Sales Ex - COE - Sales Projections Associate Manager

Job Description

Title:  Sales Excellence COE – Sales Projections Associate Manager

Role (Job Profile): Analytics and Modeling Associate Manager

Management Level: Associate Manager (ML8)    

About Accenture:        

At Accenture, we believe your career is about what you want to be and who you want to be. It’s about bringing your skills, your curiosity, and your best true self to your work. Here, you’ll match your ingenuity with the latest technology to do incredible things. Together, we can create positive, long-lasting change.

We are:

Sales Excellence at Accenture. We empower our people to compete, win and grow. We develop everything they need to build and mature their client portfolios, optimize their deals and enable their sales talent, all driven by sales intelligence.

You are:

Curious about the latest business intelligence tools and eager to find out how they may help your team and your customers. You are quick to prototype a new solution and willing to abandon it if it does not solve the use cases. You find satisfaction in exploring raw data and efficiently transforming it into useful and relevant information.

You enjoy working with a small group to deliver solutions. You are well-organized and consistently focus on priorities in order to achieve timelines.  If changes or delays arise, you manage end users' expectations as early and as quickly as possible.

The work:

The Center of Excellence (COE) enables Sales Excellence to deliver best-in-class service offerings to Accenture leaders, practitioners, and sales teams.

As an Analytics & Modeling Associate Manager, you will be driving innovation around analytics models. Your typical day will involve working with SQL, Python, performing data analysis and modeling to extract insights and patterns from large data sets.

You will:

• Develop and deploy Artificial Intelligence solutions using Python, SQL and latest AI technologies, including GenAI.
• You will be required to utilize frameworks, standards, patterns to create architectural foundation and services necessary for AI applications that scale from multi-user to enterprise-class
• You will be responsible for solving complex business problems that include predicting future outcomes, prescriptive actions, and optimization for stakeholders
• Conduct detailed analysis of complex data sets, employing statistical methodologies and data modeling techniques for actionable insights, alongside a robust understanding of statistical analysis and machine learning algorithms.
• Apply expertise in diverse analytics algorithms, specialized in machine learning, including hands on experience implementing various algorithms such as linear regression, logistic regression, decision trees, and clustering algorithms.
• Communicate technical findings effectively to stakeholders, utilizing data visualization tools like Tableau or Power BI for clarity.
• Stay updated with the latest advancements in analytics and data science, integrating innovative approaches for sustained competitive advantage

The Work Continued:

• Partner with stakeholders and other members of the team to apply critical thinking and the latest data science methodologies to solve our most complex analytic challenges.
• Translate business issues into specific requirements to develop analytic solutions and identify appropriate data to support the solution.
• The person should require minimal guidance when determining methods and procedures on new assignments    
• Individual could potentially manage medium-small sized teams and/or work efforts
• Please note that this role requires you to work in a second shift

Here’s what you need:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 5-8 years of experience doing similar work.
• Knowledge of statistical techniques and machine learning algorithms (4+ years)
• Experience  in building regression & classification models using Python or R (4+ years)
• Advanced SQL & data integration(ETL) knowledge (experience with stored procedures, functions, views etc.)
• Advanced Visualization (Excel/Power BI)
• Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and BigQuery
• Strong Quality Practices and Thoroughness
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate solutions to senior leadership, gain alignment, and drive progress.

Extra credit if you have:

• Masters degree in Analytics or similar field

• Sales Domain Experience

• Experience working in Sales, Marketing, Pricing, Finance, or related fields.

• Understanding of Accenture sales process and systems, business model

• Working knowledge of Salesforce Einstein Analytics

You may also need:

• Ability to work flexible hours according to business needs.
• Must have good internet connectivity and a distraction-free environment for working at home, in accordance with local guidelines.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 750,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us atwww.accenture.com

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