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, Deal Management

Overview:

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.

Business Development Finance supports the development, planning, implementation and execution of the corporate strategy within the customer business agreement process to drive business primarily with issuers, acquirers and merchants.

The jobholder will support the Business Development Finance team in the management of the small issuing deals qualifying for the fast track process.

Role

A. Responsible for the management of fast track business agreements for Master Card
B. Fully understand internal guidelines, pricing, regulatory environment, business environment and apply already established measures to drive profitability for Master Card and customers.
C. Manage the fast track customer business development (deal) process from approval up to contract signature.
D. Assist in the business case model maintenance through recurrent testing on model pricing /functional changes and updates as required
E. Support the Sales Team building profitable and protected deal structure for Master Card and playing an active advisory role for the business throughout the Fast Track Customer Business Agreement process.
F. Ensure the integrity, compliance and tracking of business cases and financial models;
G. Understand business needs, strategies and regulatory requirements and consider them when building business cases models;
H. Co-operate with the legal department to incorporate the business case performance commitments within contracts.
I. Co-operate with other departments (accounting, tax, local finance) to optimize deals structure;
J. Perform detailed contract reviews to ensure full alignment with approved BC models;
K. Assist in the organization and provide training and advice to account teams on the business case process, financial model and its best practices and on recent regulatory guidelines;
L. Provide ad-hoc analyses and fast track process improvements initiatives

All About You:

• University degree in Economics or Finance
• Good knowledge of the bank card industry is an asset
• Outstanding verbal and written English. Knowledge of other European languages is an asset
• Advanced Excel knowledge; VBA development skills considered an advantage
• Process minded with strong analytical skills
• Customer focused and solution oriented
• Ability to summarize, to identify key elements and to provide short and comprehensive information useful for the approval of deals from senior management.
• Ability to adapt to multicultural environments
• Self-motivated person with proactive attitude
• Good organizational skills, ability for fasten delivery
• Able to manage workload in hectic times in a fast pacing environment
• Show enthusiasm, eagerness to learn and curiosity about MC’s business and the financial payment industry
• Excellent inter-personal communication skills, team player
• Knowledge of an additional European language is an asset

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.