Accordion India (Formerly Merilytics) - Senior Data Engineer

Company Overview

Accordion is a global private equity-focused financial consulting firm specializing in driving value creation through services rooted in Data & Analytics and powered by Technology.

Accordion works at the intersection of Private Equity sponsors and portfolio companies management teams across every stage of the investment lifecycle. We provide hands-on, execution-oriented support, driving value through the office of the CFO by building data and analytics capabilities and identifying and implementing strategic work, rooted in data and analytics.

Accordion is headquartered in New York City with 10 offices worldwide. Join us and make your mark on our company.

Data & Analytics

Accordion's Data & Analytics (D&A) team delivers cutting-edge, intelligent solutions to a global clientele, leveraging a blend of domain knowledge, sophisticated technology tools, and deep analytics capabilities to tackle complex business challenges.

We partner with Private Equity clients and their Portfolio Companies across diverse sectors, including Retail, CPG, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Technology, and Logistics.

D&A team delivers data and analytical solutions designed to streamline reporting capabilities and enhance business insights across vast and complex data sets ranging from Sales, Operations, Marketing, Pricing, Customer Strategies, and more.

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Role Overview:

Accordion is looking for Senior Data Engineer with Database/Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence experience. He/she will be responsible for the design, development, configuration/deployment, and maintenance of the above technology stack. He/she must have in depth understanding of various tools & technologies in the above domain to design and implement robust and scalable solutions which address client current and future requirements at optimal costs. The Senior Data Engineer should be able to understand various architecture and recommend right fit depending on the use case of the project.

A successful Senior Data Engineer should possess strong working business knowledge, familiarity with multiple tools and techniques along with industry standards and best practices in Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing environment. He/she should have strong organizational, critical thinking, and communication skills.

What You will do:

• Understand the business requirements thoroughly to design and develop the BI architecture. 
• Determine business intelligence and data warehousing solutions that meet business needs. 
• Perform data warehouse design and modelling according to established standards. 
• Work closely with the business teams to arrive at methodologies to develop KPIs and Metrics. 
• Work with Project Manager in developing and executing project plans within assigned schedule and timeline. 
• Develop standard reports and functional dashboards based on business requirements. 
• Ensure to develop and deliver high quality reports in timely and accurate manner. 
• Conduct training programs and knowledge transfer sessions to junior developers when needed. Recommend improvements to provide optimum reporting solutions.

Ideally, you have:

• Undergraduate degree (B.E/B.Tech.) from tier-1/tier-2 colleges are preferred. 
• 2 - 5 years of experience in related field. 
• Proven expertise in SSIS, SSAS and SSRS (MSBI Suite).
• In-depth knowledge of databases (SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle etc.) and data warehouse (Azure Synapse, AWS Redshift, Google BigQuery, Snowflake etc.).
• In-depth knowledge of business intelligence tools (any one of Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, DOMO, Looker etc.). 
• Good understanding of Azure (Data Factory & Pipelines, SQL Database & Managed Instances, DevOps, Logic Apps, Analysis Services), AWS (Glue, Aurora Database, Dynamo Database, Redshift, QuickSight). 
• Proven abilities to take on initiative and be innovative. 
• Analytical mind with problem solving attitude. 

Why Explore a Career at Accordion:

• High growth environment:

  Semi-annual performance management and promotion cycles coupled with a strong meritocratic culture, enables fast track to leadership responsibility.

• Cross Domain Exposure:

  Interesting and challenging work streams across industries and domains that always keep you excited, motivated, and on your toes.

• Entrepreneurial Environment

  : Intellectual freedom to make decisions and own them. We expect you to spread your wings and assume larger responsibilities.

• Fun culture and peer group:

  Non-bureaucratic and fun working environment; Strong peer environment that will challenge you and accelerate your learning curve.

• Other benefits for full time employees:

• Health and wellness programs that include employee health insurance covering immediate family members and parents, term life insurance for employees, free health camps for employees, discounted health services (including vision, dental) for employee and family members, free doctors consultations, counsellors, etc.
• Corporate Meal card options for ease of use and tax benefits.
• Robust leave policy to support work-life balance. Specially designed leave structure to support woman employees for maternity and related requests.
• Reward and recognition platform to celebrate professional and personal milestones.
• A positive & transparent work environment including various employee engagement and employee benefit initiatives to support personal and professional learning and development.