Management Consultant - Data Scientist

Job description

Base location: London
Capgemini Consulting is the management consulting discipline of the Capgemini Group, one of the world’s largest providers of Consulting, Technology and Outsourcing services. We offer transformational excellence through understanding specific customer needs in all business sectors.
Capgemini is transforming how brands engage and interact with their customers, helping them to develop and deliver the digital strategies that will outperform the competition.  We are a class leader in digital consulting, as recognised by global research firm Kennedy. We are at the forefront of research into digital transformation with MIT, helping organisations the world over understand the impact that digital is having on their customers and business.
Our Business Analytics Team is Capgemini Consulting’s business analytics and strategic modelling capability. The team delivers analytics solutions and advisory services to a wide range of clients across a number of industry sectors. Our Clients look to us to work with them collaboratively and provide the expertise and structured thinking that will help them develop innovative solutions to complex business problems.
As a Consultant or Senior Consultant level Data Scientist you will be defining solutions to our clients’ business problems, supporting our clients to utilise their structured and unstructured data for business benefits. You will also support demonstrating the value of big data analytics to our clients.
We are looking for consultants who can help our clients to use analytics to:
Shape and evolve their customer experience
Enhance and expand their service and commerce channels 
Integrate and optimise their marketing performance across channels
Innovate their business models and operations
You will be part of a leading Business Analytics practice in the UK within Capgemini Consulting.  You will undertake a wide variety of challenging project work and help our clients explore, visualise and mine their structured and unstructured data. You will be encouraged and have the licence to develop new ways of delivering value. When allocating work, we always try to match individual development needs with those of the business.  We are looking for high calibre, talented people with relevant experience or qualifications, along with client facing skills to help us grow.
The type of work that you might get involved in will vary from:
Using modelling and analytics based techniques to solve business problems as part of a major business transformation. 
Developing and using modelling tools to support strategic decision making.
Supporting client to design, build and implement analytics based solutions.
Delivering analytics advisory services to clients.
Developing both thought leadership points of view and new service offerings to differentiate us in the marketplace.  
To succeed you will need to possess and demonstrate a number of competencies:
A track record of academic achievement (first degree in a numerate subject e.g. Maths, Stats, Industrial Engineering, Economics) and ideally a MSc. post-graduate qualification in an analytical subject such as Data Science, Operational Research, Management Science, Statistics or Decision Science
- Essential
You will currently be working in one of the fields of Consumer Insight in Consumer Products, Retail or Utilities, Fraud Analytics in Government or Insurance, Asset Risk in Utilities.   
Experience in finding patterns in data and creating statistical models.
Experience in data exploration, data visualisation and data mining.
Strong knowledge and experience of Excel.
Knowledge of open source analytics tools and how they are deployed. 
Experience of tools such as SAS/SPSS/R/SQL/Python.
A proven ability to rigorously analyse complex issues and develop insights and solutions.
An ability to provide creative thinking and innovative methods.  
A strong understanding of business combined with a track record of being part of delivering outstanding results. 
Experience of working in a major blue-chip organisation or consultancy company – with experience in Retail, Consumer Products, Utilities or Insurance sectors.
Good presentation skills and experience of delivering to Senior Management or CXO level.
General consulting skills and the ability to overcome internal barriers through the use of drive, determination and influencing skills.
An ability to work in mixed teams of colleagues and senior client executives. 
Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with high levels of enthusiasm and a good team player.
Drive & commitment to own and deliver outstanding work.
WHAT WE OFFER:We will provide you with intense professional development and as much stretch as you need to put your skills into action, learn and progress.  In particular, you will have the opportunity for:
Acceleration: The opportunity to accelerate your career through intellectual challenge, specialist training and responsibility. 
Collaboration: The opportunity to work as part of a high performing, supportive and collegial team that values close collaboration with clients.
Satisfaction: Swiftly add value and make a real difference to Capgemini and to our Clients’ organisations.
Exposure: the chance to work with some of the most admired organisations across a range of industries and locations.
Innovation: to work within a company that values innovation and encourages entrepreneurial spirit.
Whilst you will have our London office as a base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as client projects are likely to require you to work away from home (Mon-Fri).
We offer an excellent remuneration package to include flexible benefits and bonus dependent on the candidate's competency, skills and level of expertise.
In order to commence a role with Capgemini UK plc all candidates will be required to provide documentary proof, prior to joining the Company that they are entitled to live and work in the UK. 
Capgemini is an equal opportunities employer