Senior Consultant – Data Analytics
| Location | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Date Posted | July 15, 2022 |
| Category |
Consultancy
NGO |
| Job Type |
Full-time
|
| Currency | ZAR |
Description
The Senior Consultant – Data Analytics will support the Data Analytics Manager in executing on the Data Analytics strategy. They will contribute to the growth and management of the Data Analytics business and assume a key role in the delivery of analytics projects for clients.
Business Development:
- Builds and maintains strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external clients
- Champions the use of Data Analytics and Digital Solutions
- Writes new business proposals and contributes to other Digital and Analytics business development activities
- Participates in the planning processes of the Digital and Analytics business
- Contributes to thought leadership on the use and advancement of Data Analytics and Digital Solutions
Engagement Delivery:
- Leads and manages Data Analytics engagements including planning, execution and reporting
- Leads the development of data-driven Digital solutions
- Manages the engagement economics on projects
- Manages engagement level issues and risks on own projects
- Unpacks business problems and frames analytics driven digital solutions
- Maps analytics solutions to data requirements and facilitates the data acquisition process
- Ensures data quality and manages the data reconciliation process
- Directs junior staff on analytics execution and digital solution development
- Generates impactful insights from analysis
- Writes and presents reports
Practice Management:
- Contributes to the implementation of the Digital and Analytics strategy
- Ensures adherence to firm’s quality and risk management processes
- Keeps abreast of developments and innovation in the Data Analytics and Digital spaces
- Upskills junior Digital and Analytics staff
- Participates in junior staff mentoring and performance management process
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Relevant tertiary qualification (Bachelor`s Degree) with a major in Maths and Statistics, Operations Research, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or Business Administration
- Minimum of 4 years Data Analytics experience
- Experience in scripting using analytics tools such as T-SQL or SAS is essential
- Experience in using data visualisation tools such as MS Power BI or Tableau or Qlik is essential
- Experience in developing and deploying artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms and solutions essential
- Experience in using cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) is essential. Certification advantageous
- Experience in consulting environment advantageous