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Decision Analytics Associate Consultant at ZS

ZS is a professional services firm that works side by side with companies to help develop and deliver
products that drive customer value and company results. From R&D to portfolio strategy, customer insights,
marketing and sales strategy, operations and technology, we leverage our deep industry expertise and
leading-edge analytics to create solutions that work in the real world. Our most valuable asset is our
people—a fact that’s reflected in our values-driven organization in which new perspectives are integral and
new ideas are celebrated. ZSers are passionately committed to helping companies and their customers
thrive in industries ranging from healthcare and life sciences, to high-tech, financial services, travel and
transportation, and beyond

ZS’s India Capability & Expertise Center (CEC) houses more than 60% of ZS people across three
offices in New Delhi, Pune and Bengaluru. Our teams work with colleagues across North America,
Europe and East Asia to create and deliver real world solutions to the clients who drive our business. The
CEC maintains standards of analytical, operational and technological excellence across our capability
groups. Together, our collective knowledge enables each ZS team to deliver superior results to our
clients.

ZS's Business Analysis group designs and delivers solutions to help our clients tackle a broad range of
business challenges. Our teams work on multiple projects simultaneously, leveraging advanced data
analytics and problem-solving techniques. Our recommendations and solutions are based on rigorous
research and analysis underpinned by deep expertise and thought leadership.

Job Description

Decision Analytics Associate Consultants (DAACs) design and execute analyses to address business
problems for our clients and project teams. DAACs leverage their analytic skills to find data-driven insights
that help our clients solve their most important business problems and engage with clients to help them
understand the implications and make plans to act on them.

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply advanced statistical models that help clients understand dynamic business
issues;
• Leverage analytic techniques to use data to guide client and ZS team decision-making;
• Design custom analyses in R, Tableau, SAS, Visual Basic and Excel to investigate and inform client
needs;
• Synthesize and communicate results to clients and ZS teams through oral and written
presentations;
• Preferred experience working in the global delivery model
• Develop client relationships and serve as key point of contact on aspects of projects;
• Provide client and ZS teams project status updates;
• Create project deliverables and implement solutions;
• Advance problem-solving skills and improve ZS’s capabilities;
• Guide and mentor Associates on teams, People management skills

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering (any branch), and strong academic


performance with analytic and quantitative coursework is required;
• Experience in working with real world data sources such as patient claims data, EMR, consumer
data etc.
• Experience in analysis of large data sets; SQL-R, programming skills
• Experience in the statistical design and analysis of prospective or retrospective observational
studies and familiar with working with large epidemiological datasets focusing on anonymized
data
• 2 - 4 years of relevant post-collegiate job experience. An MBA/PhD may substitute
in lieu of work experience;
• High motivation, good work ethic, maturity and personal initiative;
• Strong oral and written communication skills;
• Empathy, adaptability and emotional intelligence;
• Close attention to detail, with a quality-focused mindset;
• Self-discipline for planning and organizing tasks;
• Aptitude for, and enjoyment of, working in teams

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