Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy

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Title and Summary

Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy

OVERVIEW
The Global Open Banking and API team is responsible for developing and building the future of open banking and a developer-first approach that propels innovation with fintech and other partners, in support of realizing Mastercard’s multi-rail potential.

The Senior Specialist, Strategy will be responsible for supporting the development and refinement of our strategy alongside helping gather and analyze competitive insights to help create a sustained competitive advantage.

Do you enjoy working on complex business problems?

Are you adept at communicating complex ideas effectively?

Have you ever successfully influenced others on your strategic point of view?

Are you motivated by a dynamic, changing business environment and its opportunities and challenges?



ROLE
The Senior Specialist will have a proven track record of working effectively in a team to drive to successful outcomes, exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills, and strong written and verbal communication skills. More specifically, the candidate will be responsible for:



Synthesizing complex information into clear takeaways and recommendations using both qualitative and quantitative methods

Structuring ambiguous problems and developing a plan to solve them

Developing presentations, generating research insights, undertaking complex analysis to support recommendations

Building compelling business cases and drive buy-in to ensure execution

Conducting research – competitor & market Intelligence,

Supporting operations across the business, inclusive of budget management, quarterly business reviews, KPI tracking, Studio process, planning, and risk management



QUALIFICATIONS


Qualified candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Engineering, Mathematics or Information Technology fields

One to three years of professional experience with a major top-tier international management consulting firm, other professional services firm or an internal Corporate Strategy team.

Demonstrable success in one or more of the following: 

Projects focusing on Product and Go-To-Market strategy

Projects demonstrating improvement in operational efficiency and implementation

Projects requiring in depth data analysis with associated recommendations

Professional, working knowledge of MS Office Tools – PowerPoint (produce clean and effective presentation slide decks for an executive audience), Excel (create statistical models, dashboards, etc. to perform/show the results of qualitative and quantitative analyses), Word (draft and publish collateral, proposals, memos related to strategy work) 

ALL ABOUT YOU

Enjoy working on ambiguous problems in a fast-paced environment

Strong business and financial intuition

Strong organizational skills

Initiative-taker, results driven with high energy levels

Track record of accomplishments impact in professional, academic, and/or personal setting

Experience working on a team, and influencing teammates towards an objective

Strong problem-solving analytical skills and comfortable using data to support thinking/ recommendations

Be a good collaborator and listener, influencer and able to navigate a matrixed organization and /reporting structure. Be able to navigate ambiguity with ease.

Ability to communicate effectively with all audiences, including senior leaders, in a structured manner

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