BDO Canada is a firm that prioritizes positive relationships and exceptional service. They are seeking a Consultant to join their Strategy, Value Creation & Analytics team, where the role involves leveraging data analytics to drive business decisions and improve operational performance for clients.
Responsibilities
- Help stakeholders migrate towards data-based decision-making capability by leveraging analytical tools, data and communicating implementable solutions and insights
- Use business analytics to research, develop, and recommend actionable insights and strategies to clients
- Understand the business and financial world and be able to bridge the gap between business needs and the proposed solutions
- Insight mining from data to substantiate and direct the hypotheses and strategies for clients
- Understand and develop Data Analytics frameworks and tools for clients by using analytics, data, and visualization tools like Power BI, Tableau, etc
- Engage with Customers to scope out project requirements through interviews, and research and create timelines along with implementation plans
- Work on Analytics advisory projects, including analytics strategies and the development of business analytics solutions to streamline client decision-making process
- Create data ETL tools to manipulate structured and unstructured datasets and transform information into actionable insights for business decision-making, track initiatives through KPIs/metrics, and perfuse a data-driven culture in service lines and customers
- Work on projects that require ML/AI implementation and create a simplified business-friendly process for teams and customers to leverage the created tools and processes
- Work closely with internal and external stakeholders by collaborating with business partners, clients, and the IT teams to enable analytics for functions
Skills
- A bachelor's or master's degree in computer engineering, Data Science, Business Analytics, Statistics related fields, or any related field
- Strong analytical skills, accompanied by strong business acumen and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency with Python/R, PowerBI or related visualization tools, SQL and strong MS Excel and MS office skills
- Proficiency with data manipulation through Power Query, Excel, Python/R and SQL
- Exposure to financial fundamentals and financial modeling
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills
- Strong work initiative and the ability to adapt to new challenges and propose ideas
- Motivated, detail-oriented, autonomous, rigorous, and able to work under pressure
- Willing and able to travel when necessary
Benefits
- Flexible benefits from day one
- Market leading personal time off policy
- Reimbursement for wellness initiatives that fit your lifestyle
Company Overview
BDO Canada is a consulting firm that provides auditing, outsourcing, taxation, assurance, and financial advisory services. It was founded in 1921, and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, CAN, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.bdo.ca/en/pages/default.aspx.