Manager, Risk Management

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 Manager, Risk Management Who is Mastercard? Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments sector. We power payments and provide products and services for individuals and industries all around the world. Our people, technology, data and brand provide the capabilities that drive our success. We believe in connecting people to priceless possibilities. As a company, we know that our success is driven by the skills, experience, integrity and mindset of the talent we hire. By building an inclusive, world-class culture, our employees have once-in-a-career opportunities to be a part of teams that have a greater impact on our community and our world. We invite you to join our team to find out how you too can start something priceless. Overview: The Digital Asset Risk & Compliance team is looking for a Manager, Financial Risk who will provide dedicated Second Line expertise to support BVNK’s integration into Mastercard and the build-out of the Digital Asset Risk & Compliance function. The role is responsible for ensuring that credit, settlement, counterparty, collateral, liquidity, and related financial risks are understood, measured, monitored, and governed within Mastercard’s risk appetite. Role: Credit Risk Oversight & Challenge • Provide Second Line oversight and challenge for BVNK financial risk exposures, including credit, settlement, counterparty, collateral, and related digital assets related activity. • Review credit exposure assessments, risk ratings, portfolio metrics, credit limit utilization and risk reporting for alignment with policy, risk appetite and established thresholds. • Challenge the adequacy of First Line controls for settlement exposure (including intraday and prefunding risk), liquidity provider and banking partner exposure, and credit risk mitigants. • Identify, assess and escalate material issues, breaches, deteriorating exposures, and emerging risks to the SVP, Credit Risk and relevant governance forums. Portfolio Monitoring & Risk Appetite • Monitor exposure trends, portfolio performance, concentration, limit utilization, and key risk indicators against approved thresholds and risk appetite. • Identify emerging risk themes, adverse trends, and control gaps before they escalate into governance or customer protection issues. • Support risk rating, counterparty scoring, stress testing, expected loss analysis, and ongoing portfolio monitoring. • Ensure timely escalation of threshold breaches, policy exceptions, risk acceptance requests, and material risk deterioration through established governance. Governance, Integration & Financial Risk Enablement • Support the build-out of the Digital Asset Risk & Compliance function, including financial risk frameworks, governance, reporting, and operating routines. • Support BVNK’s integration by translating Mastercard financial risk policies and procedures into clear requirements, controls, and evidence standards. • Partner with Mastercard and BVNK stakeholders to align financial risk ownership, oversight, escalation, and decision-making. • Prepare concise, decision-oriented materials for senior management, risk committees, integration governance forums, audit, and regulatory reviews. • Maintain clear and audit-ready documentation of assump