10 Ofertas de Consultant, Argentina en Argentina

Whether you’re an experienced professional or just getting started, your contributions matter at Fortra. If you’re passionate about tackling meaningful challenges alongside talented team members committed to helping each other succeed, all while having lots of fun, we want to hear from you. We offer competitive benefits and salaries, personal and professional development opportunities, flexibility, and much more !

At Fortra, we’re breaking the attack chain. Ready to join us?

This position is responsible for the planning, installation, implementation, and training of Fortra Power software solutions for customers, specifically for our Robot and Powertech brands.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Deliver complex software implementation projects from contract acceptance through to Go Live.
• Guide customers through best practice processes to help ensure successful adoption of solution.
• Work closely with the assigned Project Manager to ensure accurate description of services, including estimate of effort and completion date.
• Create high level acceptance test plans to confirm solution functionality and demonstrate functionality to customers.
• Configure and document software settings and deployment architecture to meet Fortra and customer requirements.
• Resolve any identified issues or concerns related to the software implementation.
• Document and escalate complex issues to Support.
• Train end users, answer software questions, and provide training aids.
• Work collaboratively to assess impact of change requests for effort estimation and capacity planning purposes.
• Provide communication of task status to Project Manager through regular status reporting and other presentation vehicles.
• Assist in the monitoring of project-related issues or escalations (of an urgent or high priority nature) and build response strategies and actions to address issues.
• Travel up to and sometimes more than 25% to customer locations.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A four-year degree is preferred. Equivalent work experience and accreditations will be considered
• 2+ years of IBM i Administration experience
• 2+ years of experience implementing and supporting software products.
• Confident and positive attitude in facing complex organizations and processes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail and quality.
• Effective interpersonal and professional communication skills, both verbal and written. Builds strong customer relationships through responsiveness and expertise.
• Strong presentation skills. Comfortable leading a small group through discovery workshops and training sessions.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to effectively handle multiple projects and responsibilities.

Ideal candidates will also have:

• 2+ years of Fortra’s Robot suite experience:
• 2+ years of Fortra’s Powertech experience
• CL programming experience
• IBM i security expertise
• DB2 SQL experience

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As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or disability status.

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**Requisitos**:
+2 años de experiência con SAP PPM +7 años con background SAP Experiência en S4/HANA Participación en proyectos internacionales Inglés: no requerido, pero siempre es un plus tener un nível alto de inglés.

Beneficios

Somos una compañía especializada en recruitment de profesionales SAP altamente cualificados. Ofrecemos servicios de outsourcing, consultoría y soluciones IT en una amplia gama de sectores del mercado informatico, tales con SAP (HANA), Business Object, BigData, Salesforce, Desarrollo de aplicaciones Móviles y Desarrollo Web.

**Requisitos**:
+3 años de experiência con SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) +7 años de Experiência en BPC PLANNING Conocimientos / experiência en presupuestación financiera y operativa Experiência en S4/HANA Participación en proyectos internacionales Inglés: no requerido, pero siempre es un plus tener un nível alto de inglés

Beneficios

Contract Type: Direct hire with consultancy

About the Role:

We are looking for a SAP HCM PY Consultant with experience in Argentina payroll , configurations, and implementations to join a team of SAP solution specialists. The selected professional will work on strategic projects , collaborating with clients and global teams.

Experience in SAP HCM PY – Argentina Payroll

Solid knowledge of configuration and implementation

Advanced English (mandatory)

Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams

Strong communication and client management skills

️ Direct contract with consultancy

️ Participation in global projects

Are you ready to empower others through SAP learning and make a global impact?
Apply now and join the Sapindex network of top professionals!

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Contract Type: Direct hire with consultancy

About the Role:

We are looking for a SAP HCM PY Consultant with experience in Argentina payroll , configurations, and implementations to join a team of SAP solution specialists. The selected professional will work on strategic projects , collaborating with clients and global teams.

Experience in SAP HCM PY – Argentina Payroll

Solid knowledge of configuration and implementation

Advanced English (mandatory)

Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams

Strong communication and client management skills

️ Direct contract with consultancy

️ Participation in global projects

Are you ready to empower others through SAP learning and make a global impact?
Apply now and join the Sapindex network of top professionals!

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Requisition ID: 1571503

Talent Consultant

Everything we do for our clients comes down to having the right business and technical knowledge and experience for every occasion. Naturally, there’s plenty going on behind the scenes to make that happen, and our colleagues across the business look to our Talent team to guarantee that everything runs seamlessly. As a Talent Consultant, you’ll be at the heart of that goal, partnering with a diverse team of professionals toprovide people-driven HR services. We’re focused on developing the leaders who will support us in building a better working world, andyou’ll have the opportunity to influence the change of our programs and development of our people.

The opportunity

Talent has seen a significant investment and growth in our people, and you’ll see that reflected in this role. You’ll provide a high level of talent consultation to the firm while leading change initiatives around human resources (HR) programs and processes. Whatever you find yourself working on, it all comes down to providing strategic consultation to business leaders that will allow them to drive business results. As a trusted advisor to the business, you’ll be part of the leadership team, translating the business strategy into talent solutions.

Your key responsibilities

You’ll be responsible for high-quality execution of significant HR processes, including compensation, performance management and career development. You’ll serve as the frontline support to customer groups as well as provide strategic support to functional leadership on people initiatives. You’ll address and resolve a wide range of employee inquiries and provide guidance to our business leaders. Utilizing data analytics, you’ll provide insight on headcount, salaries and budgets and inform on solutions as needed. You may also be responsible for supervising and mentoring other team members.

Skills and attributes for success

• Ability to influence multiple constituents
• Handling employee-relations issues for colleagues at all levels
• Constantly identifying risks and opportunities for improvement to drive change
• Managing large projects, including restructuring, leadership development and assessment initiatives
• Translating complex data from a wide range of sources into meaningful insights that build and confirm your reputation as a key business partner
• A broad knowledge of HR regulations, processes and leading practices

To qualify for the role you must have

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Seven-plusyears of experiencewith working knowledge of United States Labor Law
• Profici ency in MS Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Strong command of English Language (written and oral)
• Cross border working knowledge
• Financial Services knowledge (ex. Banking, Capital Markets, Insurance and/or Wealth Management)

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A master’s degree, supported bySociety for Human Resource Managementcertification
• Experience working within a professional services industry or complex matrixed environment

What we look for

We’re interested in influencers with a broad and extensive knowledge of HR processes. You’ll need to be comfortable questioning ideas, processes and senior colleagues—all while overseeing multiple projects or employee issues. If you have a genuine passion for talent management and the confidence to take on new responsibilities proactively to stay ahead of demand, this role is for you.

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**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**
Associate Consultant Intern, 2026 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Associate Consultant Intern - 2026
At Mastercard, our Advisors & Consulting Services (ACS) group 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.
Make an Impact as an Associate Consultant Intern
As 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 taking 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.
As an Associate Consultant Intern, you will:
- Participate in volunteer and team building experiences
- Gain exposure to our leadership team through networking sessions and speaker series
- Begin to build relationships with clients to understand their business needs, seek strategic solutions and guide impactful decisions
- Grow by receiving hands-on mentorship from an experienced management team.
- Have an opportunity for meaningful contributions
- Collaborate with colleagues across different areas of the organization and gain exposure to business development, account management, and product management
We are looking for passionate and talented professionals, who share our vision for helping our customers with their most urgent business need. We are recruiting for three career 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.
Strategy & Transformation
- Guide 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.
- Sampling of questions we help our customers answer:
o How can a global financial services institution be successful at entering a hyper competitive new market?
o How can a customer improve its operating model to better achieve operational, financial and strategic goals?
Performance Analytics
- Use 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 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.
- Sampling of questions we help our customers answer:
o How does a financial institution's fraud/authorization metrics fare against competitors, and what are strategies that can help it be best-in-class?
o How is a technology customer's market share changing over time, and are there any segments where the client is relatively under penetrated?
Marketing
- Develop strategies and lead implementation of marketing campaigns and engagements; evaluate results to drive performance on behalf of Mastercard's clients. Provide deep direct marketing expertise across channels, leveraging customer, behavioral and transactional data and defining tangible results to both the client and Mastercard.
- Sampling of questions we help our clients answer:
o How does a fintech client optimize new customer acquisition and existing customers' life cycle value through effective targeting and communications?
o How does a retail client drive foot traffic into store post-covid and/or optimize their ecommerce website to increase basket-size and average spend per customer?
o How can a large financial institution best execute on a portfolio conversion - for example, after purchasing another issuer's portfolio - including components like internal and external communications, market launch, and more?
Bring your Passion and Expertise
We recruit for and value the following core competencies:
- Passion: 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.
- Analytic 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).
- Business Interest: Clear interest in the world of business, and intuition for the way that companies make decisions.
- Rapid Growth: Eagerness to learn quickly, both through Mastercard's structured training curriculum and organic development opportunities.
- Teamwork: Willingness to work within small teams to produce outstanding deliverables, with a will to win attitude.
- Integrity: Outstanding record of academic achievement. Commitment to Mastercard's values of honesty and integrity with a willingness to embrace and learn from mistakes.
- Diverse Perspective: Brings a unique skillset or approach to the table in every client engagement or internal activity.
- Communication: Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Qualifications:
Undergraduate expected graduation date by Dec 2026
Outstanding record of academic achievement
Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities
Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
Particularly for Performance Analytics or Business Experimentation tracks, experience using data analysis or querying tools (e.g., SQL, SAS, Excel or Tableau) is an asset.
Ability to communicate ideas effectively - both verbally and in writing - in English and the local office language(s)
*** Program starting in January 2026 (part-time / Hybrid Model)
**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.

Associate Consultant, Launch Program 2026 – Buenos Aires, Argentina

Apply locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina | Time type: Full time | Posted on: Posted Yesterday | Application deadline: August 26, 2025 (30+ days left) | Job requisition id: R-252950

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

Associate Consultant, Launch Program 2026 – Buenos Aires, Argentina

At Mastercard, our Advisors & Consulting Services (ACS) group 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.

Make an Impact as an Associate Consultant

As an Associate Consultant, 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 taking 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.

Specialization Tracks

We are looking for passionate and talented professionals, who share our vision for helping our customers with their most urgent business needs, and we are recruiting for three career 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.

Strategy & Transformation

• Guide 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.
• Sampling of questions we help our customers answer:

• How can a global financial services institution be successful at entering a hyper-competitive new market?
• How can a customer improve its operating model to better achieve operational, financial, and strategic goals?

Team members typically support 1-3 projects concurrently, with each project lasting approximately 8-16 weeks.

Performance Analytics

• Use 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.
• Sampling of questions we help our customers answer:

• How does a financial institution's fraud/authorization metrics compare against competitors, and what strategies can help it be best-in-class?
• How is a technology customer’s market share changing over time, and are there segments where the client is under-penetrated?

Team members typically support several customers concurrently, supporting projects that last from 4 weeks up to 1 year.

Marketing

• Develop strategies and lead implementation of marketing campaigns and engagements; evaluate results to drive performance on behalf of Mastercard’s clients. Provide deep direct marketing expertise across channels, leveraging customer, behavioral, and transactional data, and defining tangible results for both the client and Mastercard.
• Sampling of questions we help our clients answer:

• How does a fintech client optimize new customer acquisition and increase existing customer lifetime value through targeted marketing?
• How does a retail client drive foot traffic post-COVID and/or optimize their e-commerce site to increase basket size and spend?
• How can a large financial institution execute a successful portfolio conversion, including internal and external communications and market launch?

Team members typically support 1-3 projects across various domains, building foundational marketing and consulting skills.

Bring your Passion and Expertise

We value the following core competencies:

• Passion: Actively seeks responsibility, takes pride in delivering high-quality results, and demonstrates leadership.
• Analytic Excellence: Strong aptitude for structured problem solving, with experience in data analysis tools (e.g., SQL, SAS, Excel, Tableau).
• Business Interest: Genuine interest in business decision-making processes.
• Rapid Growth: Eagerness to learn through structured training and organic development.
• Teamwork: Ability to work effectively in small teams with a will-to-win attitude.
• Integrity: Outstanding academic record and commitment to Mastercard’s values.
• Diverse Perspective: Brings unique skills or approaches to client engagements.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and the local language(s).

Qualifications:

• Graduated or expecting graduation between Dec 2024 and March 2026
• Outstanding academic achievement
• Proven leadership in work or extracurricular activities
• Exceptional analytical and quantitative skills
• Effective communication in English and local languages

Program begins January 2026 (Full-time / Hybrid Model)

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks pose inherent risks. Employees must:

• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies;
• Ensure confidentiality and integrity of accessed information;
• Report security violations or breaches;
• Complete mandatory security trainings.

About Us

Everyone wants easier ways to pay; we invent them.

Checkout lines are slow; we speed them along.

Merchants want more sales; we provide data and insights.

People need financial access; we connect them.

Corporate purchasing is complicated; we simplify it.

Commuters are busy; we speed them on their way.

We help create them.

Small businesses are virtual; we give them access to a world of buyers.

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**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**
Associate Consultant, Launch Program 2026 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Associate Consultant , Launch Program - 2026
At Mastercard, our Advisors & Consulting Services (ACS) group 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.
Make an Impact as an Associate Consultant
As an Associate Consultant, 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 taking 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.
Specialization Tracks
We are looking for passionate and talented professionals, who share our vision for helping our customers with their most urgent business needs, and we are recruiting for three career 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.
Strategy & Transformation
- Guide 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.
- Sampling of questions we help our customers answer:
o How can a global financial services institution be successful at entering a hyper competitive new market?
o How can a customer improve its operating model to better achieve operational, financial and strategic goals?
- Team members typically support 1-3 projects concurrently, with each project lasting for approximately 8-16 weeks.
Performance Analytics
- Use 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 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.
- Sampling of questions we help our customers answer:
o How does a financial institution's fraud/authorization metrics fare against competitors, and what are strategies that can help it be best-in-class?
o How is a technology customer's market share changing over time, and are there any segments where the client is relatively under penetrated?
- Team members support typically support several customers concurrently, and include both short and long term projects that can last anywhere from 4 weeks up to 1 year.
Marketing
- Develop strategies and lead implementation of marketing campaigns and engagements; evaluate results to drive performance on behalf of Mastercard's clients. Provide deep direct marketing expertise across channels, leveraging customer, behavioral and transactional data and defining tangible results to both the client and Mastercard.
- Sampling of questions we help our clients answer:
o How does a fintech client optimize new customer acquisition and existing customers' life cycle value through effective targeting and communications?
o How does a retail client drive foot traffic into store post-covid and/or optimize their ecommerce website to increase basket-size and average spend per customer?
o How can a large financial institution best execute on a portfolio conversion - for example, after purchasing another issuer's portfolio - including components like internal and external communications, market launch, and more?
- Team members typically support 1-3 projects from any domain and build fundamental marketing and consulting toolkit.
Bring your Passion and Expertise
We recruit for and value the following core competencies:
- Passion: 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.
- Analytic 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).
- Business Interest: Clear interest in the world of business, and intuition for the way that companies make decisions.
- Rapid Growth: Eagerness to learn quickly, both through Mastercard's structured training curriculum and organic development opportunities.
- Teamwork: Willingness to work within small teams to produce outstanding deliverables, with a will to win attitude.
- Integrity: Outstanding record of academic achievement. Commitment to Mastercard's values of honesty and integrity with a willingness to embrace and learn from mistakes.
- Diverse Perspective: Brings a unique skillset or approach to the table in every client engagement or internal activity.
- Communication: Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Qualifications:
Graduated or expecting graduation between Dec 2024 and March 2026
Outstanding record of academic achievement
Proven record of leadership in a work setting and/or through extracurricular activities
Exceptional analytical and quantitative problem-solving skills
Ability to communicate ideas effectively - both verbally and in writing - in English and the local office language(s)
*** Program starting in January 2026 (Full time /Hybrid Model)
**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.