Senior Associate

Role overview

This position sits within PwC India’s Advisory practice, specifically in the Government and Public Sector transformation space. The role focuses on helping public-sector clients improve operations, strengthen decision-making, and address complex business, security, and data management challenges in a changing environment.

The assignment is based in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and is a full-time, on-site role. The work involves partnering with government stakeholders to identify opportunities for better service delivery, greater compliance, improved revenue outcomes, and more effective policy support through data-led solutions.

Scope of work

• Identify and evaluate data sources needed to build analytical models and support decision-making.
• Create long-term plans for using analytics and AI to improve processes and outcomes.
• Support BI tool evaluation and develop dashboards for business use.
• Carry out spatial analysis and present insights in a decision-friendly format.
• Use historical and multi-source data to perform predictive and trend analysis.
• Extract, interpret, and visualize data to improve revenue, compliance, and policy inputs.
• Build a data monetization strategy and help define the implementation roadmap.
• Develop machine learning models to identify future trends and forecast outcomes.
• Use OCR to read large PDF and image-based files and capture data for analysis.
• Prepare reports and present findings to senior leadership.
• Work with common analytics measures such as running total, cumulative total, same-period comparisons, and YoY/MoM changes.
• Gather and combine relevant inputs from different stakeholders.

Experience and technical profile

The role calls for a strong analytics background, including data mining, evaluation, and visualization. The candidate should be comfortable writing queries, reports, and presentations, and should bring hands-on programming experience in languages such as Java, C#, R, or Python, along with ETL work.

Strong PL/SQL and T-SQL knowledge is expected, together with practical exposure to statistical and BI tools such as SPSS, SAS, Power BI, Tableau, or similar platforms.

Education and other requirements

Applicants should hold a B.E., B.Tech., MCA, M.Sc. (CS/IT), or an equivalent higher qualification. The role requires at least 6 years of overall experience, including 3 years in data analytics, data mining, or data management projects.

Applicants must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to manage complex work independently, comfort with ambiguity, and a structured approach to problem-solving. Experience in working directly with clients, including senior government officials, is important. The role also calls for a strong professional presence, self-confidence, and the ability to work effectively with senior leaders and cross-level teams.

Additional information

Line of service: Advisory. Industry sector: GPS X-Sector. Specialism: Operations. Management level: Senior Associate.

Position title: Data Analyst/Scientist. Grade/level: Consultant/Senior Consultant. Business unit: Advisory. Sub-BU: One Consulting – Responsible Development (Citizen Services) vertical. Location: Bhopal, MP. Position type: Full time.

Expertise keywords include data scientist, data analyst, SQL, Oracle, dashboarding, BI, mining, Python, ETL, SPSS, SAS, Power BI, and Tableau.

PwC describes its purpose as building trust in society and solving important problems. The firm operates across 157 countries with more than 300,000 people delivering Assurance, Advisory, and Tax services. The GovTech team in Advisory works on government transformation through digital inclusion, and the role is intended for someone motivated to contribute to social change through client work.

PwC’s leadership framework emphasizes whole leadership, business acumen, technical capabilities, global acumen, and relationships. Certifications are listed as not applicable. No specific details were provided for travel requirements, visa sponsorship, government clearance, or job posting end date.

Mandatory and preferred skill sets are the same and include data science, data analysis, SQL, Oracle, dashboards, BI, mining, Python, ETL, SPSS, SAS, Power BI, and Tableau.

Year of experience required: 6.

Qualifications repeated in the source: B.E., B.Tech., MCA, M.Sc. (CS/IT), or equivalent.

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