Director, Data & Analytics

Company Overview

There’s a better way to work in finance—and more specifically, a better way to unlock value potential in private equity-backed portfolio companies. Working at the intersection of sponsors and management teams across every stage of the investment lifecycle, our team provides hands-on, execution-oriented support to elevate the office of the CFO.

So, what does it mean to work at Accordion? It means joining 1,000+ finance & technology experts in a high-growth, agile, and entrepreneurial environment while changing the way portfolio companies drive value. It also means making your mark on Accordion’s future—by embracing a culture rooted in collaboration and a firm-wide commitment to building something great, together.

Accordion is headquartered in New York City with 10 offices around the globe. Join us!

Practice Description

Accordion's Data & Analytics (D&A) team offers 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.

We deliver 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.

This role can be based in any of our US office locations and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week. Ideal candidates should be local to the desired location.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

What You’ll Do:

The Data and Analytics Technology Director at Accordion will lead the technological aspects of the data and analytics including the implementation and optimization of data management and analytical tools. The role also requires deep expertise in data architecture, cloud platforms and emerging data technologies to be able to drive value.

• Lead the design, development and implementation of data architecture ensuring scalability and performance
• Evaluate and suggest appropriate data management tools/platforms to recommend analyses that can deliver results for the client
• Translate business requirements into logical and physical design of databases, data warehouses, and data streams
• Develop end-to-end Business Intelligence framework based on requirements including recommending appropriate architecture (on-premises or cloud-based), analytics and reporting
• Work closely with the D&A Business and Technology teams to guide in-solution development and implementation
• Conduct training programs and knowledge transfer sessions to junior developers when needed. Recommend improvements to provide optimum reporting solutions
• Research and track the latest developments in the data management field to maintain expertise about the latest best practices and techniques within the industry
• Manage and lead a team of data engineers, facilitate people development and proactively ensure that development agenda is fulfilled for all team members
• Regularly engage in peer level discussions with the C-Suite / C-1 Suite of client organizations, to partner with them as a trusted data management advisor
• Travel to client site as needed

Ideally, You Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Master’s degree will be an added advantage
• Minimum 6+ years of relevant work experience with 2+ years’ experience in client facing/professional services environment
• Any Enterprise Data Architect certification will be an added advantage
• Experience in designing logical & physical data design architectures in various RDBMS (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL etc.), Non-RDBMS (MongoDB, Cassandra etc.) or Data Warehouse (Azure Synapse, AWS Redshift, Google BigQuery, Snowflake etc.) environments
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• In-depth knowledge of any one of cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) for solution design, development, and delivery
• Strong leadership & proactive communication to coordinate with the project team and other internal stakeholders

Ideally, 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

Salary: $170,000 - $225,000 + benefits + bonus

Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years and depth of experience, education, certifications, cost of labor and internal equity.

Accordion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical​​​ condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or ​expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Please note that as per Accordion policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Accordion will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.

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