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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 (https://www.mastercard.us/en-us/vision/who-we-are/diversity-inclusion.html) 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

HR People Specialist - 12 month FTC

People Specialist – Latvia based

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. 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. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview

The European People and Capability team is looking for a People Specialist to support leaders and employees across various Latvia based populations with the executional delivery of the strategic HR drivers, goals and initiatives aligned with the business goals. This role is to be based in Riga, Latvia, reporting directly into the Vice President, People Business Partner for UKI Division and may work with other business leaders located globally.

Role

• Supports global PBP with the management and delivery of core People and Capability programs, including talent and performance management, learning, year-end compensation planning, and workforce planning within a Baltics specific business line or geography;

• Provides support across specific business units for the location they manage;

• Supporting headcount management related activities and recruitment for certain business areas;

• Partners with employees, managers and leaders across Business Units, markets or regions to develop and deploy People and Capability best practices;

• Coaches managers and employees on development, employee relations and reward issues;

• Acts as a primary point of contact with COEs and the GBSC on program delivery issues and customizations for the business they support;

• Participate in the roll-out of wellness initiatives and on-boarding activities for a business or location;

• Conducts analysis of People and Capability metrics and summarizes findings and implications;

• Support the execution and follow through for identified activities from PBP team members

• Supports Office activity creating a fantastic working environment in Latvia

All About You

• Exposure and experience of commercial operating environment within a HR team/function

• A customer focused approach towards delivering value-add efficient HR service to our clients

• Project management skills and experience

• Team commitment, flexibility, communication and influencing skills

• Working knowledge and expertise across multiple HR activity areas, with particular emphasis on change management, organization design and performance management.

• Sound level of business acumen, solutions and results oriented mind-set and knowledge of the employment landscape are critical.

• Strong relationship and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build and maintain effective matrix relationships with colleagues.

• Ability to manage through change and ambiguity are pre-requisites

• Knowledge of employment law and compensation/benefits

• Analytical skills with strong data privacy focus

What we offer

• Gross annual salary base range 23,000 - 27,000 EUR

• Quarterly performance bonuses

• Variety of benefits from employment Day 1

• Hybrid working model

Corporate Security Responsibility

Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position 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.

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.