Head of Advisors and Consulting Services - Africa Apply locations Johannesburg, South Africa
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted Yesterday
Time left to apply: End Date: December 4, 2024 (6 days left to apply)
Job requisition id: R-233233
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.
Title and Summary We are looking for someone to lead the growing Advisors and Consulting team in the Africa Division. The ideal candidate will be an inspirational, experienced leader with a strong record in leading high-performing, cross-functional teams. Consulting experience is required, and familiarity with payments or financial institutions is preferred.
Responsibilities: You will lead engagement teams to get best-in-class insights and project deliverables. Provide subject matter or industry expertise, guide the team to business-focused solutions and recommendations that drive client value. Own mid- to senior-level client relationships and proactively engage in the client agenda, internal culture, and relationship risks. Manage a sizable and growing team across Africa and mentor junior teammates. Support nurturing Mastercard Advisors and Consulting Services brand internally and externally. All About You We recruit for and value the following core competencies:
Passion: Actively seeks responsibility and takes pride in guiding project teams towards delivering the highest quality results. Problem Solving: Leads teams to identify critical aspects of a problem and guides them to business-focused solutions. Analytic Excellence: Strong aptitude for structured problem solving and quantitative skills. Project Management: Clear interest in project delivery with business clients. Client Management: Inspire client confidence through timely and reliable execution. Communication and Presence: Demonstrates an ability to communicate effectively in various scenarios. Teamwork: Motivates teams to produce superior quality deliverables. Commercial Orientation: Ability to identify strong opportunities to leverage internal capabilities. Leadership: Instill a sense of urgency, ownership, and thoughtful risk-taking. Integrity: Models Mastercard's values of honesty and integrity. Diverse Perspective: Brings a unique skillset or approach to client engagements. Qualifications: Undergraduate or master's degree and tenured work experience after completing degree. Experience in a consulting organization as a senior-level manager. Advanced experience directly managing multiple people across multiple projects. Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills. Exposure specifically in payments and/or retail banking or merchants is preferred. Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively in English and local languages. Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment. Advanced Word, Excel, and PowerPoint skills required; data expertise preferred. Corporate Security Responsibility All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with an inherent risk to the organization. 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. Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines. About Us Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them. Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along. Merchants want more sales; we give them data and insights. People need financial access; we connect them. Corporate purchasing is complicated; we make it simple. Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way. Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers.
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