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Strategy Consulting

Location: United States
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Help a client to improve their grant application process and prioritise initiatives as a Strategy Consultant with Accenture.

At Accenture, we are innovators who look to improve the way the world works and lives. Coming from diverse backgrounds, we work together to solve our clients most challenging problems with leading-edge technologies.

With the Accenture Strategy Consulting Job Simulation, you’ll get to experience what it is like to work on a project that mirrors the skills our teams have and the work they do in the real world. You’ll build the skills you need in areas such as project and stakeholder management, decision-making, data interpretation, as well as user experience and process design – in short, skills that we believe will give you an edge in anything that you do, from finishing your uni work, to pursuing personal projects and launching your career.

Whether you already have an idea about how you want to use your degree, or are still feeling your way around, the Accenture Discovery Program will give you a taste of how a career with Accenture could help you make a real impact on the world around you.

Modules 1-5 are a core part of the program and will take approximately 5-6 hours to complete in total to earn your certificate.  

Module 6 is a bonus data analytics module if you would like to continue your learning – this final module alone takes approximately 4 hours. 

This program is self-paced. It takes approximately 5-6 hours to complete.

Skills Learned:

  • Set Project Priorities
    Identify which three things your client believes are the most crucial priorities for the project

    • Prioritization
  • Assemble a plan
    Decide which key activities need to feature on your project plan, and assemble it

    • Prioritization
    • Planning
  • User Journey Redesign
    Review varied data sources to make decisions about web page changes

    • Data Analysis
    • Feedback Analysis
  • Outcomes Analysis
    Review multiple sources and interpret, extract and combine data to find the answers to client questions

    • Data Analysis
    • Client Communication
  • Fix the errors
    Work against the clock to spot the issues and errors in an urgent email to send to the client.

    • Attention to Detail
    • Quality Assurance
  • Choose your language
    Think carefully about how to phrase some difficult messages about a sensitive subject.

    • Email Communication
  • Prioritisation & Impact Assessment
    Assign scores to potential initiatives based on their ease and impact, and use this to identify which ones to prioritise

    • Strategic Thinking
  • Finish Line

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