Consultant – Strategy & Transformation

Mastercard; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global payment technology company in Toronto is seeking a Consultant for Strategy & Transformation. This role involves developing strategies, collaborating with clients across industries, and applying data for impactful decision-making. Ideal candidates should possess an undergraduate degree, consulting experience, and strong analytical skills. This position offers growth opportunities in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Work experience in consulting or corporate strategy.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English.
• Experience managing tasks in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide creative input on projects across various industries.
• Develop strategies and programs for clients leveraging data.
• Collaborate with clients to understand their needs and risks.

Skills

Consulting experience

Logical thinking

Data analysis

Client management

Advanced Excel skills

Education

Undergraduate degree

Tools

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

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.

Overview

Consultant – Strategy & Transformation. Advisors & Consulting Services. Services within Mastercard is responsible for acquiring, engaging, and retaining customers by managing fraud and risk, enhancing cybersecurity, and improving the digital payments experience. We provide value-added services and leverage expertise, data-driven insights, and execution. Our Advisors & Consulting Services team combines traditional management consulting with Mastercard’s rich data assets, proprietary platforms, and technologies to provide clients with powerful strategic insights and recommendations. Our teams work with a diverse global customer base across industries, from banking and payments to retail and restaurants.

Specializations

The Advisors & Consulting Services group has five specializations: Strategy & Transformation, Performance Analytics, Business Experimentation, Marketing, and Program Management. Our Strategy & Transformation consultants lead clients through impactful decision-making as they tackle strategic, tactical, operational, and transformational business challenges. They apply a broad set of problem-solving techniques to improve the client’s overall strategy, performance, and operations.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide creative input on projects across a range of industries and problem statements
• Contribute to the development of strategies and programs for regional and global clients by leveraging data and technology solutions to unlock client value
• Collaborate with Mastercard team to understand clients’ needs, agenda, and risks
• Develop working relationship with client analysts/managers, and act as trusted and reliable partner
• Collaborate with senior project delivery consultants to identify key findings, prepare effective presentations, and deliver recommendations to clients
• Independently identify issues in defined area of analysis, and structure and synthesize own analysis to highlight relevant findings
• Lead internal and client meetings, and contribute to project management
• Contribute to the firm's intellectual capital
• Receive mentorship from consulting leaders for professional growth and development

Qualifications

Basic qualifications

• Undergraduate degree with work experience in consulting, corporate strategy, business intelligence, business line management, or product management
• Relevant client or internal stakeholder management experience
• Logical, structured thinking, and affinity for numerical analysis
• Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills
• Ability to perform multiple tasks with multiple clients in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to communicate effectively in English and the local office language (if applicable)
• Eligibility to work in the country where you are applying, as well as apply for travel visas as required by travel needs

Preferred qualifications

• Ability to identify problems, brainstorm and analyze answers, and implement the best solutions
• Experience managing tasks or workstreams in a collaborative team environment with third parties
• Relevant industry expertise

Mastercard is a merit-based, inclusive, equal 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. We hire the most qualified candidate for the role. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact [e-mail] 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 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.