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.

Title and Summary

Senior Analyst, Risk Management, Risk Transformation

Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.

Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview

Mastercard Risk has a significant transformation vision to continually enhance capabilities across the organization. There is complexity and interdependence within streams of work needed to deliver this vision, while balancing other risk priorities and overlaps with transformation in the broader organization. The Risk Transformation Office establishes an approach aligned with capabilities and priorities of the organization and closely tracks plans, activities, and outcomes, adjusting to evolving context.

In this regard, we are looking for a Sr. Analyst, Risk Transformation, based in Peterborough to support and take ownership of aspects regarding the oversight and execution of our Risk Transformation program, along with supporting our ongoing day-to-day engagement with the 1st Line on risk management activities.

Role

In this role, in Mastercard’s second line of defense Risk function, you will work in the Risk Transformation Office, supporting the delivery of our Risk Transformation program. You will engage with multiple global stakeholders to manage deliveries and troubleshoot, develop and produce reports and enhance project management tooling and structure. You will also support our broader risk management efforts, including internal and/or external presentations and deep-dives on risk projects. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, intellectually curious, technically strong with a risk-oriented mindset. The role includes, but is not limited to:

• Ensuring project plans meet workstream lead and outcome objectives, are kept up to date and progress (successes and challenges) is clearly and timely communicated.

• Providing support and guidance to Program Workstream leads / teams to manage their delivery plans, ensuring that standards are followed and tools are properly utilized.

• Designing, developing and implementing enhancements to outputs and processes, including project management tooling and automated reporting solutions.

• Preparing presentations and documents for various audiences, including senior management.

• Investigating and analysing data to provide risk insights across the broader team’s deliveries, including the risk transformation program and risk management of the business

• Designing, developing and producing reports, enabling effective and efficient senior management oversight and delivery of the risk transformation plan.

• Partnering with the broader team, supporting cross-functional initiatives to deliver on key risk transformation priorities e.g. risk culture or MA Risk learning & development initiatives.

• Engaging stakeholders across the organization, teams and regions as appropriate, leveraging broader MA Risk and leadership.

All About You

• Experience in risk management or risk management qualification preferred.

• Experience in financial services or payment industry preferred.

• Strong presentation and communication skills (both verbal and written); proficient on MS Powerpoint and MS Word.

• Excellent organizational skills with a keen attention to detail, and ability to effectively prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical skills; proficient on MS Excel

• Experience engaging across multiple stakeholder groups in different locations.

• A collaborative team player; approachable, self-starter and influences a positive work environment.

• Ability to anticipate future challenges, ensuring operational effectiveness.

• Ability to interact independently with stakeholders with professionalism, business judgment, and maturity.

Corporate Security Responsibility

Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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.

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.