Job Post: Consultant, Advisors at Mastercard

About the company

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Job Title

Consultant, Advisors

Consultant, Advisors, Delivery, Data & Services

The Data & Services team is a key differentiator for Mastercard, providing the cutting-edge services that help our customers grow. Focused on thinking big and scaling fast around the globe, this agile team is responsible for end-to-end solutions for a diverse global customer base. We combine traditional management consulting with our rich data assets and in-house technology to provide our clients with powerful strategic insights and recommendations. Centered on data-driven technologies and innovation, these services include consulting, loyalty and marketing programs, test-and-learn business experimentation, and data-driven information and risk management services. While specializing in the payments industry, Mastercard Data & Services also works closely with major retailers, airlines, and other enterprises, leveraging data and insights garnered from within and beyond its network.

We are looking for passionate and talented professionals, who share our vision for data-driven consulting, to join us and take a leading role in shaping the growth of our team.

Make an Impact as Consultant

As a Consultant, You Will Have The Opportunity To Actively Contribute To Client Engagements Across a Range Of Industries And Types Of Projects, Such As Consulting Services, Test & Learn, Or Data And Analytics

Working with technology and data, contributes towards the development of strategies and programs for large, strategically important regional and global clients
Independently identifies issues in defined area of analysis, structures analysis with oversight and synthesizes own analysis and identifies relevant implications
Supports development of recommendations, and prepares presentations, and delivers them to clients
Understands immediate clients’ needs and agenda to provide creative input into project
Develops day-to-day working relationship with entry-level clients
Identifies engagement risks in immediate area of responsibility
Supports intellectual capital development from client work and incorporate insights from related intellectual capital/project initiatives
Contributes to proposal preparation
Identifies client challenges and brings ideas on opportunities to the attention of senior Mastercard Advisors staff

In supporting the problem-solving process to drive high-value decisions, you will work closely with team members of various levels and contribute to the firm’s intellectual capital and solution development. At Mastercard, you are expected to not only have a tremendous impact in transforming our clients, but also have a leading role in shaping the organization’s future.

Bring your Passion and Expertise

We Recruit For And Value The Following Core Competencies

Passion: Actively seeks responsibility and takes pride in delivering the highest quality results and recommendations to our clients.
Analytic Excellence: Demonstrates a strong aptitude for structured problem solving and quantitative skills.
Project Management: Clear interest in project delivery with business clients, and intuition for the way that companies make decisions.
Communication and Presence: Excellent written and verbal communication skills in client-facing situations, positioning Mastercard’s solutions as high value solutions in sales and delivery conversations.
Teamwork: Willingness to work within small teams to produce outstanding deliverables, with a will to win attitude.
Integrity: Commitment to Mastercard’s values of honesty and integrity with a willingness to embrace and learn from our mistakes.
Diverse Perspective: Brings a unique skillset or approach to the table in every client engagement or internal activity.

Qualifications

Undergraduate or master’s degree and at least 1-2 years of work experience after completing your undergraduate degree
Experience in a consulting organization as a consultant
Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills and ability to structure analyses to form data-driven solutions to ambiguous client challenges
Exposure specifically in payments and / or retail banking or merchants preferred
Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing – in English and the local office language(s)
Demonstrated ability to build trust-based relationships with colleagues and clients
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills required, SQL / data expertise preferred
Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of which they are applying for a position in, as well as eligible to apply for travel visas as required by travel needs.

Due to COVID-19, most of our employees are working from home. We’ve implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview candidates by phone or video and are onboarding new hires remotely. We value the safety of each member of our community because we know we’re all in this together.

Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process, please contact reasonable.accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

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 The Successful Candidate For This Position Must

Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security.

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.