Associate Specialist, Strategy Pricing & Interchange (Rosetta/First Employment)

at  MasterCard

Our Purpose
We work 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. We cultivate a
culture of inclusion
for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.
Title and Summary
Associate Specialist, Strategy Pricing & Interchange (Rosetta/First Employment)
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
The Associate Specialist, 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
The candidate 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.
Role

In this position, you will:

• Running impact analysis of 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 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;
• Support internal & external customers with ad hoc interchange related questions & statistics
• Prepare presentations and recommendations for management.

All About You

The ideal candidate for this position should have the below profile and key requirements:

• Eligible for a Rosetta contract (below 26 at the end of the 2y 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;
• 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 - modelling, PowerPoint, Access is a plus);
• Good Team player;
• A good sense of humor.

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.

• 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