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Title and Summary

Associate Specialist, Strategy Pricing & Interchange (Rosetta)

Overview

The Associate Analyst, will be responsible for supporting the Customer Economics Lead in developing interchange, pricing and business model strategies for different European countries as well as for pan European product solutions

He/she will be part of a dynamic team, at the heart of Mastercard business, working in close relationships with colleagues from all horizons: across geographies and functional areas, analyzing a fast moving economic landscape and supporting the design of the appropriate economics.

This position will enable the candidate to get a deep understanding of Mastercard strategy and competitive position in Europe. Furthermore, it will give him/her exposure to other key departments in Mastercard Europe and Global, such as the country teams, product and finance.

This position is a fix-term contract for candidates meeting the Rosetta eligibility criteria

Key accountabilities of the role:

• Supporting the development and maintenance of the pricing simulation tool
• Running data analysis for existing and upcoming pricing and interchange decisions, for different European countries and new products and services;
• Identify strengths and weaknesses of potential economic solutions, at business, operational and strategic level;
• Be an active participant in strategy, acceptance and competitive economics projects;
• Develop supporting materials to support our sales force with sufficient materials to defend the pricing and interchange strategies with our customer;
• Prepare presentations and recommendations for management.

All about you
• Meets eligible criteria for Rosetta contract
• Ability to translate concepts into pragmatic approaches;
• Good communication skills in all situations;
• Proactivity, curiosity to learn and eagerness to crack complex topics. Good analytical and problem solving skills;
• Out of the box thinking. Creativity to identify new approaches;
• Reliability and accountability;
• Attention to details and accuracy
• Ability to work independently and handling different projects at the same time, stress resistant;
• Ability to identify process improvement & drive changes;
• Fluency in English, other European language is a plus;
• Strong PC skills (Excel - modeling, PowerPoint);
• Good Team player;

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.