Associate Economics Analyst, North America (NAM)

Overview • The Mastercard Economics Institute (MEI) is an economics lab powering scale at Mastercard by owning economic thought leadership in support of Mastercard's efforts to build a more inclusive and sustainable digital economy • MEI was launched in 2020 to analyze economic trends through the lens of the consumer to deliver tailored and actionable insights on economic issues for customers, partners and policymakers • The Institute is composed of a team of economists and data scientists that utilize & synthesize the anonymized and aggregated data from the Mastercard network together with public data to bring powerful insights to life, in the form of 1:1 presentation, global thought leadership, media participation, and commercial work through the company's product suites About the Role We are looking for an economic analyst to engage in on-soil data analytics and economic research for the European region. This individual will report to the Vice President, Lead Economist, NAM, and will have the following responsibilities: • Support client and stakeholder engagements for MEI across NAM • Support collaboration with external clients, academic institutions, and industry partners. • Develop and test hypotheses at the intersection of economics and retail and commerce. Assist in structuring work at the stream or small project level. • Identify creative analyses and develop proprietary diagnostic indices by analyzing large and complex datasets, including big data and macroeconomic data • Generate initial insights to help create effective, impactful, and quality-assured storylines and visuals at the stream or small project level. • Synthesize analyses into clear, sound recommendations. Outline and help write reports and draft client presentations at the work stream or project level. • Enhance existing products and partner with internal stakeholders to create new solutions. • Proactively seek new knowledge and structure project work to facilitate the capture of intellectual capital with minimal oversight • Actively participate in new solution development and support thought leadership activities by building knowledge, know-how, and best practices related to R&C economic research; share and leverage to continuously improve quality and productivity.

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.