Senior Analyst at Mastercard in Pune, Maharashtra, India

Senior Analyst Location: Pune, India 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 "Job Overview: Primary responsibilities include overall project accountability of a moderately complex project or key coordination project responsibility at the departmental or divisional level. Core responsibility for managing relationships and communication within intended scope of defined project role. Helps to identifies key barriers to a projects or departments success and actively manages all mitigation activities. Major Accountabilities: •Oversee various projects of a moderate complexity nature or has project accountability only at the departmental or divisional level. Responsible for planning, developing, and executing schedules to ensure timely completion of project deadlines and milestones. Ensure methodology compliance and manage resolutions, reporting to management or the Project Manager when necessary. •Ensure timely and accurate communication with project staff throughout the life cycle of the project. Monitor and manage the project budget. Must be familiar with the system’s scope and project objectives, as well as the role and function of each team member in order to effectively coordinate the activities of the teams. Identify and monitor project risks and issues. •Regularly communicate to senior management or the Project Manager regarding the status of specific project deliverables. •Provide input into new products, processes, standards or plans in support of the business. Effectively lead the project team or the responsible area to align with the business objectives, project schedule, and project budget. Effectively deal with and develop solutions to moderately difficult problems Education: •Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of experience and formal education required Knowledge / Experience: •Broad knowledge in the areas of strategy, planning and project management required processes and techniques. •3 to 5 years of experience with structured methodology and project planning tools. •Knowledge of MasterCard and the payments industry preferred Skills/ Abilities: •Communication Skills – listening, oral and written and interpersonal skills. •Organizational and planning and multi-tasking skills while adaptive to Change. •Strong analytical/problem solving and planning skills. •Leadership, interpersonal, and negotiation skills required with a track record for developing internal and external relationships." 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.