Data Consultant

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Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Junior
Information Technology • Consulting
The Role
As a Data Consultant at AlixPartners, you will analyze complex data challenges and create ETL workflows, statistical models, and analyses for clients. You will collaborate with stakeholders, manipulate data from various sources, and present insights via data visualization tools, aiming to improve overall business performance.
Summary Generated by Built In

 

At AlixPartners, we solve the most complex and critical challenges by moving quickly from analysis to action when it really matters; creating value that has a lasting impact on companies, their people, and the communities they serve. By understanding, respecting, and honoring the needs of our employees, clients, and communities, AlixPartners actively promotes an inclusive environment. We strongly believe in the value that diversity brings to our experiences and are committed to the perpetual enhancements of initiatives, policies, and practices. We hold ourselves accountable by providing the space for authenticity, growth, and equity for everyone.

 

AlixPartners has embraced a hybrid work model to provide flexibility and support our employees’ work-life integration.  Our hybrid model combines a mix of in-person (at client site or AlixPartners office) and remote working.  Travel is part of this position, but the frequency may vary based on client, team, and individual circumstances.

What you’ll do

Are you passionate about a future that exceeds your expectations? Here, at AlixPartners your passion becomes your career. We work in smaller and more senior teams that bring deep industry and functional knowledge to our clients. You will sit shoulder-to-shoulder with owners, boards, and CEOs to address the issues that sit at the top of their agendas - and often become front-page news. 

If you join our practice, you will work with financially secure, under-performing and distressed companies across a variety of urgent, high impact situations. Our elite professionals are recognized experts in their respective fields, bringing to bear their skills and experience to craft measurable, improved outcomes for our clients. 

In this role, you will have the chance to create ETL workflows, scripts, statistical models, and visualizations while taking responsibility for the design, build, test, execution, and support of the data migration, cleansing, wrangling, etc. The ideal candidate will have a detailed understanding of the underlying data and data structures of multiple systems to allow in depth analysis of existing and potential data insights.

We are open to hire different seniority levels, apply to learn more!

Within our teams, you could be doing:

Data Modeling 

  • Selecting features, building and optimizing classifiers using machine learning techniques 
  • Execute machine learning projects using state-of-the-art methods
  • Extending company’s data with third party sources of information when needed
  • Creating automated anomaly detection systems and constant tracking of its performance

Data Manipulation 

  • Collect data from a wide variety of corporate databases, including various SQL databases -Microsoft, Redshift, Teradata, Oracle, Netezza, etc.-, Access, Excel, plain or formatted text files, OLAP cubes –Microsoft, Oracle-, and no-SQL databases.
  • Parse data out of poorly structured XML and invalid HTML documents
  • Use regular expressions to extract information from un-structured text documents
  • Deal with missing data through multiple-imputation or the use of advanced models
  • Implement automated data ingestion and transformation processes. 

Data Organization 

  • Build effective, reliable, and robust ETL processes that govern the data ingestion flow.
  • Design database models, consistent table structures, and advanced dimensional schemas that carry out data quality and consistency standards.
  • Apply modeling approaches, business intelligence patterns, and data management techniques. 

Data Analysis 

  • Review and analyze legacy code/scripts to understand data processing logic and business rules.
  • Apply statistical learning toolsets to build predictive models that enrich, expand, and allow a deeper understanding of data analyses and solutions.

Data Visualization 

  • Use interactive data visualization tools, such as Tableau and Power BI to present results in a compelling manner.
  • Tell a convincing story to C-level executives using visual charts and dashboards
  • Present complicated technical findings to a non-technical audience.

Business insight

  • Collaborate with clients and stakeholders, building relationships, influencing, and providing advice to key decision-makers.
  • Prepare client-ready documents and compelling presentation materials.

What you’ll need

  • Bachelor’s degree with concentration in Computer Science, Engineering or another quantitative field
  • Data-oriented personality 
  • More than 1 year of related experience.
  • Knowledge of any of the following languages: Python, JavaScript, C#, or similar
  • Familiarity with at least one ETL tool (such as Alteryx, KNIME, SSIS, Pentaho, or DataStage).
  • Comfort with big data architectures, both on cloud platforms like AWS/Azure/others and on-premise.
  • SQL skills, such as CTEs and windows functions, to work with extensive amounts of data at various aggregation levels. 
  • Ability to apply statistical learning languages to build predictive models that enrich, expand, and allow deeper understanding of data analyses and solutions.
  • Distributed systems knowledge, specially of HDFS and the Hadoop ecosystem. 
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills (in English). Proficiency in other languages is a plus.
  • Ability to synthesize the requests received from team members at client sites.
  • Capability to be a creative, innovative problem solver —but using simple ideas
  • Motivated to discover and learn new analytical techniques and software tools to improve the quality of our work
  • Authorized to work in applicable country and travel freely internationally without restrictions or visa sponsorship
  • Desire to actively engage in geographically dispersed teams. 
  • Ability and willingness to work long hours and travel if necessary, to meet client demands
  • Ability to work full time in an office and remote environment; physically able to sit/stand at a computer and work in front of a computer screen for significant portions of the workday.


communities they serve. By understanding, respecting, and honoring the needs of our employees, clients, and communities, AlixPartners actively promotes an inclusive environment. We strongly believe in the value that diversity brings to our experiences and are committed to the perpetual enhancements of initiatives, policies, and practices. We hold ourselves accountable by providing the space for authenticity, growth, and equity for everyone.

 

AlixPartners has embraced a hybrid work model to provide flexibility and support our employees’ work-life integration.  Our hybrid model combines a mix of in-person (at client site or AlixPartners office) and remote working.  Travel is part of this position, but the frequency may vary based on client, team, and individual circumstances.

What you’ll do

Are you passionate about a future that exceeds your expectations? Here, at AlixPartners your passion becomes your career. We work in smaller and more senior teams that bring deep industry and functional knowledge to our clients. You will sit shoulder-to-shoulder with C-Level executives to address the issues that sit at the top of their agendas - and often become front-page news.

If you join our practice, you will work with financially secure, under-performing, and distressed companies across a variety of urgent, high impact situations. Our elite professionals are recognized experts in their respective fields, bringing to bear their skills and experience to craft measurable, improved outcomes for our clients.

In this role, you will …. 

  • Leverage publicly available data to create hypothesis and estimate value creation levers
  • Interview industry experts (internal and external) to gain insights on a given industry for baseline estimations.
  • Collaborate with clients and stakeholders, with the ability to build relationships, influence, and provide advice to key decision-makers.
  • Prepare client-ready documents and compelling presentation materials.
  • Use creativity and innovation to generate insights on companies (web scrape, analytics, benchmarking, reports) 

We are open to hire different seniority levels, apply to know more!

What you’ll need 

  • Completed bachelor's degree with focus in Finance or Business Management. Advanced degrees or certifications a plus but not required (MBA, CFA, etc).
  • Bilingual - Spanish & English. Proficiency in other languages is a plus.
  • More than 1 year of relevant experience as an analyst in an investment, finance, private equity, investment banking, or related role.
  • More than 2 years of related consulting experience in a professional services firm environment with client facing.
  • High degree of proficiency with Excel and an ability to create in-depth financial analyses via modeling. Experience with Data visualization tools such as Tableau or PowerBI, preferred.
  • Proficient with all Microsoft Office applications including Word and PowerPoint.
  • Strong grasp of financial statements, account principles (US GAAP) and concepts critical to Due Diligences (IRR, NPV, ROI, ROC, Yields, etc.)
  • Experience in leveraging publicly available data to create hypothesis and estimate value creation.
  • Experience leading/coordinating teams and evaluating their performance, preferred. 
  • Entrepreneurial spirit with experience with expert network interviews.
  • Ability to rapidly analyze qualitative and quantitative information and accurately articulate conclusions and recommendations.
  • Capability to be a creative, innovative problem solver —but using simple ideas.
  • Highly developed verbal and written-communication skills.
  • Strong judgement and decision-making skills.
  • Demonstrate organizational skills and proven ability to multi-task in fast-paced environment.
  • Detail-oriented, and self-motivated with track record of meeting tight deadlines in time sensitive situations while maintaining a professional demeanor.
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills; team-oriented.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality.
  • Authorized to work in Argentina and travel freely internationally without restrictions or visa sponsorship.
  • Desire to actively engage in geographically dispersed teams.
  • Ability to work in an office and within a remote environment.
  • Physically able to sit/stand at a computer and work in front of a computer screen for significant portions of the workday.
  • This position affords a path of growth in a small, expanding team creating a practice not currently existing in Argentina.
  • Must become familiar with, and promote and abide by, our Core Values as defined by the AlixPartners’ Code of Conduct and foster an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization.

This description is not designed to encompass a comprehensive listing of required activities, duties or responsibilities. AlixPartners is a results-driven global consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses successfully address their most complex and critical challenges. You can learn more about our Culture and Career Development opportunities, 

The firm offers market-leading benefits that provide flexible options to support our employee’s needs including health benefits to help prioritise their physical and emotional well-being, time-off policies to help to recharge and financial/ retirement benefits that offer income protection and support long-term planning.

The benefit type and level differ per location.

AlixPartners is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, or disability.



Top Skills

C#
JavaScript
Python
The Company
Dallas, Texas
3,350 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

For more than forty years, AlixPartners has helped businesses around the world respond quickly and decisively to their most critical challenges – circumstances as diverse as urgent performance improvement, accelerated transformation, complex restructuring and risk mitigation.

These are the moments when everything is on the line – a sudden shift in the market, an unexpected performance decline, a time-sensitive deal, a fork-in-the-road decision. But it’s not what we do that makes a difference, it’s how we do it.

Tackling situations when time is of the essence is part of our DNA – so we adopt an action-oriented approach at all times. We work in small, highly qualified teams with specific industry and functional expertise, and we operate at pace, moving quickly from analysis to implementation. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients until the job is done, and only measure our success in terms of the results we deliver.

Our approach enables us to help our clients confront and overcome truly future-defining challenges. We partner with you to make the right decisions and take the right actions. And we are right by your side. When it really matters.

Recent Awards & Recognition:
- Best Firm to Work For – Consulting Magazine, 2023
- Best Places to Work For LGBTQ+ Equality – Human Rights Campaign, 2022
- Best Management Consulting Firms – Forbes, 2021
- Ranked in the Top 10 in UHLALA Group’s Pride Index

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