CORE PAYMENTS PRODUCT DATA AND ANALYTICS TEAM – DATA SCIENTIST II

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Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential.
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Title and Summary Core Payments Product Data and Analytics Team – Data Scientist II Job Description – Data and Analytics Team – Data Scientist II Overview Data and Analytics team build internal analytic partnerships, strengthening focus on the health of the business, portfolio and revenue optimization opportunities, initiative tracking, new product development and Go-To Market strategies.
• Are you excited about Data Assets and the value they bring to an organization? • Are you an evangelist for data driven decision making? • Are you motivated to be part of a Global Analytics team that builds large scale Analytical Capabilities supporting end users across 6 continents? • Do you want to be the go-to resource for data analytics in the company? Role • Work closely with global & regional teams to architect, develop, and maintain advanced reporting and data visualization capabilities on large volumes of data to support analytics and reporting needs across products, markets, and services.
• Translate business requirements into tangible solution specifications and high quality, on time deliverables • Create repeatable processes to support development of modeling and reporting • Effectively use tools to manipulate large-scale databases, synthesizing data insights.
Provide 1st level insights/conclusions/assessments and present findings via Tableau/PowerBI dashboards, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Apply quality control, data validation, and cleansing processes to new and existing data sources All About You • 3-5 years experience in data management, data mining, data analytics, data reporting, data product development and quantitative analysis • Financial Institution or a Payments experience a plus • Experience presenting data findings in a readable and insight driven format.
Experience building support decks.
• Advanced SQL coding is a must • Excellent problem solving, quantitative and analytical skills • In depth technical knowledge, drive, and ability to learn new technologies • Strong attention to detail and quality • Team player, excellent communication skills • Must be able to interact with management, internal stakeholders and collect requirements • Must be able to perform in a team, use judgment and operate under ambiguity • Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Domo, PowerBI a plus • Experience with Hadoop environments, Hive, Python, R, WPS, a plus Nice to Have • Experience for leading the entire project and manage timely execution of the plan, provide regular update to key stakeholders Education • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, M.
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preferred Additional Competencies • Excellent English, quantitative, technical, and communication (oral/written) skills • Analytical/Problem Solving • Strong attention to detail and quality • Creativity/Innovation • Self-motivated, operates with a sense of urgency • Project Management/Risk Mitigation • Able to prioritize and perform multiple tasks simultaneously 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.
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