Risk Management Analyst, Data Scientist

About Mastercard

Mastercard is a global technology company within the payments industry, committed to powering economies and empowering people across more than 200 countries and territories. Our mission focuses on connecting and enabling an inclusive, digital economy where transactions are safe, simple, smart, and accessible for everyone, everywhere. Driven by innovation, secure data networks, and strong partnerships, Mastercard's solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their full potential. Our culture, guided by a 'decency quotient' (DQ), ensures we build a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Role Summary: Risk Management Analyst, Data Scientist

The Americas Strategy and Operation team at Mastercard is seeking a highly motivated, intellectually curious, and analytical individual with an entrepreneurial mindset for the role of Risk Management Analyst, Data Scientist. This dual-focused position is critical for driving customer experience strategy through continuous innovation and problem-solving, combining robust risk management practices with advanced data science capabilities.

Key Responsibilities: Risk Management

• Maintain cross-functional initiatives to track risk causes, impact, mitigation strategies, and action plans for existing and potential regional risks.
• Participate actively in the risk management process, including documenting, reviewing, and regularly updating systems.
• Support special projects as requested and provide ad-hoc assistance to senior management.
• Perform, update, and maintain existing access and reports from the customer risk management system.

Key Responsibilities: Data Scientist

• Create high-performance analytic solutions utilizing datasets measured in billions of transactions.
• Develop front-end visualizations to unlock the value of big data, supporting analytics and reporting across products, markets, and services.
• Develop and maintain advanced reporting and data visualization capabilities on large volumes of data.
• Design data-driven analytical solutions and identify quantitative opportunities to support business needs and facilitate informed decisions.
• Execute jobs in big data clusters using various execution engines and programming languages such as Hive/Impala, Python, and Spark.
• Provide insightful conclusions and assessments, presenting findings via Tableau/PowerBI dashboards, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Candidate Requirements

We are looking for a candidate who:

• Possesses years of experience in Risk Management, Compliance, or Audit.
• Has extensive experience in data management, data mining, data analytics, and data reporting.
• Demonstrates excellent written and verbal communication skills, operating with a sense of urgency and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Has experience in Project Management and Risk Mitigation.
• Is proficient with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Domo, PowerBI, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Is experienced with Hadoop environments, Python, Spark, and advanced SQL coding.
• Exhibits excellent organizational and documentation skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Experience within a Financial Institution or the Payments industry is a significant plus.
• Holds a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Economics, Business, Risk Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or Statistics.

Work Arrangement

This role adheres to a hybrid work policy, requiring an average of 3 or more days per week working in an assigned Mastercard office.

Key Skills/Competency

• Risk Management
• Data Science
• Data Analytics
• SQL
• Python
• Spark
• Tableau
• PowerBI
• Compliance
• Project Management