Employment: Full Time
Description
At PwC, we measure success by our ability to create the value that our clients and our people are looking for. Our reputation lies in building lasting relationships with our clients and a focus on delivering value in all we do. We’re a network of firms in 158 countries with more than 236,000 people who are committed to delivering world-class capabilities and quality in assurance, tax and advisory services.
Established in the region for 40 years, PwC Middle East employs over 4,200 people across 12 countries. Complementing our depth of industry expertise and breadth of skills is our sound knowledge of local business environments across the Middle East region. Our tailored solutions help our clients meet the challenges and opportunities of doing business in the Middle East market and beyond.
Line of Service
Internal Firm Services
Industry/Sector
Not Applicable
Specialism
IFS – Information Technology (IT)
Management Level
Senior Associate
Job Description & Summary
A career in our Analytics Technology practice, within Data and Analytics Technology services, will provide you with the opportunity to help organisations uncover enterprise insights and drive business results using smarter data analytics. We focus on a collection of organisational technology capabilities, including business intelligence, data management, and data assurance that help our clients drive innovation, growth, and change within their organisations in order to keep up with the changing nature of customers and technology. You’ll make impactful decisions by mixing mind and machine to leverage data, understand and navigate risk, and help our clients gain a competitive edge.
Our team helps clients navigate various analytics applications to get the most value out of their technology investment and foster confidence in their business intelligence. As part of our team, you’ll help our clients implement enterprise content and data management applications that improve operational effectiveness and provide impactful data analytics and insights.
We are looking for someone that has QA testing experience on data analytic projects. The QA specialist will participate in the incremental development of the Data Warehouse, specifically the extracting of data from source systems and the loading to the warehouse.
He/She participates in the project life cycle, from analysis to production implementation, with emphasis on data analysis, system testing, and auditable documentation of results. Experience in data warehousing and decision support testing is a must, coupled with data setup work and relational databases.
The candidate should have a strong understanding of application development lifecycles and have a good understanding of data warehouse concepts and techniques.
Requirements:
– 3-5+ years of systems analysis experience (at least 3 years in the testing field)
– 2+ years of data warehousing experience
– Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Education/work experience:
– Experience with all types of testing including systems, data quality, and acceptance.
– Experience in creating test plans, cases, and scripts without the use of testing case tools.
– Experience in writing SQL and executing test scripts.
– Experience in business analysis techniques.
– Communicates effectively (written and verbal) with team and customers
– Demonstrated problem analysis and problem solving skills in a technical environment.
– Excellent written and oral communication skills are required.
– Strong skills in SQL, and scripting required.
– Ability to navigate and work in both UNIX and Windows environments.
– Use of data profiling methods to analyze data sources
– Experience with Microsoft Visualization tools
– Experience with Microsoft BI toolkit
– Proactive and self-motivated
– Curious and willing to learn new technologies
– Strong independent worker and team contributor
Education and Training:
– Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent/relevant advanced degree preferred
– Microsoft BI Certification(s)
PwC firms help organizations and individuals to create the value they’re looking for.
We’re a network of firms in 158 countries with close to 169,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, tax and advisory services. PwC is the brand under which member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited (PwCIL) operate and provide services. Together, these firms form the global PwC network.
In our 3 key areas of business or Lines of Service Assurance, Tax, and Advisory we work with our clients from business start ups to the worlds leading organizations to measure, protect and enhance the things that matter most to them.
We help our own people to learn, discover, develop and make a real difference all the way through their working lives. And we have big ambitions to grow.
PwC Middle East Region is part of what we call the Central Cluster and includes the UK, Europe and Africa as well as the Middle East. The region consists of 12 markets – UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Palestine.
PwC has been established in the region for over 40 years, we already employ over 4500 people and we are on course to become the Middle East number one professional service firm.
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