Associate Managing Consultant – Strategy & Transformation

MasterCard; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company seeks an Associate Managing Consultant to join its Strategy & Transformation Advisors team. This role involves managing client projects, developing innovative strategies using data and technology, and collaborating with diverse global clients. Ideal candidates will have an undergraduate degree and relevant experience in consulting, showcasing their analytical and problem-solving skills.

Benefits

Flexible Spending Account

Health Savings Account

Paid Parental Leave

401k with Company Match

Tuition Reimbursement

Fitness Reimbursement

Qualifications

• Experience in consulting, corporate strategy, or business intelligence.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Manage deliverables and workstreams on client projects.
• Contribute to strategies for regional and global clients.
• Develop business recommendations and client presentations.

Skills

Logical Thinking

Numerical Analysis

Client Management

Education

Undergraduate Degree

MBA or Master's Degree

Tools

Advanced Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Our Purpose

Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200+ countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build asustainableeconomy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactionssecure, 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 – 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.

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.

Positions for different specializations and levels are available in separate job postings. Please review our consulting specializations to learn more about all opportunities and apply for the position that is best suited to your background and experience: https://careers.mastercard.com/us/en/consulting-specializations-at-mastercard

Roles and Responsibilities

Client Impact

· Manage deliverable development and workstreams on projects across a range of industries and problem statements

· Contribute to and/or develop strategies and programs for large, regional, and global clients by leveraging data and technology solutions to unlock client value

· Manage working relationship with client managers, and act as trusted and reliable partner


Team Collaboration & Culture

· Develop sound business recommendations and deliver effective client presentations

· Plan, organize, and structure own work and that of junior project delivery consultants to identify effective analysis structures to address client problems, synthesize analyses into relevant findings, and create impactful storylines

· Lead team and external meetings, and lead or co-lead project management

· Contribute to the firm's intellectual capital and solution development

· Grow from coaching to enable ownership of day-to-day project management across client projects, and mentor junior consultants


Qualifications

Basic qualifications

· Undergraduate degree with work experience in consulting, corporate strategy, business intelligence, business line management, or product management

· Experience managing clients or internal stakeholders

· 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

· Experience managing tasks or workstreams in a collaborative team environment with third parties

· Experience coaching junior delivery consultants

· Relevant industry expertise

· MBA or master’s degree with relevant specialization (not required) 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.

In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.