DESCRIPTION:
Enterprise/CIO

Chicago-IL

Our Enterprise workforce is the engine that powers Accenture, enabling us to provide the capabilities and expertise that clients demand to help them become high-performance businesses. As our internal workforce, they continually build shareholder value by: efficiently managing and supporting all activities across our business, protecting the assets and reputation of Accenture, ensuring that we have the people and technology needed to execute our business strategy, developing and increasing awareness of our brand, and providing a range of skills to support our client teams, outsourcing units and other businesses.

The people in our Enterprise workforce play a leading role in our strategic and operational programs, acting as the agents of change within Accenture itself. They work in a wide range of functional areas including: human resources, marketing and communications, finance, legal, IT, facilities and services, research, business operations and sales development, and must continually evolve to meet the ever-changing demands of the marketplace to achieve higher performance both for ourselves and our clients.

The CIO organization is responsible for maintaining Accenture's information technology (IT) infrastructure and implementing our internal IT strategy. We provide a range of IT services across Accenture, including design and development of IT products and services, help desk support, network management and maintenance, workstation support, and telecommunications. The CIO Organization employs the IT best practices that Accenture advocates to its clients, and takes great pride in being an award-winning high performance IT organization.

Job Description

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The candidate selected for this position will be assigned to projects that focus on various aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC.) The goal for all team members is to make an impact on the assignment and to fulfill desired outcomes.

As an analyst in CIO, specific responsibilities may include:

• Assisting in analysis and documentation of as-is capabilities about business processes, people, technology, etc.

• Assisting in development and testing of new business processes, capabilities, and, as appropriate, their supporting technologies

• Developing deployment deliverables (communications, training, etc.)

• Performing application design activities (e.g., writing functional designs), portions of technology architecture and infrastructure design activities and portions of technology build, test and deployment

Basic Qualifications

B.S. in Computer Science/Information Technology/Engineering or closely related fields

Minimum GPA - 2.8
Graduation date - graduation date no later than December 2009

Preferred Skills

Programming knowledge or experience
Software Development Life Cycle knowledge
Productivity Tool proficiency (Microsoft Office suite, MS project, MS Access knowledge)

Professional Skills

Solid written and oral communication skills
Willingness to work with individuals from different cultures/backgrounds in a team oriented environment
Organized and detail oriented, thorough in documentation

Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
Positive attitude, professional demeanor

Other

All positions are located in Chicago
No travel is required for this position

Other responsibilities may include off hour conference calls due to cross center work in centers across the globe.
Encouraged to utilize training budget to enhance skill sets

Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer.