Performance Strategy Business Analyst

Job Description

Who we are

Partners in Performance, Part of Accenture, is a global management consulting firm with offices in Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia, Africa, Europe and North & South America. Sitting within Accenture Strategy, our Performance Strategy consulting team focuses on improving human performance and working as true partners with clients to drive meaningful change. We work on the frontline alongside client teams to unleash their potential and deliver lasting impact that can rarely be achieved from the boardroom.

Performance Strategy Consulting at Partners in Performance, Part of Accenture

As part of the Performance Strategy Consulting team, you will be working in teams to solve complex problems, drive meaningful change, and help industries and organisations overcome their biggest challenges. You will help influence decisions at the highest levels as well as improve performance at the frontline. Our working style is about testing, learning, and adapting to drive continual improvements wherever we go.

We’re a collaborative team that supports, challenges, mentors, and learns from one another. We believe in providing our people with experiences and development opportunities that stretch and push them beyond what they thought was possible.

The Business Analyst role is an entry level role where you would be immediately exposed to being the frontline change agent for our clients. You are the primary source of reliable data and rock-solid analysis, providing the fact base the improvement team uses to make decisions in real time.

Responsibilities include:

• Assisting with the delivery of measurable improvements and in the implementation of processes and systems that will sustain ongoing improvements, especially by supporting prioritisation and problem-solving
• To work closely with other team members and client team members to collect/analyse data and provide insights
• At times, the business analyst may be given the opportunity to take on front-line coaching roles, especially with client analysts, to broaden their management experience

Key competencies: To be successful consultant at Partners in Performance, you not only need to be an outstanding academic performer, but also be dynamic, passionate and prepared to roll up your sleeves and work inside our clients’ businesses. You need to care about people and developing them, as coaching is a big part of our success.

What you will need to become a member of the Partners in Performance consulting team:

• Undergraduate/ Postgraduate degree from a top-tier university, with excellent results (distinction average)
• Relevant work experience/internships in blue chip consulting or industrial companies is highly valued
• Excellent problem-solving skills, including analytics
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, including ability to coach, influence, and build trust with peers and clients
• Demonstrated passion for results
• Must be fluent in English
• Strong communication skills, including ability to respond clearly to hard questions under pressure and to use visual tools when communicating insights
• Above average knowledge of PowerPoint and Excel (Power BI advantageous)

Based on business requirements, candidates applying for this role can also be assessed for other opportunities within Accenture.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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