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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.\nTitle and Summary\nAssociate Consultant Intern, Summer 2027 - Milan, ItalyAssociate Consultant Intern, Summer 2027- Milan, ItalyWhy join Mastercard’s internship program?\nMastercard's internship program offers more than hands-on work. It provides an opportunity to build skills, expand your network, and make a meaningful impact while working on projects that support business priorities. It provides an opportunity to build skills, expand your network, and make a meaningful impact while working on projects that support business priorities.\nAbout the team\nMastercard’s Advisors & Consulting Services (A&CS) team helps clients drive impact through data-driven insights, hands-on implementation, and a collaborative, tech-enabled culture. We invest in talent through global engagements, continuous learning, and programs like the Global Ambassadors Program, while fostering purpose through volunteerism, pro-bono work, and innovation that benefits both clients and communities.\nWhat you’ll do\nAs an Associate Consultant Intern, you will collaborate within small teams to help some of the world's biggest brands answer and implement solutions for their most challenging strategic questions. You will immediately create meaningful contributions through ownership of deliverables and building external relationships with clients. Focusing on technology and data, you will gain broad exposure to a range of industries, including financial services, retail, restaurants, hospitality, and more.\nYou will:\nWork in small teams to support strategic consulting projects across industries\nCollaborate with colleagues across different areas of the organization and gain exposure to business development, account management, and product management\nAnalyze data, identify trends, and help translate insights into recommendations\nCreate clear and compelling presentations for internal teams and clients\nSupport problem solving by structuring challenges and exploring solutions\nBuild an understanding of how consulting engagements are delivered end to end\nParticipate in volunteer and team building experiences\nGain exposure to our leadership team through networking sessions and speaker series\nBegin to build relationships with clients to understand their business needs, seek strategic solutions and guide impactful decisions\nGrow by receiving hands-on mentorship from an experienced management team\nSpecialization Tracks\nWe are looking for passionate and talented professionals who share our vision for helping our customers with their most urgent business needs. We are recruiting two specialization tracks that make up our team. Track placement will indicate the types of projects where you will spend most of your time; however, we encourage and enable working across tracks to allow team members to acquire diverse skills and experiences.\nStrategy & Transformation\nGuide clients through strategic, tactical, operational, and transformational challenges to enhance performance and operations. Our engagements cover diverse areas, including product development, marketing, customer loyalty, and innovation. Working with clients from various industries, many S&T engagements directly interface with numerous Fortune 500 companies. This role aligns with the practices of traditional management consulting firms.\nSampling of questions we help our customers answer:\nHow can a global financial services institution be successful at entering a hyper competitive new market?\nHow can a customer improve its operating model to better achieve operational, financial, and strategic goals?\nPerformance Analytics\nUse quantitative and qualitative skills and enterprise applications (e.g., Business Intelligence Platforms, SQL, Python, and more) to drive data-led consulting solutions for customers. Weave together vast amounts of Mastercard, client & 3rd party data assets to investigate trends, build propensity models, develop data visualizations, and synthesize millions of data points into a cohesive story. Engage with client stakeholders through virtual and in-person meetings, leveraging insights to inform strategic recommendations.\nSampling of questions we help our customers answer:\nHow does a financial institution fraud/authorization metrics fare against competitors, and what are strategies that can help it be best-in-class?\nHow is a technology customer’s market share changing over time, and are there any segments where the client is relatively under penetrated?\nAs an intern, you'll benefit from\nMentorship and coaching from experienced professionals and leaders\nNetworking opportunities with fellow interns, employees, and senior leaders\nProfessional development experiences focused on career growth and skill-building\nExposure to innovative technologies and global business challenges\nVolunteer, community engagement, and team-building activities\nWhat we’re looking for\nUndergraduate or master’s degree with an expected graduation date between Dec 2027- Aug 2028\nLanguage Proficiency:\nProficiency in English is mandatory\nProficiency in two or more languages is considered a strong plus.\nAvailability: Must be available to start the internship on the 1st of June 2027\nWe recruit for and value the following core competencies:\nPassion: Actively seeks responsibility and takes pride in delivering the highest quality results and recommendations to our clients. Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities.\nAnalytic Excellence: Demonstrates a strong aptitude for structured problem solving, analytical, and quantitative skills. Experience using data analysis or querying tools (e.g., SQL, SAS, Excel or Tableau) is an asset (particularly for Performance Analytics or Business Experimentation tracks).\nBusiness Interest: Clear interest in the world of business, and intuition for the way that companies make decisions.\nRapid Growth: Eagerness to learn quickly, both through Mastercard's structured training curriculum and organic development opportunities.\nTeamwork: Willingness to work within small teams to produce outstanding deliverables, with a will to win attitude.\nIntegrity: Outstanding record of academic achievement. Commitment to Mastercard's values of honesty and integrity with a willingness to embrace and learn from mistakes.\nDiverse Perspective: Brings a unique skillset or approach to the table in every client engagement or internal activity.\nCommunication: Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.\nMany of our interns continue building their careers with Mastercard through full-time opportunities, early career programs, or future internships.\nTo participate in our job simulation and experience what it’s like to work as a Consultant at Mastercard visit: https://www.theforage.com/simulations/mastercard/advisors-client-services-xvlw \nCorporate Security Responsibility\nAll 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:\nAbide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;\n\nEnsure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;\n\nReport any suspected information security violation or breach, and\n\nComplete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.\n\nWhere applicable, additional information for positions located in Europe, including benefits, variable pay, and other disclosures, is available at https://careers.mastercard.com/us/en/disclosures. 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