Accenture: An insider guide - Gymkhana

• Assess existing technology
• Conduct market research
• Develop and maintain client relationships
• Perform benchmarking analysis
• Analyze current systems and problems
• Recommend new approaches
• Present findings to team members
A Day in the Life of a First-Year Analyst
On the Job
8:30 I get into the client site. While I take a few swigs of my coffee, I check
e-mails I got from the client. First I glance to see whether any problems
sprouted up overnight. Then I check the requests that piled up earlier in
the week. Is there anything that’s a must-do today? Finally I sift through
my Accenture e-mails.
9:00 Open Microsoft Word and figure out where I last left off on the
documentation for the system we’re implementing. It’s pretty long—
two-thirds to go. Well, no time like the present.
12:00 It’s the manager’s birthday today, so the team heads out to lunch. Thank
goodness, I’m starved.
1:00 Back to the office. I dive back into the documentation. One page at a
time . . .
3:00 I nab a half-hour with one of the consultants when he gets out of
meetings. I’ve never done one of these documentation projects before,
and I want to make sure I’m on track. Is this what I should be doing
here and here?
3:30 He was really helpful with feedback. I keep working and make the
necessary updates.
4:00 Time for a status meeting with the rest of the team. Gives me a chance
to stretch my legs. I walk over to another building on the corporate
campus, where I meet up with my manager, the rest of the team, and
some members of the client firm. We go over what everyone’s working
on, ask questions about the project. It’s a good way to get to know
members of the team who work in different offices.
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