Vodafone - Data Consulting Analyst

Role Purpose :

- The incumbent works on the assigned projects & it's stakeholder to understand the business challenges faced by them. Using expertise in analytics, the incumbent provide structured and data-backed analytics solutions to create bottom-line impact for the business.

- The role leverages / re-engineers existing solutions to delivery efficiently. The role also demands an innovation led approach to delivery through the use of evolving analytical techniques / technologies.

- The candidate works with the assigned business stakeholder(s) to agree scope, deliverables, process and expected outcomes from the products and services developed.

- Someone who can communicate with partner, understand context, create predictive models using SAS and communicate his findings back to business.

Must have technical / professional qualifications :

- Hands on experience in Analytical tools SAS or R or SPSS 4+ relevant exp - (Mandate) with through knowledge of various analytical & statistical techniques

- Hands on experience in Predictive modelling- Mandate

- Hands on experience in others like: Regression Analysis, Machine Learning, statistical procedure

- Adequate exposure to Data visualization tools like Tableau, Qlikview, SAS Visual Analytics, etc.

- Must have build more than 10-15 models.

- Exceptional data manipulation and analysis techniques; comfortable using very large (- 10's millions rows) data-sets, containing both structured and unstructured data

- SCM or HR domain exp- Mandate

Key accountabilities and decision ownership :

- Support build & deployment of analytical solutions (models, hypothesis, analyses & scenarios) across the spectrum of analytical maturity - descriptive, inferential, predictive & prescriptive

- Leverage previously created data models, insights and analyses from across the Vodafone business to drive positive business outcomes

- Drive efficiencies in how analytical services are delivered, through automation and standardization of analytical delivery

- Provide a delightful and - easy to work- experience to the business stakeholders while setting clear expectations

Core competencies, knowledge and experience :

- PhD / Masters in Analytics, Operations Research, Statistics or similar / MBA from a premier B-school

- Minimum and relevant experience of 4+ years in Consulting or Analytics

- Excellent communication & presentation skills with track record of engaging with business project leads

- Flexibility and problem solving

- Previous experience in Telecom would be a distinct advantage