Managing Consultant, Advisors & Consulting Services, Strategy & Transformation

Managing Consultant, Advisors & Consulting Services

Mastercard Advisors, the professional services arm of Mastercard, provides payments-focused consulting services (including business strategy, proposition & operating model design, performance optimisation, marketing, information and risk management) to financial institutions and merchants worldwide. With its unique payments expertise, deep understanding of customer needs and successful track record in addressing complex challenges throughout the payments lifecycle, Mastercard Advisors has established a strong track record of successfully addressing the challenges and opportunities of its clients.

Are you motivated by applying rigorous and sophisticated analysis to understand client issues? Can you develop key hypotheses and construct logical storylines? Do you want to play a key role in driving a world beyond cash?

Role

Working with Mastercard's clients on their premises to:

• Obtain data from multiple sources, collate, analyse and triangulate information to develop reliable fact bases
• Apply a range of quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques to rigorously identify client issues and synthesize analysis into clear, sound recommendations
• Create and maintain the 'Programme Management Office' for the launch of a new corporate card and major card upgrade projects
• Structure and prepare draft reports and steering committee presentations that require minimal editing
• Confidently deliver presentations to internal and external clients
• Plan, organize and structure own work and that of Analysts to manage time and effort effectively within project budget / profitability expectations
• Extract intellectual capital from engagement work and actively share tools, methods and best practices across projects
• Support Mastercard Advisors and local market account teams in client relationship management and business development effort

All About You

Demonstrable consulting skills or equivalent business management experience and internal consulting experience in a major financial institution

Bachelors degree or equivalent qualification. Advanced degree or MBA preferred

Professional level French language capability

Understanding of French banking and payments market

Strong analytical, interpretive and problem solving skills, including the proven ability to interpret large amounts of data, some of it ambiguous, and translate it into concise rational output that includes recommendations based upon core findings.

Strong presence & communication skills – both interpersonal & written

Excellent client management & engagement management skills

Proven team player with proven ability to work with all levels in a highly intellectual, collaborative, and fast paced environment

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
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines