PwC - Data Analytics Role

Job Summary

- At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We- re a network of firms in 157 countries with more than 208,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory and tax services.

- Within advisory, PwC has a large team that enables government organizations to transform and provide better service to citizens and optimize operations. The open position is for a candidate who desires to work with government clients and bring about a change in society.

- A successful candidate may be expected to work pro-actively and effectively on multiple client engagements and eventually take ownership of the entire project delivery. This includes having project management skills, technical and/or functional expertise, and commitment to comply with the PwC delivery quality expectation.

- This role requires a candidate with strong interpersonal skills, who not only enjoys the challenge of working with other teams but externally with a variety of clients, as well as diverse, senior-Government officials across varied Ministries and PSUs.

- Exemplary and recent experience and understanding of the Indian business ecosystem and government initiatives is also important.

- At a manager level, the candidate will be recognized as an expert in a technology/function and he/she will be sought out for advice, inputs and leading the business development stage. This will however be basis his/her intellect and experience in a specific technology, function or geography.

- The candidate will be required to showcase excellent communication skills and will have demonstrated consistently the skill and capability in delivering impactful and insightful projects in the past. He/she will also be required to participate in client meetings and, during the course of a project, will be responsive to client enquiries, eventually leading the delivery engagement.

- They will also be expected to contribute to practice or Firm development. This may be adjudged in various ways such as serving as a mentor to other team members, by leading training/development initiatives, contributing to thought leadership papers, assisting other network firms etc.

Roles and Responsibility:

- Ability to drive insight from that data, assess the social/ commercial/ financial impact and recommend data-driven action plans

- Understanding and hands-on implementation experience of statistical methods to enable appropriate interpretation of results

- Experience analyzing programs through the lens of client requirement metrics, social impact as well as a business mindset

- Conceptual thinking and ability to find innovative ways to solve analytical problems

- Generate standard or custom reports summarizing business, financial, or economic data for review by executives, managers, clients, and other stakeholders

- Manage the timely flow of business intelligence information to users

- Should have worked on Analytics consulting and implementation projects

- Working with multiple stakeholders and assisting them in technology related solutions

Skills :

- Must have hand on experience on one or more technology/ tools like R, Python, SAS, Power BI, Tableau, QlikView, Big Data technologies etc.

- Hands on experience of using various statistical and machine learning algorithms such as Regression, Classification, A/B testing, Causal Impact, Significance testing, Clustering (K-Means & Hierarchical) and Dimension reduction techniques.

- Hands-on experience of developing advanced Natural Language Processing use cases on unstructured data to derive insights for decision making

- Hands-on experience of developing Artificial Intelligence solutions is a must

- Must have strong understanding of SQL and ability to manage large data sets.

- Have extensive experience in the design and development of OLAP functionality.

- Experienced in creating presentations, dashboards, solving complicated client problems and communicating the precise insights

- Team Player - Work in a large team with people from diverse background.

- Strong organizational skills & the ability to prioritize and work on projects with great efficiency & attention to the details.

Desired Candidate Competencies:

- Setting benchmarks independent of and beyond best practice, based on the understanding of what is possible

- Driving to root causes and able to identify trends, process improvement opportunities and broader business implications.

- Willingness and ability to handle multiple projects with competing deadlines, working with individuals who have different working styles, and managing challenging expectations.

- Taking ownership of each project by doing what is needed at all phases of the process, anticipating next steps and not waiting to be told what to do.

- Impressive intellectual capabilities, committed to high standards for personal and professional contribution.

- High client delivery orientation, standards and values, driven to exceed expectations.

- Strong personal and professional presence and self-confidence, capable of working effectively with senior team as well as all other levels.