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. 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. Title And Summary Senior Counsel
Senior Counsel, Real Time Payments
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible.
The Real Time Payments business is responsible for designing, building and operating industry-leading bank account-based payment systems. Our technology powers payment solutions which underpin many economies, including the UK’s Faster Payments, Bacs and LINK ATM systems and the U.S., Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Peru as well as Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
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 results. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Position
Senior Counsel, Real Time Payments.
Location
London or Harrogate, UK. As our team supports the business globally, the role may require the ability to support other time zones and some travel.
Overview We are looking for an experienced lawyer to join our legal team, providing support and advice to the Real Time Payments business with the predominant focus on supporting Vocalink Limited, although support may also extend to other parts of the RTP division as needed.
Vocalink Limited is supervised by the Bank of England as a Specified Service Provider and is within the remit of the Payment System Regulator (soon to be FCA) and provides systemically important services to two Recognised Payment System Operators. Vocalink Limited’s Board includes a number of independent directors to meet the expectations of the Bank of England who sit alongside directors from Mastercard who sit on the management committee of Mastercard Inc.
If you are highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical and enjoy tackling a broad range of business and legal challenges and have a keen interest and passion for the world of payments, this is the perfect opportunity for you.
Role
Skills This role requires strong commercial skills and the ability to handle the full range of legal issues that a supervised entity within a global group face. This varies from a day-to-day basis and will include:
Please note that the above is a guideline only. Roles within Mastercard evolve with the needs of the business and team.
All About You
Don’t meet every single requirement? Every person is unique. If you’re a qualified lawyer, excited about this role, looking to make an impact in a dynamic environment and you believe you can bring something special to our team, we’d love to hear from you.
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:
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