Communications & High Tech - Data Analyst

Description Showcase your Data Analyst experience on Business Intelligence projects with Accenture's Fortune 100 client. Organization:  Communications & High Tech Location:  Seattle, WA Accenture's Services workforce is a dedicated team of people who work on outsourcing engagements. These are long-term partnerships with clients for whom we manage and provide increasingly specialized business operations, such as finance and accounting, IT, applications development and maintenance, help desk services, and HR.  We not only maintain key business functions for clients, we constantly seek to improve them to help our clients move ahead of the competition. Job Description: The Data Analyst is expected to own analysis on medium to large sized business intelligence projects, and to work with solution delivery to write detailed functional specifications translating business requirements in functional constructs. In addition, the analyst is expected to drive definition of data attributes, calculations, metrics and entities by working with solution delivery and development team. Key responsibilities may include:  Gather, refine and prioritize requirements from product manager and/or business owners through meetings, questionnaires or interviews Assess current business systems and define work items to identify and implement functional requirements that address system gaps/issues Translate business requirements into systemic requirements and detailed functional designs for major project application components Work with development and test teams to ensure completeness and feasibility of functional specifications and obtain sign-off Ensure business owners and/or end users have understanding of design approach and system functionality to attain business sign-off Research different approaches to address systems issues, perform cost/benefit/risk analysis on alternatives and communicate results to project stakeholders to facilitate decision making Serve as primary point of contact and subject matter expert for large application components during the planning, development and stabilizing periods Assist in management of ongoing quality assurance efforts to ensure application delivery meets expectations of end-users per business requirements Ability to travel up to 10%  Sample Project Deliverables:  Detailed Business Requirements Functional specifications Process Definitions High Level Test Scenarios Qualifications Basic Qualifications:  3 years of data analyst experience (internships included) Bachelor's degree 2 years of experience in working with business to write detailed and accurate functional specifications (report specifications, data and metrics specifications, persona based use cases) 2 years of experience designing business reports, including analysis and report development 1 year of experience with data modeling and data warehouse systems 1 year of experience with software architectures, and software development lifecycle 6 months of data modeling experience Preferred Skills:  Technical skills to enable thorough analysis of multiple system components and interfaces Demonstrated experience with relevant project technology (e.g. SQL, data models, web applications, reporting) Professional Skills:   Strong written and verbal communication skills Able to successfully facilitate group meetings Sound problem resolution, team building, judgment and decision making skills required Ability to manage resources and project schedule, and provide feedback to business Ability to operate independently, manage tasks and supervise the work of others  To submit resume online Click Here  Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration. Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa. Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Job Information Company: Accenture Location: Seattle, WA 98101 Status: Full Time, Employee Job Category: IT/Software Development Relevant Work Experience: Bachelor's Degree Contact Information Company: Accenture Reference Code: 00046005