Executive, Operational Research -Valuations Modelling and Economics, Strategy & Transactions, London
EY
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Actively be involved throughout the life-cycle of an assignment - requirements definition, specification, data collection, solution design, development, testing, documentation, implementation and user training.
- Design and build complex models/algorithms and applying insightful visualisation to translate the solution into an easy to understand output.
- Working directly with clients as well as other EY specialist teams.
- Manage clients' expectations in relation to deliverables.
- Identify risk on the assignment, involving Director / Partner appropriately in its resolution.
- Take ownership of your tasks and work with junior team members and help develop their skills and technical expertise.
- A strong academic background, e.g. Degree in Operational Research or equivalent in a numerate or analytical subject.
- Having strong technical experience is key and using these skills to build modelling solutions across a variety of techniques, e.g. simulation and/or optimisation.
- Direct relevant experience of working within or providing specialist modelling/analytical support for operational performance improvement, or developing analysis underpinning strategic change.
- Experience of employing visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau or Spotfire to display outputs in an easy to understand way.
- Effective communication skills to be able to work collaboratively with a team, in a concerted effort towards delivering work products of the highest standard
- Experience working with clients and model users to identify their particular needs, and solving client problems using data analytics and modelling.
- Direct experience with Operational Research techniques such as discrete event simulation, mathematical programming or systems dynamics.
- Experience in SQL Server, MS Excel and VBA.
- Experience of analytical programming and data processing in languages such as R or Python is a plus
- Technical familiarity in one or more of the following areas:
- Supply chain analytics
- Network optimisation
- Workforce planning and people analytics
- Resource/asset management
- Some experience in coaching more junior staff to maximise performance.