Senior Managing Consultant, Advisors Business Development at Mastercard Foundation

Job Description

The Mastercard Foundation seeks a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and prosper. All people, no matter where their starting point in life, should have an equal chance to succeed. We believe that with access to education, financial services, and skills training, people can have that chance.

Role

Deliver against targets for existing accounts and/or contribute to MasterCard deal bids. Capture senior and mid-level clients implicit business needs in addition to articulated requests, and identify most critical aspects of the problem Translate objectives into key hypotheses and structure work for large/complex projects or ill-defined problems Contribute to formal and informal pitches, from storyboarding through face-to-face presentation Create succinct, persuasive written materials tailored to the level of the audience Contribute to project delivery, quickly identifying shortcomings in projects and take remedial action Manage complete capture of assignment knowledge and drive to ensure it is available firm-wide (knowledge management) Contribute as a thought leader to the development of intellectual capital, point of views, articles, and blogs Leverage deep knowledge of all the MasterCard Advisors capabilities and how they fit together to offer new innovative solutions

Requirements

Education Needed

Undergraduate degree required MBA or relevant post graduate degree recommended

 Experience and Skills Needed

Experience in management consulting firms and in relevant industry Knowledge of payments market, trends and opportunities Demonstrates the ability to initiate, develop, and close a sale Excellent verbal and written communication skills Excellent analytical skills, including ability to frame the customer s opportunity in financial terms (i.e. value quantification) Ability to think from the perspective of the customer Ability to gain consensus with others and coordinate team of consultants and subject matter experts around goal Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment Advanced Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills