Team Lead, Settlement Accounting

Ready to take your career global? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Team Lead, Settlement Accounting to join our ever-evolving Settlement Accounting Team and help shape the future of global commerce. In this role, you will lead a team responsible for delivering accurate financial reporting, managing financial risk, and driving process improvements that support seamless payment operations worldwide. Your leadership and expertise will help strengthen controls, enhance efficiency, and contribute to the continued growth and success of Global Payments. This role follows a 4:00 AM to 1:00 PM Philippine Time schedule, providing the opportunity to collaborate with global stakeholders and support critical business operations across international markets.

What you’ll own

• Lead accurate and timely financial reporting across settlement portfolios, ensuring compliance, control effectiveness, and financial integrity.
• Drive resolution of complex reconciliation and financial risk issues, delivering sustainable solutions that support business success.
• Develop and empower a high-performing accounting team, fostering accountability, growth, and operational excellence.
• Champion automation and process improvement initiatives that increase efficiency, scalability, and reporting accuracy.
• Partner with key stakeholders across the business to influence decisions, strengthen controls, and support strategic objectives.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy or Accounting 4+ years of accounting experience in financial reporting, reconciliation, audit, or related functions.
• At least 1 year of leadership or supervisory experience managing accounting or finance professionals.
• Strong knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), financial controls, and reporting standards.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage complex financial issues and competing priorities.
• It's a bonus if you have Experience in settlement accounting, payments, banking, or fintech environments.
• Experience with Oracle or other enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and reconciliation tools.
• Exposure to automation, process improvement, or system implementation projects.

About the team

Our inclusive and global teams win together every day. We’re proud to have the best minds in the industry, who you can learn from as you grow your career. The people, the energy, the connections – it’s unmatched. Come and be part of an ever-evolving company and get dynamic opportunities that go beyond borders.

What makes a Globalpayer?

Globalpayers think like a client, act like an owner and win as one team. We’re curious and innovative – always finding better ways to deliver impact. We empower each other to make decisions, and it’s our passion that drives excellence in everything we set out to do.

Does this sound like you? Then you sound like a Globalpayer.

Global Payments and Worldpay recently joined forces, and we’re currently operating across two Workday application systems.

At Global Payments (NYSE : GPN), we empower simple, fast, secure payments for everyone. And to do that, we’ve built a complete, worldwide commerce ecosystem that delivers software and services at scale to millions of companies around the world—from ambitious startups to global enterprises. Our team of 27,000 experts is dedicated to your success.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, we're a Fortune 500® company and a member of the S&P 500 with worldwide reach spanning North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Wherever you are—or wherever you want to be—we’re there, ready to support you.

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