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

Associate Managing Consultant, Advisors & Consulting Services, Strategy & Transformation

\"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 graduates, 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 an Associate Managing Consultant
As an Associate Managing Consultant, you will collaborate with exceptional colleagues to help some of the world's biggest brands answer their most challenging strategic questions. Working with technology and data, you will gain broad exposure to a range of industries, including financial services, retail, restaurants, hospitality and more. While working in close-knit teams, you will partner closely with senior stakeholders and be given real responsibility to make an impact for your clients from day one. In this setting, you will learn quickly and gain exposure to diverse business issues, gaining the experience required to lead key client engagements.

At the start of your career with Mastercard, you will have the opportunity to build a broader set of skills and master a wider array of content. This will inject more flexibility into your career path and at the same time make for a more engaging journey.

As an Associate Managing Consultant, you will:
Lead small and large teams to solve our clients' most challenging strategic problems through data-driven solutions
Apply a range of quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques to rigorously identify client issues and synthesize the analysis into clear, sound recommendations
Delegate to team members and own the overall project deliverables
Organize and structure project plans to meet deliverables at the project budget
Extract intellectual capital from engagement work and actively develop and share tools, methods and best practices across projects
Collaborate with motivated peers who are passionate about what they do
Mentor junior teammates on analytical and technical skill sets
Build strong relationships with senior-level clients and internal stakeholders to guide impactful decisions
Grow your career by receiving hands-on mentorship from an experienced people leadership team
Receive extensive training focusing on helping you build your existing core consulting skill set
Collaborate with colleagues across different areas of the organization and quickly gain exposure to business development, account management, and product management
From day 1, have an opportunity for meaningful project leadership contributions, increased responsibility, and professional advancement
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
Business Interest: Clear interest in the world of business, and intuition for the way that companies make decisions
Rapid Growth: Eagerness to learn quickly, both through Mastercard's structured training curriculum and organic development opportunities
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
Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated leadership abilities
Qualifications and Experience:

MBA Candidate with 2022 graduation date
Completion of an undergraduate degree with 4+ years of general work experience or 2+ years of consulting work experience
Demonstrable management consulting, financial services, retail / commerce, and/ or project management experience
Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities
Exceptional analytical, interpretive and problem-solving skills, including the proven ability to analyze large amounts of data and synthesize key findings and recommendations.
Strong presence & communication skills. Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing – in English and the local office language(s).
Excellent client management & engagement management skills; collaborates well across multiple communication channels.
Proven team player with proven ability to work with all levels in a highly intellectual, collaborative, and fast paced environment
Experience with project and/ or workstream management and clear delegation, task ownership, and task management
Experience using data analysis or querying tools (e.g. SQL, SAS, Excel or Tableau) is an asset
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.\"

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.