Entity: - Accenture Strategy & Consulting

Team: - Global Network - Data & AI

Practice: - Financial Services - SAS Transformation

Title: - Consultant - Level 9

Job Location - Gurgaon/Bangalore/Chennai/Hyderabad

About S&C - Global Network – Data & AI: - Accenture Global Network - Data & AI (AI Hub India) practice help our clients grow their business in entirely new ways. Analytics enables our clients to achieve high performance through insights from data - insights that inform better decisions and strengthen customer relationships. From strategy to execution, Accenture works with organizations to develop analytic capabilities - from accessing and reporting on data to predictive modelling – to outperform the competition.

As an experienced SAS professional, your market-leading industry, management, and technology expertise will provide critical solutions that answer unparalleled strategic, operational, technology and sourcing demands. And, in doing so, you'll improve the future of the global financial services industry.

Accenture serves the world's leading financial services organizations across three industry groups –

• Banking: Retail and commercial banks and diversified financial institutions.
• Capital Markets: Investment banks, broker/dealers, asset-management firms, depositories, exchanges, clearing & settlement organizations.
• Insurance: Property and casualty insurers, life and annuity insurers, reinsurance firms and insurance brokers.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

As part of our Data and AI Strategy team, you will be responsible for leading the clients on their SAS transformation journey. As part of the team,

• You will work with top global clients including leading financial institutions and use advanced Data & AI techniques to address and resolve their business challenges.
• You will take a leadership role in client conversation in understanding their unique needs and design the transformation roadmap aligned with the enterprise objectives.
• You will help clients in realizing the business value outcome throughout the transformation journey,
• Build new skills, grow existing skills, develop new areas of expertise within functional and technical areas of business.

What you would do in this role

Architecture and sizing of SAS 9.4 and SAS VIYA on on-premises and cloud. Work closely with clients to understand their business goals and challenges. Running assessment for understanding of current SAS ecosystem and build insights. create modernization recommendations. Defining security model for SAS environments. Creation of responses to RFI/RFP in word/excel/ppt format.

Who we are looking for?

4+ years of experience in SAS 9.4 and VIYA architectures and cloud computing. Experience in migration from SAS 9.4 to SAS Viya Excellent analytical and troubleshooting skills and should be able to troubleshoot issues independently. Strong written and oral communication skills with excellent client-facing skills Able to run BASE SAS programs and troubleshoot through the errors. Experience in working with CAS and VA reports. Experience in python programming. Experience of cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure). Craft and deliver engaging presentations to stakeholders, ensuring clarity and alignment with project objectives. SAS and cloud certifications. Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science.

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