Job Opportunities at Accenture

Role Expectations:

• Work with the customer, users, technical architect and application designers to define the high level data requirements and structure for the application
• Model and design the application data structure, data layers and interfaces
• Lead database analysis, design and build effect
• Work with the integration solution architects and designers to design the integration solution
• Ensure that the database designs fulfil the requirements including data volume, frequency needs and long term data growth
• Assist in determining the cross application data standards , data distribution standards and tuning strategies

Qualifications

• Typical skills: Technical / Enterprise Architecture, Data Architecture, Data Integration Patterns, Complex Event Processing, Big Data Analytics Automation
• Must be experienced with at least one hyper-scaler data services and knowledge/experience with GCP would be an added advantage.

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What will you do?

• Lead a workstream in the definition of an enterprise architecture strategy and/or enterprise architecture operating model
• Develop an understanding of technology and industry trends
• Engage with strategic partner ecosystem providers
• Support Market Unit enterprise architecture sub-communities
• Support the shaping, selling, and delivering of strategic enterprise architecture opportunities

Qualifications

Who and what we are looking for?

• Experience working with a top-tier consulting firm or technology consulting firm.
• Bachelors Degree, minimum requirement. Masters Degree and/or MBA, preferred
• Advanced experience doing Enterprise Architecture Strategy and Planning and Enterprise IT Governance
• Solid experience doing Data and Information Architecture and Governance, Enterprise Architecture Operating Model, Infrastructure and Cloud Architecture, Integration Architecture, Solution and Application Architecture and Technology, and Platforms
• Knowledge and/or exposure to Security Architecture

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Job Description

• A Client Account Lead is responsible for building trusted strategic partner relationships within one or more accounts by understanding client needs, shaping solutions, and bringing expertise and thought leadership to solve their most critical business issues. This role is responsible for driving profitable sales growth, expanding Accenture's footprint, ensuring profitable delivery and influencing the client's strategy to help drive high performance and continuous innovation.

Your Role

• Responsible for business development and performance for major clients in the Financial Services Industry
• Have strong Financial Services industry expertise, can discuss C-level agenda, and bring industry insights and intelligence
• Be the Strategic Trusted Partner for the client executives and top management, developing client relationships, planning strategically the account development, and communicating the account vision to the account team, the sales team, and the partners
• Inspire, coach, and develop the account team to increase business value
• Drives profitable growth, by shaping, negotiating, and selling deals which are balanced between Client expectations, Team capabilities and Accenture ambitions, in collaboration with the Sales team and the Account team
• Provide day-to-day management of client relationships and strategic direction on all aspects of the account, articulating Human Brand, experience strategies and multi-disciplinary teams
• Drive shared experience- building with the client while balancing the commercial imperatives to ensure work is profitable and of the highest standard.
• Understand client's business landscape and experience gaps for new business opportunities.
• Support sales opportunities and delivery of the solution by leveraging Accenture’s full capabilities.
• Build client relationships in collaboration with the Client Account Leadership team.
• Lead the service delivery strategy across one or more client portfolios.

Your team

• Our Financial Services Client Group team is a dynamic and entrepreneurial team with a can-do mentality that is focusing on bringing value to our clients by bringing the power of One Accenture. We are well connected to the broader Accenture network and capabilities, both locally and globally. Our team originates concrete opportunities together with the account teams and capability leads and drives the business development

Qualifications

• At least 15 years managerial & management experience
• Proven track record with experiences managing productivity-driven operation
• Strong organizational, leadership & analytical skills
• Able to communicate effectively with all levels of employees and management
• Able to drive multiple projects as needed in addition to daily responsibilities

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• Our UX Researchers uncover user needs through research, develop deep insights, generate concepts and craft how people will interact with the products and services we design.
• We are looking for Senior and Intermediate UX Researchers to work with two of the leading global software platforms.

Senior UX Researcher

• 8-10 years of relevant industry experience

Requirements

• Collaborate/partner with and support team of UX researchers.
• Contribute to, or help lead, key research activities including international usability studies, surveys, and other methods of research.
• Partner closely with team members in person and remote office locations.
• Partner closely with researchers to ensure research plans are executed in a timely fashion.
• Collaborate with product team researchers to define and prioritize user experience research questions.
• Contribute to creating research summaries/presentations and ensure effective communication of research findings.
• Contribute to developing UX Research Plan for a specific study in partnership with the UX Team.
• 1-2 years-experience leading product focused UX research.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and collaboration skills -- including ability to distil findings into concise insights and engage and excite stakeholders about research.
• Interest in product development and connecting research findings with new product ideas.
• Strong understanding of strengths and shortcomings of multiple different research methods, including when and how to apply them during each product phase.
• A desire to move quickly and innovate on the way we do research.

Intermediate UX Researcher

• 4-8 years of relevant industry experience

Requirements

• Preparing user research activities (working with the recruiters to schedule study sessions, set up the usability lab, etc.).
• Planning, observing and moderating usability testing sessions and interviews.
• Administering interviews. 
• Taking notes during usability study sessions. 
• Analysing qualitative data. 
• Communicating findings from the study to the team. 
• Assistance in creating presentations (including creating graphs, highlight videos, slide decks, etc.).
• Detail-oriented and ability to work fairly independently on a variety of tasks. 
• Interest in general research and user research methods. 
• Strong oral and written communication skills. 
• Can prioritize time between multiple projects, and adapt to changing schedules and different tasks.
• Technical aptitude, familiarity with basic graphic and video editing tools preferred.
• Ability to learn quickly and comfortable with multi-tasking. 

Qualifications

• Senior UX Researcher: MA/MS Degree in: in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Psychology, Information Science or related education and/or experience.
• Intermediate UX Researcher: B.A./B.S. (completed) or M.A/M.S. (in progress or completed) in Human-Computer Interaction, Industrial Engineering, Cognitive Science, Psychology, Anthropology, Information Sciences, or a related education and/or experience. 

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• A Cloud Advisory Manager owns the cloud agenda and responsibility to drive key opportunities for select clients.
• You will carry conversation around all facets of the Cloud business and draw in other resources as appropriate.
• You will also have experience in selling and/or delivering Cloud programs.
• You will be providing the highest level of consultative support on enterprise-wide information cloud technology-based systems including the selection of cloud providers through your understanding of best practices with respect to the planning, design, implementation, and use of information technology and information management systems and processes on the Cloud.
• You will leverage Accenture cloud assets: myNAV, A4C, ACP, etc.
• You will set the direction and provide critical support in the strategic and tactical planning for the design and use of Cloud Technology while acting as the Client C-Suite trusted advisor for all Cloud-related initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define cloud technology roadmaps and industry/functional solutions, advising clients on cloud-enabled enterprise transformation agendas within an industry context
• Drive the creation of the value case, and exploit the innovation of the cloud to create new business value
• Develop service portfolio requirements including market and service provider considerations
• Recommend the target dispositions for the client’s landscape
• Advise on the impact of cloud on the IT operating model
• Lead independently small engagements or stream of work end-to-end across all delivery components: client satisfaction, value delivered, teams management, financials, etc.
• Identify and nurture pull-through business opportunities, support business development efforts with client and Accenture teams until successful sale closure
• Collaborate with clients, ecosystem partners, and within Accenture to align their business and technology priorities
• Lead creation of thought leadership and assets that present action-oriented insights, knowledge, guidance, and recommendations related to the cloud journey
• Interaction with senior management at a client and/or Accenture to steer recommendations and obtain buy-in on matters that may require an alternate approach

Key Skills:

• Strong data-driven consulting with a focus on business and technology value architecting and realization
• Ability to act independently to determine methods and procedures on assignments
• Management of team efforts at a client or within Accenture
• Ability to pull-through business opportunities
• Experience and understanding of core cloud topics - planning, design, implementation, and use of information technology and information management systems and processes on the cloud
• Experience in cloud advisory and/or implementation
• Ability to operate cross-industry, with preferred experience in Financial Services, Telecommunication, Natural Resources, and/or Government
• Pro-actively acquired business knowledge beyond a technical role or via business school i.e MBA

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-8 years of work experience; at least 5 years in cloud advisory or transformation

• Proven and relevant past consulting experience; alternatively global technology services firm, cloud firm, or seasoned industry position focused on cloud transformation (and demonstration of intrinsic consulting skills)

• Cloud certifications: Azure, AWS, GCP, Alibaba, and/or Oracle

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Your new role:

• Data analysis using either an exploratory or hypothesis driven approaches
• Predictive modelling using machine learning techniques such as generalised linear models and Bayesian inference, and Deep Learning
• Work side-by-side with clients to provide bespoke data science consultations
• Contribute to the development, and ongoing improvement of our in house platforms
• Provide data science expertise and support as required to the wider organisation

Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

Strong related academic background i.e. Masters level degree in numerate subject, preferably data science

• Theoretical knowledge of classical statistical methods, bayesian learning, and neural networks, and its application to machine learning techniques
• Strong Python/R experience
• Demonstrable experience with RStudio or Jupyter notebooks
• Keen to utilise up-to-date software development practices
• Good communications skills, verbal and written
• Self-starter, happy to work alone or as part of a team
• Willing to occasionally work off-site at supplier or customer sites

It would also be great if you had / a desire to learn about:

• Experience within retail
• Experience with Tensor Flow
• Experience of Hadoop
• Experience with high level software language such as Scala, Java or C#
• Experience of working in an Agile development environment
• Experience of utilising a continuous integration approach to software development
• Experience of software containers e.g. Docker
• Comfortable working with different data science tools

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Job Summary

• We are looking for an exceptional Song Delivery Lead to work with our cross-functional team and join our world-class community of talented experts.

Job Requirement

• Overall responsibility for managing the end-to-end delivery of all agreed scope and services as defined by the client engagement contract.
• Understand client requirements and expectations and ensure that Accenture delivers on the promises made to our clients.
• Manage typical project elements related to scope, quality, planning and timing, budget, and change requests.
• Depending on the type of engagement, delivery may cover some or all elements of Accenture Song such as Content, Commerce, Marketing and Product Innovation.
• Accountable for being the face of the company towards the client.
• Accountable for managing revenue and cost metrics.
• Responsible for fostering the team culture and capabilities in order to maximize successful delivery.
• Ensure that relevant risks, issues, and dependencies are identified and that their impacts are understood and managed within the team and with key client stakeholders.
• Act as a first point of escalation when required and ensure that issues are managed towards resolution.

Qualifications

Ideally you will have

• At least 8+ years of project delivery experience in Omnichannel, Commerce, Marketing, Product Innovation projects.
• Relevant bachelor’s degree or post-graduate degree.
• Proven experience in conflict resolution.
• Experience in project delivery methodologies / frameworks such as Waterfall, Agile, SAFe and hybrid or both.
• Passionate about managing teams towards a common goal and successful delivery of project scope.
• Experience in engaging with clients at all level, from C-suite to project teams, and across business functions such as marketing, product management, technology, finance, legal, and human resources.
• The ability to handle challenging situations that require problem solving and critical decision making.
• Solid experience with financial managed at project/program level.
• Project delivery certifications in the areas of project management or agile. E.g. SAFe, PMBOK, PRINCE2
• Experience with managing multiple teams in multiple locations.
• Exceptional communication skills with a positive can-do attitude.

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Job Description

• Create precision maintenance specifications for fit, tolerance, quality, and quantity, especially around fasteners, lubrication, alignment, and balance of rotating equipment
• Work with client personnel to develop wrench-ready precision maintenance job plans
• Act as subject matter expert in the application of precision maintenance optimum reference states with regard to fasteners, lubrication, alignment, balance, and precision maintenance management
• Lead teams of diverse client stakeholders to align behind appropriate technical solutions
• Optimize existing maintenance plans for precision, preventive, failure-oriented, and condition-based maintenance
• Establish standards and processes for assessing and monitoring critical assets (Bad Actor Programs)
• Prepare and execute workshops including training and coaching of planners, engineers, and equipment and reliability specialists
• Understand work process to minimize cost and maximize safety and productivity

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with experience in maintenance/reliability/plant engineering or equivalent industry experience as a technician culminating in at least 4 years serving as an equipment/reliability specialist in the field of maintenance
• Experience in mechanical maintenance, reliability, condition monitoring, predictive/preventative maintenance, and maintenance systems (CMMS)
• In-depth knowledge of maintenance planning
• Process and plant know-how in the large-scale industry (mining & metals, refinery, petrochemical/chemical, energy supply)
• Rotating equipment expertise and know-how about RCA studies are a plus
• Excellent MS-Office skills; ERP or special system knowledge skills a plus
• Able to communicate at ease with and influence stakeholders
• Hands-on mentality paired with professional and engaging presentation skills
• Excellent fluency in speaking, reading and writing English
• Working proficiency in Afrikaans, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese a plus
• Willingness to travel