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Decision Analytics Consultant
Location: Evanston, IL Role may be performed at various unanticipated work locations throughout the US based on company and/or client need.
Job Role and Responsibility: Directly oversee, manage, and provide technical and quantitative guidance to junior team members, including degreed Associates and Associate Consultants, requiring an advanced level of skill in data science, business analytics, quantitative methodologies, algorithms and data structures, predictive modeling, and statistical analysis; Manage all aspects of quantitative and data-focused projects, including defining project scope, developing strategies, and creating detailed project plans, requiring ability to analyze and quality check primary and secondary data, perform predictive modeling, and develop reports and recommend operational strategies based on analysis; Provide leadership and management within projects and practice areas to ensure that project deliverables are completed with an appropriate level of analytical rigor and are delivered on time and within budget; Manage the design and execution of quantitative and qualitative analyses to understand and address key project issues while helping clients to improve their commercial effectiveness; Create detailed project plans, direct project timelines, and manage internal and external deliverables by developing timelines and guiding quality assurance team members in early stages of project lifecycle to identify technical or data-related; Synthesize data findings, develop recommendations, and communicate results by reviewing insights synthesized by teams, recommending additional analysis, and reviewing and providing feedback on team's deliverables, including issues with statistical results, data impact, and others; Conduct issue analysis and develop hypotheses on key client issues by analyzing strategic and tactical methodologies, tracking progress of solutions, and reviewing findings and recommending strategies to senior ZS; Serve as a key point of contact for project requests and engage with internal Expertise Centers to develop and deliver best-in-class projects by outlining client needs/requests/inputs for team to incorporate into projects, sharing project updates with client, presenting findings and recommendations, and making final decisions on client deliverables; Conduct team status meetings to coordinate sub-projects and tasks across team members while ensuring the quality of all project deliverables by assigning and tracking project deliverables and conducting daily meetings to solve quantitative issues, including on
hypothesis testing, statistical methodologies, predictive modeling, regression analysis, and others; Manage both internal and external team communication, and communicate any changes in deadlines, scope, and timing to client project managers; Lead project task execution by ensuring progress, organizing project plans and coordinating team meetings; Liaise with Project
Leadership to define the project scope and to develop the appropriate approach for the proposed work, taking into account time and expense estimates, including reviewing and tracking budgets and managing team member staffing; Ensure that all projects are appropriately staffed and that team members are productively engaged at all times by reviewing project staffing needs, short-listing candidates for hire, interviewing candidates, and making the final hiring decision; Direct business development and strategy development activities that support sales and marketing business processes by developing financial summaries of projects, sharing information to procurement, and managing account-level policies and institutional changes; Contribute to internal firm activities, including recruiting, training, and mentoring subordinates, providing developmental opportunities for team members, and coaching members on hypothesis testing, statistical modeling, etc. May work at various unanticipated locations throughout the U.S.
Contact: ZS Associates, Inc. at [email protected] or apply online. Position eligible for Employee Referral Program (with incentives). Multiple openings.
Qualifications: Master's Degree in Applied Mathematics, Business Analytics, Business Administration, Data Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, and 4 years of experience in the job offered or in a business analysis-related occupation.
Position requires 4 years of experience in the following: 1. Front-end user reporting; 2. BI solution design and implementation; 3. Project Management; 4. SQL; 5. Python; 6. JIRA; and 7. Data engineering or analysis.
Perks & Benefits:
ZS offers a comprehensive total rewards package including health and well-being, financial planning, annual leave, personal growth and professional development. Our robust skills development programs, multiple career progression options and internal mobility paths and collaborative culture empowers you to thrive as an individual and global team member.
We are committed to giving our employees a flexible and connected way of working. A flexible and connected ZS allows us to combine work from home and on-site presence at clients/ZS offices for the majority of our week. The magic of ZS culture and innovation thrives in both planned and spontaneous face-to-face connections.
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At ZS, we're building a diverse and inclusive company where people bring their passions to inspire life-changing impact and deliver better outcomes for all. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job and recognize the value that candidates with all backgrounds, including non-traditional ones, bring. If you are interested in joining us, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements listed above.
To Complete Your Application:
Candidates must possess work authorization for their intended country of employment.
An on-line application, including a full set of transcripts (official or unofficial), is required
to be considered.
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ZS is a management consulting and technology firm that partners with companies to improve life and how we live it. We transform ideas into impact by bringing together data, science, technology and human ingenuity to deliver better outcomes for all. Founded in 1983, ZS has more than 13,000 employees in over 35 offices worldwide.
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