Cognizant
Graduate Analyst Junior Data Governance Consultant
As a Graduate Analyst you will become a member of the Enterprise Data Management team, part of our AIM business horizontal which provides a full range of data and analytic services to clients across multiple industry sectors. You will be assigned to a client engagement where you will work alongside experienced Cognizant employees delivering Data Governance solutions to gain experience from practice.
An introduction to the AIM business line and EDM practice
AIM (Analytics and Information Management) is one of the world’s biggest BI practices and well known for her ability to execute, thought leadership and client focus. We have a broad range of experience in different functional areas. Data Governance is one of the expertise of the Enterprise Data Management (EDM) practice. The practice has over 1850 Resources Globally, worked on over 1000 EDM Projects and 45+ Global Rollouts. It was also positioned in the ‘Leaders’ Quadrant of Gartner's Magic Quadrant (2013) and ranked in “Top 3” among MDM System Integrators by The MDM Institute.
You will be involved in all parts of a full lifecycle Data Governance project, from gathering and understanding the end-user analytics needs, to Extracting, Transforming and Loading data, Data Quality and Master Data Management, as well as executing the functional and product tests before handover. All done closely together with one of our experienced associates.
Prior to starting your first client engagement, you will attend a three weeks induction program for graduates abroad to ensure you have a solid understanding of Cognizant’s culture and processes. You will have the opportunity for further training and support by our own Academy to help you achieve your long-term career goals, like Working with different cultures, Requirement gathering, Project management, Agile development and many more.
After the new hire training you will spend up to 3 months, learning all ins & outs of Data Governance tooling at one of our software partners.
- ETL – tooling
- Data Quality – tooling
- MDM – tooling
Next to that you could get trained in multiple subjects such as R-programming, Mining Massive Data Sets, Machine Learning and lots more, depending on your personal interests.
The induction program normally starts in January, May or September. These are also the moments when you will start.
In addition to your day to day project manager and your IPS supervisor, we will assign a mentor from another Business Unit within Cognizant to ensure you get all the help and support you need to start your career on the best footing.
- Min. Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business & IT, such as Computer Science, Econometrics, Mathematics, Psychology majors and other related majors.
- (Preferably) experience in analytical toolsets like Matlab, SPSS, SAS, Excel (advanced user)
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to work collaboratively with global project teams
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Language skills: Dutch and English (preferably also French)
- Nil or maximum 1 year work experience
- You must be authorized and eligible to work freely in the EU
- The opportunity to be part of a young and fast growing organization
- An open, international and multicultural environment
- Access to further training through our Cognizant Academy to ensure professional development
- The opportunity to work for large multinational clients.
If you would like to apply please send your CV and motivational letter to Irene Huttinga at irene.huttinga@cognizant.com If you want more information first please contact her at 06 52697265.