Open Roles at Accenture

Role Summary 

• We are looking for a vibrant, analytical and innovative individual to work as a Senior Business Analyst in an agile, Telco environment.  

Responsibilities 

• Create detailed requirement documentation, user stories, use cases and process flows diagrams. 
• Facilitate workshops and meetings to gather feedback, resolve conflicts, and make informed decisions. 
• Foster a collaborative and high performing team environment, promoting transparency, trust, and open communication. 
• Review business requirements specification and high technical design specifications.
• Create and oversee business and functional requirements specifications(FRS) in support of business processes 
• Communicates closely with developers to clarify functional requirements and address any questions or issues.
• Support the development team in achieving their goals, providing guidance on best practices and Agile principles. 
• Collaborates with testing teams to define test cases based on functional requirements.
• Encourage a culture of learning, adaptability, and innovation within the team. 
• Collaborate with stakeholders to elicit, document, and 
• prioritise requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria. 
• Conduct interviews, workshops, and research to understand business processes and identify improvement opportunities. 
• Analyse and prioritise requirements, ensuring they are clear, concise, and aligned with business goals. 

Preferred Skills    

• Coaching/mentoring    
• Process/continuous improvement    
• Facilitation   
• Technical proficiency
• Customer Focus
• Modelling and Design 
• Problem-Solving 
• Proven ability to work independently and as a team member    
• Good communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills    
• Good organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills    

Qualification & Experience   

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or related field
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in Business/Functional Analysis or a related field
• Experience following an agile methodology
• Tools Experience JIRA/Octane, Confluence, draw io, miro Canva
• Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills
• Telco Experience is preferred

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Key Responsibilities:

• As a Product Designer in the CoE, you are a multi-skilled individual that is able to combine UX and UI capabilities to deliver value for businesses and their customers. The role requires foresight to produce sustainable outputs that can be tested, validated, and integrated into the daily lives of millions across Africa. At all times you will assess the value of the designed experience and ensure a high level of craft within your work.
• You will have the chance to work across a broad range of projects that enable the business to scale, bring new products to market, and captivate customers through powerful digital experiences.

Daily activities include but not limited to:

Discover

• Requirements elicitation
• Behavioural data analysis
• User surveys and interviews
• Persona’s and mental models
• Empathy maps
• Current product analysis
• Competitor product analysis
• Best practice analysis
• User testing and feature validation

Describe

• Solutioning workshops
• Feature listing and prioritization
• UX definition and principles
• Browsing flows
• Low-medium fidelity wireframing
• Functional prototyping
• Accessibility implementation guidelines
• User stories and product roadmap contribution

Design

• Look and feel establishment
• Graphic user interface design
• Accessibility implementation and testing
• Micro-copy and UX writing
• Multi-device design and rollout
• Design system utilisation and extension
• Micro-interactions and motion prototyping

Develop

• Annotated design specifications
• Visual asset preparation
• Development implementation review
• Product experience testing
• Content quality assurance checks
• Design system governance support

Qualifications
Applicant requirements:

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Strong portfolio of product and platform design work
• Proficient in utilising prototyping software, Figma and the Adobe suite
• A superb eye for design with strong attention to detail
• Good understanding of branding, marketing, data, media, social UI, UX, business analysis and technology trends
• Ability to articulate and defend design decisions
• The ability to create scalable component libraries
• Good understanding of the development process and agile methodologies
• Ability to work well alongside internal and external client teams
• Take initiative and follow a self-leadership approach
• Positive can-do attitude
• Organised and efficient
• Deadline orientated
• Empathetic towards others
• Strong team player contributing towards positive and respectful collaboration
• Willingness to be challenged
• Be able to perform within a high-pressure environment

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Role Summary 

• Creates a testing strategy and participates in the creation of automated testing scenarios. Prepares and coordinates test plans and testing scenarios. Conducts necessary tests according to the testing strategy, registration of defects, control of elimination. 

Key Responsibilities 

•  Develop, implement and maintain the test automation frameworks. 
• Performing API Testing using tools like Postman, SOAP UI, and Rest Assured. 
• Mobile Application automation, including Appium and other mobile supported testing tools 
• Ensuring data quality in the test environments. 
• Monitoring of the test environment status e.g., data quality, scheduled and unscheduled downtimes, performance, and readiness. 
• Provide technical leadership and support the creation of automated tests.  
• Advise on innovative testing products and solutions. 
• Define and administer standard testing architecture, processes, and tools across all engagements and methodologies 
• Ensure quality practices across functional and non-functional testing. 
• Support the strategic direction of our Continuous Testing and Assurance Practice 
• Running of the quality engineering Community of Practice. 
•  Review the scripting from the QA Engineers and ensure our agreed standards are met and maintained. 
• Ensure the infrastructure needed for our technical testing solutions is in good working order, fit for purpose, and used effectively and efficiently. 
• Install applications and databases relevant to automation and manage access to automation infrastructure and code repository. 
• Collaborate with other business units to understand how automation can improve workflow. 
• Gather requirements from clients, customers, or end-users to develop the best automation solutions 
• Lead and mentor junior Automation testers 
•  Provide multi-level reporting across test delivery including senior stakeholders 

Qualifications

• Relevant Bachelors Degree/ Masters Degree in Computer Science or IT related field 

Experience 

• 4-7 years relevant work experience 
• Test Automation framework development and maintenance  
• Test script generation and review
• Test prerequisites compilation. 
• Test execution and recording. 
• High quality and accuracy in test automation delivery 
• Test status updates. 
• Test closure activities

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Role Summary 

• Guides and coaches the team on the agile framework, methodology and ceremonies. Helps to manage and optimise a continuous flow of work across the team 

Responsibilities 

• Develop and coach an agile team on agile values & practices   
• Facilitate team ceremonies   
• Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions; help the team continuously improve  
• Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution  
• Empower teams to self-organize  
• Where required, set up and mobilise new teams and work with the client and other Accenture leads to set up lean-agile governance processes   
• Where required, coach a struggling agile team; tailoring methods in a complex context as necessary  
• Collaborate with other Agile Practitioners to improve the agile maturity of all agile teams   
• Foster a growth mindset within the practise, contributing to learning materials, personal and team development  

Qualification & Experience    

• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field preferred    
• 2-4 years of experience working in software development teams   
• Relevant Agile and Scrum Master Certifications 

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Role Summary 

• Creates a testing strategy and participates in the creation of automated testing scenarios. Prepares and coordinates test plans and testing scenarios. Conducts necessary tests according to the testing strategy, registration of defects, control of elimination. 

Key Responsibilities 

•  Develop, implement and maintain the test automation frameworks. 
• Performing API Testing using tools like Postman, SOAP UI, and Rest Assured. 
• Mobile Application automation, including Appium and other mobile supported testing tools 
• Ensuring data quality in the test environments. 
• Monitoring of the test environment status e.g., data quality, scheduled and unscheduled downtimes, performance, and readiness. 
• Provide technical leadership and support the creation of automated tests.  
• Advise on innovative testing products and solutions. 
• Define and administer standard testing architecture, processes, and tools across all engagements and methodologies 
• Ensure quality practices across functional and non-functional testing. 
• Support the strategic direction of our Continuous Testing and Assurance Practice 
• Running of the quality engineering Community of Practice. 
•  Review the scripting from the QA Engineers and ensure our agreed standards are met and maintained. 
• Ensure the infrastructure needed for our technical testing solutions is in good working order, fit for purpose, and used effectively and efficiently. 
• Install applications and databases relevant to automation and manage access to automation infrastructure and code repository. 
• Collaborate with other business units to understand how automation can improve workflow. 
• Gather requirements from clients, customers, or end-users to develop the best automation solutions 
• Lead and mentor junior Automation testers 
•  Provide multi-level reporting across test delivery including senior stakeholders 

Qualifications 

• Relevant Bachelors Degree/ Masters Degree in Computer Science or IT related field 

Experience 

• 4-7 years relevant work experience 
• Test Automation framework development and maintenance  
• Test script generation and review
• Test prerequisites compilation. 
• Test execution and recording. 
• High quality and accuracy in test automation delivery 
• Test status updates. 
• Test closure activities

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Summary of the Role:

• A Data Visualization Specialist transforms complex data sets into visually compelling and easy-to-understand insights, enabling stakeholders to make data-driven decisions. This role requires expertise in data visualization tools, a strong understanding of data structures, and the ability to communicate stories through visuals. The ideal candidate will collaborate with data engineers, business intelligence teams, and other departments to deliver impactful visual representations of business metrics and analytical data.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Visualization:

• Design and create engaging, intuitive, and effective visualizations that simplify complex datasets.
• Develop dashboards and reports using tools like Tableau, Power BI, D3.js, or similar.
• Translate business needs into clear visualizations and user-friendly interfaces.

Data Analysis:

• Collaborate with data engineers and analysts to extract, clean, and manipulate data.
• Identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights from large datasets.
• Interpret and convey findings through compelling narratives.

Collaboration:

• Work closely with cross-functional teams (e.g., Product, Marketing, Sales) to gather requirements and feedback.
• Present visual insights to non-technical stakeholders and adapt visuals based on audience needs.

Tool and Process Development:

• Enhance the visualization framework by creating reusable templates, and optimizing visual tools and workflows.
• Provide input on the selection of data visualization technologies and solutions.
• Stay up to date on industry trends and the latest technologies in data visualization.

Quality Assurance:

• Ensure that visualizations are accurate, accessible, and in compliance with data integrity standards.
• Test visualizations for functionality, data accuracy, and responsiveness across different devices.

Daily Activities:

• Meeting with stakeholders to understand visualization needs and translate them into designs.
• Developing and refining dashboards, charts, infographics, and data visualizations.
• Collaborating with data engineers to ensure data pipelines and sources are functioning correctly.
• Testing visualizations for usability and performance before presenting them to stakeholders.
• Providing training and support to teams in understanding and using visual data effectively.
• Researching and staying updated on new visualization techniques and technologies.

Requirements:

Experience & qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification: Data Science, Computer Science, Graphic Design, Statistics, or a related field. Equivalent work experience is also considered.
• 4+ years of experience in data visualization, data analysis, or a related field.
• Experience with visualization tools like Tableau, Power BI, D3.js, or similar.
• Portfolio showcasing previous data visualization work (e.g., dashboards, charts, interactive visualizations).

Technical requirements:

• Familiarity with SQL and querying databases.
• Basic knowledge of programming languages such as Python, R, or JavaScript for data manipulation and visualization.
• Understanding of data structures and ability to work with large datasets.
• Experience with statistical analysis and performance metrics.
• Proficient in utilising designs software such as Figma.

Soft Skills:

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and a passion for storytelling with data.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within cross-functional teams.
• Time management skills and ability to meet tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualification: Data Science, Computer Science, Graphic Design, Statistics, or a related field. Equivalent work experience is also considered

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Daily activities include:

Discover

• Requirements elicitation
• Behavioural data analysis
• User surveys and interviews
• Persona’s and mental models
• Empathy maps
• Current product analysis
• Competitor product analysis
• Best practice analysis
• User testing and feature validation

Describe

• Solutioning workshops
• Feature listing and prioritization
• UX definition and principles
• Browsing flows
• Low-medium fidelity wireframing
• Functional prototyping
• Accessibility implementation guidelines
• User stories and product roadmap contribution

Design

• Look and feel establishment
• Graphic user interface design
• Accessibility implementation and testing
• Micro-copy and UX writing
• Multi-device design and rollout
• Design system utilisation and extension
• Micro-interactions and motion prototyping

Develop

• Annotated design specifications
• Visual asset preparation
• Development implementation review
• Product experience testing
• Content quality assurance checks
• Design system governance support

Qualifications

Skills & experience are we looking for includes:

• Relevant tertiary qualification
• Strong portfolio showcasing product and platform design work
• Proficient in utilising prototyping software, including Figma and the Adobe Suite
• Good understanding of branding, marketing, data, media, social UI, UX, business analysis, and technology trends
• Able to create scalable component libraries
• Good understanding of development processes and agile methodologies
• Keen eye for design with meticulous attention to detail
• Able to articulate and rally support for design decisions
• Skilled in working collaboratively with both internal and external client teams.
• Initiative-driven with a self-leadership approach
• Positive attitude with a strong sense of empathy
• Deadline-oriented with exceptional organizational skills
• Strong team player fostering positive and respectful collaboration
• Willingness to embrace challenges while excelling within high-pressure scenarios