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Position Summary
MasterCard Advisors is the global professional services arm of MasterCard International. MasterCard Advisors Information Solutions Group (ISG) provides data, analysis and information management services to external clients in payments and financial services industries. ISG™s SpendingPulse information service provides institutional investors and economists with consumer spending information drawn from MasterCard™s payments network.

The primary role of the Data Mining Analyst is to monitor SpendingPulse data quality and perform data research and analysis to identify and resolve data quality issues.

Responsibilities

• Perform data quality analysis using descriptive statistics to uncover anomalies in generally expected trends associated with macroeconomic and industry sector reports
• Provide summary report and recommendations for improving integrity of data
• Perform ad hoc data analysis and research
• Reports to MasterCard Advisors ISG VP of SpendingPulse Product Management

• Bachelors Degree in mathematics, statistics, operations research or other related field
• 4-6 years experience utilizing SAS (BASE, GRAPH and STAT) in both a UNIX and Windows environment
• Solid database experience using SQL and other related tools for application development within an Oracle environment
• Well honed analytical skills associated with large amounts of data using statistical tools contained within Microsoft Office.
• Detailed understanding and experience using various methods of merchant classifications (SIC and NAISC);
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for interaction with all levels of management through MC Advisors.