Accordion - Director, Data & Analytics
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field • Master’s degree will be an added advantage. • Minimum 5+ years of relevant work experience with 2+ years’ experience in client facing/professional services environment. • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal • Strong leadership & proactive communication to coordinate with the project team and other internal stakeholders. • You Are: • You Are: • A self-starter with a strong work ethic. • A leader of others; you lead by example. • A strong team player, able to work with team members across all levels. • Able to effectively communicate complex issues and solutions, and raise issues to senior team members when necessary. • Comfortable managing projects with multiple complex workstreams while also focused on your single workstream (you are managing and doing). • Excited to be part of a growing team, with a focus on driving future growth. • Full of entrepreneurial spirit and comfortable in a fluid, flat organization. • Knowledgeable about the relationship between Private Equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. • Passionate about delivering exceptional client service. • Someone who enjoys mentoring others and doing meaningful work. • Willing to get your hands dirty in the details of a project while simultaneously seeing the whole picture. • We’re committed to building a team that reflects a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, religion, marital status, age, nationality, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other status protected under applicable law. • Please note that, in line with Accordion policy, we do not accept unsolicited CVs from third-party recruitment agencies unless such agencies have been formally engaged to provide candidates for a specified vacancy and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. Any employment agency, individual, or entity that submits an unsolicited CV does so with the understanding that Accordion reserves the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting agency, individual, or entity.
Responsibilities
• Lead across multiple engagements at once with a strategic, light‑touch cadence, ensuring every project tracks to north star outcomes. • Lead across multiple engagements at once • Support go‑to‑market across European PE sponsors and portfolio CFOs, turning relationships into qualified opportunities. • Support go‑to‑market • Shape and quality‑assure proposals and pricing, partnering with MDs and Hyderabad managers. • Shape and quality‑assure proposals and pricing • Integrate Data & Analytics into FinStrat, CFO Tech, and Transformation, showing how data accelerates FP&A models and CFO change. • Integrate Data & Analytics into FinStrat, CFO Tech, and Transformation • Set delivery standards and ways of working for a one‑team UK–India model, removing blockers and resolving issues quickly. • Set delivery standards and ways of working • Guide SteerCo narrative and escalation, keeping sponsors confident and decisions moving. • Guide SteerCo narrative and escalation • Develop the team, mentoring VPs and managers, and informing the UK hiring plan and Hyderabad squad composition. • Develop the team • Amplify wins, securing references, case studies, and event exposure with our marketing team. • Amplify wins • Shape proposals and pricing with clear problem statements, scope, commercials, and a pragmatic plan of work. • Translate strategy into build, turning ambiguous asks into simple, usable solutions and actionable insights. • Regularly engage in peer level discussions with the C-Suite / C-1 Suite of client organisations, to partner with them as a trusted data management advisor. • Regularly and extensively travel across Europe to work with clients in the relevant jurisdictions • What good looks like: • Healthy multi‑engagement portfolio with clear success measures and predictable delivery. • Growth from European PE houses and from US sponsor relationships extended into Europe. • Repeatable solution patterns adapted for Europe, reducing cost to serve without lowering quality. • Strong sentiment from sponsors and CFOs, turning into referrals and pipeline. • A high‑performing hybrid team, with Directors and VPs operating as consistent quality bar‑ • Credibility with PE sponsors and portfolio CFOs, plus a record of shaping and selling data‑led work. • Ability to translate strategy into pragmatic delivery plans that our India hub can execute at pace. • Strong proposal writing and commercial judgement, including pricing for value. • Experience leading multi‑project portfolios and cross‑practice collaboration. • People leadership, mentoring senior ICs, and setting standards across distributed teams.
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