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

Analyst, Analytics & Metrics - Audit and Risk Management

Our Purpose
Internal Audit provides independent, objective assurance designed to improve Mastercard’s operations and control environment. It also performs advisory and consultative services to support business owners as they enhance their controls and business operations. Strategy & Operations powers the Internal Audit function, providing standards, insights, innovation, process optimization and training. Strategy & Operations manages quality of audit reports, intakes and responds to audit inquiries, manages the issues lifecycle, leads OpenPages enhancements, produces status and performance reports against the Audit Plan.

Overview
The Strategy & Operations team supports the Internal Audit Department in the design and implementation of leading internal audit practices and tools; the development and monitoring of the annual audit plan and risk assessment process; the development and timely delivery of reports to all stakeholders; and budget and resource planning. The Operations team interacts extensively with department leadership to establish methodology and standards; monitor and report on KPIs and other matters affecting the delivery of internal audit services; and to disseminate relevant and related information to audit staff. This position will be responsible for providing day-to-day support for key operational tasks within the department.

Role
The Analyst is an important team member who supports auditors and stakeholders to understand and interpret audit methodology, navigate the audit tool (IBM OpenPages), and troubleshoot access to department tools (e.g., tableau dashboards). The Analyst must have a desire to learn, strong execution and demonstrate critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

The role consists of audit operations, such as:
•\tAssist in the administration of access provisioning the department systems/applications, MS Teams site, Internal Audit shared drive
•\tPerform inbox management duties
•\tPrepare scheduled and ad hoc reports including issues management reports, Audit Plan status, performance reports, and Annual Risk Assessment
•\tAssist with resource management and time tracking
•\tSupport improvement initiatives
•\tSupport quality assurance review of final audit reports prior to issuance
•\tSupport coordination of quarterly and annual department communications meetings and the Annual Risk Assessment
•\tDevelop and maintain team’s procedures
•\tDraft department-wide communications

All About You

•\tBachelor's degree required, with concentration in Business Management or equivalent preferred
•\tProfessional certifications (e.g., CIA, Six Sigma, PMP, programming language certifications) are a plus
•\tDemonstrated initiative in building relationships with colleagues from multiple areas within a corporate environment
•\tAudit or operations background preferred
•\tGeneral understanding of the Standards for Professional Practice of Internal Audit of the Institute of Internal Auditors, auditing procedures and techniques desirable
•\tKnowledge of audit tools a plus (IBM OpenPages)
•\tGood to have experience with using tools for data visualization (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) and automation (e.g., Alteryx) to develop business processes and reporting capabilities
•\tExpert in advance uses of MS Office (Excel, Access, PowerPoint)
•\tPowerPoint presentation design skills a must
•\tHighly motivated individual with ability to work both independently and in a team setting
•\tExcellent written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills
•\tStrong project management skills
•\tSkilled at analysis/critical thinking and detail-oriented
•\tAbility to handle multiple tasks and consistently meet time-sensitive deadlines

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.