IC Senior_Senior Analyst+Biz_Chicago, IL

Company Description:

Ugam, a Merkle company, is a leading analytics and technology services company. Our customer-centric approach delivers impactful business results for large corporations by leveraging data, technology, and expertise. We consistently deliver superior, impactful results through the right blend of human intelligence and AI. With 4600+ people spread across locations worldwide, we successfully deploy our services to create success stories across industries like Retail & Consumer Brands, High Tech, BFSI, Distribution, and Market Research & Consulting. Over the past 21 years, Ugam has been recognized by several firms including Forrester and Gartner, named the No.1 data science company in India by Analytics Insight, and certified as a Great Place to Work®.

The name Ugam comes from the ancient Sanskrit language and means "source" or "origin." Ugam seeks to be the source of solutions for the complex problems of retailers, brands and market research firms worldwide. The name signifies the company's position as a pioneer in the market for data and analytics, and the source of relevant actionable insights for clients.

Job Description:

Accelerate your career with Ugam, the no. 1 data science company to work for.

Ugam, a Merkle company and part Dentsu, is looking for Senior Analyst.

This role is responsible for working with the client's team on high impact marketing analytics problems for ecommerce Marketplace, using descriptive and predictive analytics when needed. You will consult client stakeholders on approaches for problem-solving & scaling analytics that influence strategic decisions within the client's organization on tracking channel performance optimization, advertising costs, researching consumer behavior and exploring market trends and opportunities.

Role: Senior Analyst Key

Responsibilities:

• Provide consultative support as and when required and should be able to handle complex projects independently
• Perform exploratory data analysis, data deep dives and generate data insights
• Substantial portion of work would require advanced Data Modelling and Data Wrangling
• Responsible for implementing multiple model types/methodologies, will design, test and architect variety of models based on business requirements
• Build relationships with clients to better understand their business, and to enable them to better understand how to use analytics to drive their business
• Develop code, statistical models, dashboards and presentations as per client requirements
• Present the results of the work to client stake holders and give insights and recommendations that have tangible business impacts
• Work with onsite and offshore team to structure solutions based on analytics tools and techniques
• Compliance of structured problem-solving approach and documentation of the same
• Assist the team in process improvement / automation to increase efficiency
• Build and maintain strong relationships with external and internal stakeholders

Qualifications:

Qualification: BE / B. Tech/Master's in Computer science/Business Analytics/ Statistics

Experience

• 5-7 years of relevant experience in analytics consulting and professional services
• At least 3-5 years hands on experience in creating visualizations and dashboards through insights
• Hands-on experience working with large, complex, and diverse datasets
• Consultative approach and ability to apply first principles and structured approaches to problem solving as opposed to relying excessively on past domain expertise alone
• Ecommerce and Retail experience strongly preferred

Technical/Domain

• 3-5 years of experience working with Tableau and analysing large datasets
• Strong SQL query skills and experience in BI Dashboards required
• Experience with Exploratory Data Analysis
• At least 1+ year of experience working with Python / R programming

Behavioral

• Must have exceptional and effective communication, organization, and time management skills
• Must be pro-active and determined (Initiates action, Analytical and problem solver)

Additional Information:

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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