Senior Specialist, Europe Controllers

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 Specialist, Europe Controllers
Overview
• The jobholder will be part of the Controller’s group within Mastercard Europe’s Finance division. This position will report to the Manager, Europe Controllers Group.
• The role oversees the timely and correct accounting treatment, as well as relevant controls, of all customer business agreements, in line with current applicable Mastercard policies as well as US GAAP.
• The jobholder will support pricing implementation projects liaising with Billing Services team and business owners.
• The jobholder will work closely together with different departments within the organization (FP&A, Business Development Finance, Legal, Account Managers & Regional Finance).
Role
• Provides complex accounting advice and guidance: discusses, challenges and validates various accounting treatments, and communicates them appropriately to ensure proper understanding and application by Regional Finance teams and other stakeholders
• Influences the contract drafting process to ensure that contract verbiage in customer business agreements enables proper accounting treatment in line with the applicable Mastercard policies and US GAAP as well as optimal operational implementation
• Liaises with Billing Services team and business owners in pricing implementation projects, including review and approval of requirements and test results
• Performs the calculations for manual billing of Pan-European fees and adjustments
• Sets up automatic rebates and customer specific rates in billing system
• Provides guidance and support for creation and updates of rebates calculations models
• Responds to internal and external billing questions and addresses ad hoc requests for billing analysis
• Branches Local Reporting Compliance - Manage the relationship with external provider (KPMG) and coordinate effectively accounting compliance in Europe region; provide accounting information from branches to external compliance offices, review financials and reports, validate information and provide final local GAAP figures to tax team; ensure timely delivery of requested documents and reports to various authorities for the annual compliance exercise.
• Champion the adoption of AI and automation technologies across Controllers processes, driving continuous improvement, enhanced decision-making, stronger governance, and efficiency gains
All About You
• University degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• Qualified Accountant preferred (but not essential for the right candidate).
• Experience working in large matrix organizations
• Experience of liaising with external auditors
• Experience assessing the effectiveness and oversight of operational and financial control implementation
• Results driven, flexible and adaptable; able to work efficiently under pressure and to deadlines
• Able to work through ambiguous concepts and issues to bring clarity to the stakeholders
• Problem solver and a strong team player with an eye for detail and focus on accuracy
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, experience in working with Oracle and Hyperion is a plus
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.