processes, and a passion for continuous improvement and operational excellence. This role aligns with the broader expectations for GBSC accounting leadership, including ownership of accounting close activities, financial reporting, stakeholder engagement, and team leadership.

Role

- Lead and oversee Mastercard's treasury accounting and foreign exchange accounting processes, ensuring compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and company accounting policies.
- Manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close activities related to cash, investments, foreign currency transactions, intercompany funding, and treasury-related accounts.
- Review and approve complex journal entries and accounting transactions involving foreign currency remeasurement, translation adjustments, intercompany settlements, and treasury activities.
- Partner with Treasury and Technical Accounting teams to assess and account for foreign exchange exposures, investments, financing arrangements, and other treasury-related transactions.
- Oversee accounting and reporting for cash, cash equivalents, investments, restricted cash, bank fees, and other treasury-related balances.
- Review general ledger account reconciliations and investigate significant fluctuations, reconciling items, and foreign exchange-related variances.
- Analyze foreign currency impacts and provide meaningful insights regarding foreign exchange gains, losses, and other treasury-related financial results.
- Coordinate the preparation and review of treasury and foreign exchange-related disclosures, footnotes, roll-forward schedules, and supporting documentation for internal and external reporting requirements.
- Support internal and external audits by preparing audit support schedules, responding to audit inquiries, and providing technical accounting analysis.
- Collaborate with Treasury, Financial Systems, and technology teams to optimize treasury accounting processes, banking integrations, reporting capabilities, and automation opportunities.
- Drive continuous process improvement initiatives focused on standardization, automation, efficiency, and control enhancement across treasury accounting operations.
- Identify and remediate risks within treasury and foreign exchange accounting processes while maintaining a strong internal control environment.
- Monitor project milestones and deliverables related to treasury accounting initiatives and system enhancements, ensuring alignment with stakeholder expectations.
- Provide leadership, coaching, and development opportunities to accounting professionals while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence.

All About You

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
- CPA required; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
- 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including treasury accounting, foreign currency accounting, controllership, financial reporting, or corporate accounting responsibilities.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge of foreign currency accounting, treasury accounting, financial instruments, and related US GAAP and IFRS guidance.
- Experience accounting for foreign currency transactions, remeasurement act