Managing Consultant – Advisors & Consulting Services (S&T) - Credit Risk Management SME

Mastercard • Boston, MA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

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

Requirements

• Undergraduate or master’s degree in Business, Statistics, Mathematics, or Engineering
• Credit risk management experience, specifically leading teams responsible for managing credit risk policy and credit risk strategies at a North American financial institution
• Knowledge and experience using statistical procedures, segmentation, and financial analytic tools are required
• Experience directly managing multiple people across multiple projects
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively – both verbally and in writing – in English and the local office language(s)
• Demonstrated ability to build trust-based relationships with both mid- and executive-level client contacts
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills
• Strong knowledge of SAS / SQL / R- or similar analytic coding skills
• Candidates must be eligible to work in the country of which they are applying for a position in, as well as eligible to apply for travel visas as required by travel needs
• Ability to travel to client sites on a semi-regular basis

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a consulting organization as a consultant is a bonus
• Experience generating new knowledge or creating innovative solutions for a firm
• MBA or master’s degree with relevant specialization (not required)

Responsibilities

• Develop key client strategies, and lead or advise on credit risk client engagements.
• Generate key hypotheses and independently structure credit risk engagements to address client problems.
• Lead the work of the project Delivery team.
• Identify creative and useful analyses to address client problems.
• Synthesize analyses into clear, sound recommendations.
• Share findings through impactful storylines and slides.
• Serve as a North American go-to person for credit risk management.
• Assist with specialist sales support and product development/refinement as needed.
• Focus on knowledge sharing and development of team members.
• Lead definition and development of deliverables to solve client problems, address difficult client situations, and produce actionable recommendations for clients.
• Provide on-the-job training on how to more effectively execute credit risk projects.
• Identify strong opportunities to leverage credit risk capabilities, including identification of cross-sell opportunities.
• Partner with broader Data & Services teammates on contracting activities.

Benefits

• insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance)
• flexible spending account and health savings account
• 16 weeks of new parent leave
• up to 20 days of bereavement leave
• 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time
• 25 days of vacation time
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level