Director, Business Analysis (Business Architect) - MasterCard

Our Purpose We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a culture of inclusion for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results. Title and Summary Director, Business Analysis (Business Architect) Overview The Settlement Program provides vital systems and services to the Mastercard Treasury and Finance team in support of global payments/customer funds movement, treasury operations, liquidity, foreign exchange, and risk management. Settlement is an agile development organization with teams located in St. Louis Missouri, Purchase New York, Warsaw Poland, and Pune India. Role In this role, you will be responsible for the strategic analysis, design, and oversight of the development of treasury applications that improve operational efficiencies, enhance customer experience, and maintain strong controls. You will partner with senior management to understand interim and long-term business objectives and ensure alignment across systems. Additionally, you will work alongside project managers to define requirements for new applications and customizations, adhering to standards, processes, and best practices. In this role, you will: • Serve as the business architect for all treasury applications, including the interdependencies of and interactions with other core Mastercard platforms • Work with business/product owners to design, develop, and deliver system solutions for complex enterprise-wide initiatives to deliver core and value-added products/services • Interact and coordinate with development engineers and system architects across multiple platforms, including consulting across teams and organizational lines to identify and leverage synergies • Evaluate system design options and drive trade-off discussions to set business expectations based on value (e.g., regulatory, new business, efficiencies, and risk management) • Work with the Technology teams to define and establish testing guidelines for all non-production environments; including roles and responsibilities for both UAT and regression testing, and ensuring all environments are up to testing standards. • Engage and mentor analysts/managers at all levels to improve the standard of business initiatives All About You • Significant experience in leading technology projects involving complex process design/redesign. • Skills to articulate system design to business and technical counterparts, including executives and other stakeholders • Ability to engage engineers and system architects across multiple platforms to implement business requirements for complex projects including multi-year implementation plans. • Understands performance engineering to ensure applications are built to scale, run, and perform for varying demands • Has a degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Management Information Systems or relevant certifications, and/or relevant work experience. In the US, Mastercard is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly. 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. In line with Mastercard’s total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more. Pay Ranges O'Fallon, Missouri: $138,000 - $230,000 USD 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. Governments need greater efficiencies; we help create them. Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers. Retailers want to fight fraud; we provide the tools.