Lead Business Analyst

Mastercard; Helena (MT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mastercard is seeking a Lead Business Analyst for the Corporate Treasury team to support settlement services across our core network. You will analyze requirements, coordinate projects, and enable operational capabilities with cross-functional partners.

The role requires proactive, detail-oriented collaboration with business, product, and technology teams, translating needs into actionable tasks and ensuring timely delivery. This position is based in Helena, MT in the United States.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in financial services, banking, payments, or related fields.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Experience supporting cross-functional projects or product initiatives.
• Ability to translate business needs into clear requirements or actionable tasks.
• Excellent communication skills and comfort presenting insights to stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Support the analysis, design, and implementation of enhancements to settlement services and related Treasury capabilities.
• Collaborate with business units and the product teams to gather requirements, evaluate operational impacts, and support delivery of new or improved settlement processes.
• Conduct financial, operational, regulatory, customer, and system impact analysis.
• Prepare materials and insights for leadership review, ensuring clear communication of findings, risks, and recommendations.
• Coordinate with Technology teams to ensure requirements are documented, understood, and properly implemented.
• Assist in identifying risks, potential impacts, and mitigation strategies related to settlement services.
• Manage assigned projects and workstreams, including planning, tracking progress, maintaining documentation, managing dependencies, and ensuring deliverables are completed on time and according to scope.
• Maintain strong cross-functional relationships and act as a dependable Treasury partner across projects and initiatives.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Problem solving

Excellent communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Requirements gathering

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, or equivalent

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

Lead Business Analyst Overview

The Corporate Treasury team is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to support the development, enhancement, and operational enablement of settlement services across Mastercard’s core network. This role will work closely with senior team members and cross-functional partners to analyze requirements, coordinate projects, and support the implementation of settlement-related capabilities. The ideal candidate is proactive, analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable working across business, product, and technology teams.

Role

In this position, you will:

• Support the analysis, design, and implementation of enhancements to settlement services and related Treasury capabilities.
• Collaborate with business units and the product teams to gather requirements, evaluate operational impacts, and support delivery of new or improved settlement processes.
• Conduct financial, operational, regulatory, customer, and system impact analysis.
• Prepare materials and insights for leadership review, ensuring clear communication of findings, risks, and recommendations.
• Coordinate with Technology teams to ensure requirements are documented, understood, and properly implemented.
• Assist in identifying risks, potential impacts, and mitigation strategies related to settlement services.
• Manage assigned projects and workstreams, including planning, tracking progress, maintaining documentation, managing dependencies, and ensuring deliverables are completed on time and according to scope.
• Maintain strong cross-functional relationships and act as a dependable Treasury partner across projects and initiatives.

All About You

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in financial services, banking, payments, or related fields.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to work through complex issues.
• Experience supporting cross-functional projects or product initiatives.
• Ability to translate business needs into clear requirements or actionable tasks.
• Excellent communication skills and comfort presenting insights to stakeholders.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Preferred:

• Experience with payment systems, settlement processes, or Treasury operations.
• Familiarity with systems implementation and business analysis
• Interest in growing into a subject-matter expert in settlement operations and treasury capabilities.

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.