Accenture Analytics Graduate Programme

Job description

Who We Are and What We Do

At Accenture, we bring the new to our clients and to our people. We're in the midst of a technology revolution--from digital to cloud to security--that's touching virtually every industry and government, in virtually every country. Our clients—including 80% of the Fortune 500--look to us to help them transform their businesses to better meet the new needs of their customers. Join us, and you'll collaborate with the organizations that shape the world around us, using groundbreaking new technologies to develop and implement innovative solutions that will benefit people around the world.

Our Analytics group is home to the data scientists of tomorrow. Here, we offer Analytics as a specialist stream within Consulting. We are the global centre within Accenture specialising in combatting fraud through analytics, but we are also aligned closely to our global Analytics capability of over 1,200 data scientists. This ensures you get all the benefits of the Consulting graduate experience, plus dedicated training, plus project and research assignments in areas including data management, visualisation, advanced analytics, cognitive computing and analytics strategy. We can offer unparalleled exposure to the wider world of analytics, while perfectly positioning you for a career path within our rapidly growing global Analytics group.

Your Role as an Analyst in Accenture Analytics

No two days are the same at Accenture, but as an Analytics Analyst, you'll work alongside clients as you help them make a real difference to their customers: your friends, family and neighbors. You'll work with them to identify their challenges and collaborate with your Accenture colleagues to develop and craft solutions. You might spend your day:

· Analysing Data: Gather the relevant data from the large datasets stored in the server, analysing, identifying and documenting business data requirements so that we and the client understand what needs to change to take advantage of the opportunities

· Identifying Opportunities: Assessing where the client is today through data so we can identify ways to improve their business. Run the technique through the software (SAS, SPSS, XLSTAT etc.).

· Designing the Future: Working with the client to study the output and prepare a report with recommendations to the future.

What You'll Learn

We'll invest in your development from your first day and, we'll make sure you have all the training you need to hit the ground running. As well a structured and detailed induction program and supportive graduate community, you can look forward to mentoring from some of our most successful leaders. This training will help you get the all-round skills for success but it will be your experience that will really make the difference in your career, which is why the variety of live project work we'll give you will be so important. And because we all need to be at the leading edge, both in our fields of expertise and in the industries we serve, you'll continue to receive training on the latest technology and trends through virtual classrooms and on-demand learning that's tailored to the career you're building.

The Opportunity

As well as great career prospects, you can look forward to a rewards package that's second to none, with a competitive starting salary and a generous holiday allowance. Other benefits include a pension scheme, personal laptop, an AMEX card, private healthcare, employee discounts, clubs and societies and much more. For a comprehensive list of all our benefits, visit our website.

Desired profile

What Are We Looking For?

Consistent Track record of outstanding academic performance at school & university.

You'll need to have or be expecting a:

· 2.1 Degree grade

· 400 Leaving Cert points or equivalent

· We welcome applicants from STEM degree types (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (Special focus on Physics & Statistics)

· Excellent numeric aptitude

· MS Office expertise

· Familiarity with any number of the following:

o Statistics and statistical tools

o Algorithmic and complexity evaluation

o Clustering, linear regression and basic statistics

o DBMS and data management

o Data mining

o Data management

o Reporting tools

Because our work is so collaborative, we're also looking for people with excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work successfully in a team. Other helpful characteristics include leadership roles in extra-curricular activities and creativity, initiative and an entrepreneurial mindset.

Where You'll Work

Because you could be placed at any one of our offices and delivering projects on client sites anywhere in Ireland flexibility is a must.

How To Apply

Full information on our application and selection process can be found on our website. Deadline for applications is October 21st.