2023 Mastercard Launch, Associate Consultant and Advisors (Feb 2023)

Advisors combine traditional management consulting with rich transactional data assets and in-house technology to provide clients with powerful strategic insights and recommendations. With a unique transactional dataset and payment expertise, Advisors derive a deep understanding of consumer needs (e.g. spend behaviour & preference, travel preference etc.) and addresses complex challenges throughout the payment lifecycle - from card activation & payments app to authorization & fraud. While specializing in the payments industry, Advisors also works with clients across multiple industries, including financial institutions, major retailers, airlines, travel operators, and other enterprises, leveraging data and insights garnered from within and beyond the Mastercard network.

Centred on data-driven technologies and innovation, the projects that Advisors work on revolving around three main elements that complement each other to generate actionable insights for clients:

• Consulting Services: Traditional management consulting projects, focusing on developing strategic initiatives to solve business problems. Examples include customer value proposition development, debit segmentation, project management office, etc
• Analytics & Insights: Leveraging Mastercard data and proprietary algorithms (e.g. segmentation, personification, etc.) to address business challenges & generate insights to support consulting services
• Test & Learn: Using Mastercard's in-house software, help clients analyse large amounts of data, enabling business leaders to conduct experiments to optimise decisions and implement business initiatives at scale. Examples include retail space planning, marketing campaign/promotion design, location selection for the opening of new stores, etc

The Advisors office in St Leonard's, Sydney is key within the ANZ and APAC region, with staffing opportunities available on projects across the region. Travel might be required occasionally based on project needs.

As an Associate Consultant, you will:

• Work in small teams to solve clients' most challenging strategic problems through data-driven solutions
• Identify information sources, conduct secondary research, structure and execute data analysis effectively
• Build relationships with clients to understand their business needs, find strategic solutions and guide impactful decisions
• Collaborate with colleagues across different areas of the organization and quickly gain exposure to business development, account management, and product management
• Grow your career by receiving hands-on mentorship from an experienced management team
• Receive extensive training focusing on helping you build your core consulting skillset
• Have an immediate opportunity for meaningful contributions, increased responsibility, leadership roles, and professional advancement

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 skill set or approach to the table in every client engagement or internal activity.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated leadership abilities

Qualifications:

• Excellent track record of results from leading universities & colleges with target graduation before Dec 2022
• Internship experience in relevant fields (e.g. consulting/financial services/etc) and/or active participation in extracurricular activities
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing – in English (Second language desirable)
• Ability to work with colleagues from all levels in a highly intellectual, fast-paced environment
• Sound knowledge of analytical tools such as SAS, R, Python (Desirable)

Employment start date:  6 February 2023 (firm)

Employment location:  4 positions in Sydney and 1 position in Melbourne

Please note that Mastercard will not be able to sponsor employment visa for foreigners.  You will need to have working rights in Australia to qualify for this position.