Analyst program
Our two-year analyst program focuses on on the development of fundamental consulting skills and fully integrating participants into our culture and core processes.
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TWO-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM UNLOCKS YOUR POTENTIAL
The program curriculum will power your development and allow you to bring newly learned skills and behaviors back to teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and organizational growth, and adaptability.
The selected cohorts will develop depth in one product or service area and awareness across a variety of Avaap’s services. They will receive support from experienced consultants on each client engagement and an assigned mentor and people manager outside of their client work.
CONSULTING FUNDAMENTALS OVERVIEW
Start to understand the nuances of the consulting industry, how to successfully engage with a new client, and key professional skills to respond to challenging situations.
LEARNING Goals
- Interacting with clients
- Consulting basics
- Project etiquette
PROJECT FUNDAMENTALS OVERVIEW
Understand key roles and responsibilities within a project, the role of project management in creating desired outcomes, the key phases of a project, and your role as an analyst on a project.
LEARNING Goals
- Project planning and design
- Project stages
- Consultant roles in projects
WORKDAY OVERVIEW
Learn a brief history of Workday and Workday software and how Avaap goes to market as a Workday partner.
LEARNING Goals
- Interacting with clients
- Consulting basics
- Project etiquette
DATA & ANALYTICS OVERVIEW
Learn about Avaap’s data and analytics (D&A) mission and goals, begin to understand the mindset and work delivered by the D&A capability, the daily work of an analyst on a D&A project, and where to find D&A resources.
LEARNING Goals
- Solution architecture
- Functional approach to data and analytics
- Client service offerings
CHANGE MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW
Learn about Avaap’s change management approach and how change management fits into projects, an analyst’s role on a change project, describing the use of and opportunity to complete several key deliverables, where to find change management resources, and next steps on growing as a change practitioner
LEARNING Goals
- What is change management
- Why projects need change management
- Facilitating change
BUSINESS ANALYSIS OVERVIEW
Understand the role of the business analyst, how to apply business analysis (BA) techniques and best practices on projects, and the basics for how to create deliverables, including requirements, process mapping, and testing documentation.
LEARNING Goals
- Role of a business analyst
- Business analysis in technology implementations
- Stakeholder analysis
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
FIND YOUR FIT
ANALYST CAREER PATHS
Learn about the consulting industry and how to successfully navigate your first years as a consultant at Avaap. Share what you learned and serve as a peer mentor in your second year.
Avaap offers multiple career paths in technical and functional consulting. Our technical consulting roles focus on data visualization and analytics with tools like Tableau & Alteryx in addition to integrations, reporting and data conversion opportunities in Workday. Our functional consulting roles focus on implementing effective and efficient business operations systems utilizing Workday Financials (FIN) and Workday Human Capital Management (HCM).
TECHNICAL
Helps clients solve business problems using technology
FUNCTIONAL
Provide training, support, and guidance to help clients meet business requirements
Data & Analytics
Workday Technical
Workday Financials
Workday HCM
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HANDS-ON LEARNING
WHERE YOU BEGIN YOUR CAREER MATTERS
The program will onboard selective, highly visible cohorts who will develop depth in one core capability or solution and awareness across the entire business. Analysts that start their career with Avaap appreciate the numerous perks we have to offer.
STRONG CULTURE
COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION
MEDIUM COMPANY SIZE
Analysts benefit from the mentorship of experienced consultants as part of their day-to-day work
Our analysts are properly compensated for their contributions
Analysts enjoy Avaap's mid-size organization, with access to leadership
OPEN PAID TIME OFF (PTO)
OFFICE LOCATION
JOINING AS A COHORT
Analysts enjoy the flexibility of a healthy work-life balance
Located in downtown Columbus, Analysts enjoy being close to all the action
Analysts move through the program with a built-in support network
INTERESTING CLIENTS & PROJECTS
Analysts benefit from hands-on experience on exciting transformation projects at well-known clients, such as:
Avaap is amazing! Every day, I wake up in a better mood and give 100%. I have wonderful colleagues and am doing what I love: higher education and technology!”
Jasmine R.
Workday Higher Ed, Analyst
Frequently asked questions
Avaap is a premier technology and advisory consulting partner dedicated to accelerating organizational transformation. Our deep expertise in Workday, Tableau, and other enterprise solutions enables us to provide customized, full lifecycle services. We cover every aspect of your transformation journey from strategy and technology selection to successful project implementation, process optimization, employee training, and post-production support, including analytics and AI.
Our clients range from medium-sized businesses to large enterprises, including higher education, government, nonprofits, special districts, transit, and healthcare sectors. Discover how Avaap can drive your success at avaap.com.
Avaap’s Analyst Development Program is a two-year program focusing on the development of fundamental consulting skills and fully integrating participants into our culture and core processes. The program will onboard highly visible cohorts each year who will develop depth in one product or service area and awareness across a variety of Avaap’s services.
The program is broken out into four “halves” over two years, with each “half” lasting approximately 20 weeks and focused on helping the newest cohort get up-to-speed as quickly as possible. Each cohort’s role evolves over time in order to support personal growth and newer cohorts’ learning.
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For an analyst program role, you are required to reside in Columbus, Ohio, for your first year of work. After your first year, depending on Business Unit leadership approval, you may relocate.
All roles in our analyst program are of a hybrid variety during your first year of employment, and you will be expected to come into the Columbus headquarters every Thursday. This excludes your onboarding period, which will be fully in-person for your first two weeks. These two weeks in-office will give you the opportunity to learn more about the fundamentals of consulting, and help you acclimate to the different teams within Avaap.
The analyst program is two years, but your employment with Avaap continues when you complete the program.
Available positions in our analyst program depend on the need within each business unit, however, we typically offer analysts opportunities in our Data & Analytics and Workday practices. There can be various consulting roles for candidates with interests in Data Visualization, Data Engineering, Workday Finance, Workday Human Capital Management, Workday Technical in Integrations, Data Conversion, and Reporting.
Going through the analyst program at Avaap gives new graduates an opportunity to transition more smoothly into working a full-time job. Your first two weeks in the program will be filled with consulting fundamentals training, followed by studying for certifications in your specific field. This could be Tableau, Alteryx, StreamSets, or Workday FIN and Workday HCM. The program allows you to not only become a great asset to Avaap itself, but helps you expand your skill sets.
Avaap’s headquarter office, based in Columbus, Ohio, has more than 200 employees local to the area. Analysts come into the office every Thursday and have many opportunities to meet people across the entire organization, including frequent touch bases with practice leadership.
No. Consulting intern programs are inherently tricky due to the nature of our business. Given the strain on existing resources and Avaap’s preference to focus new investments on existing, full-time employees, there is no plan to hire consulting interns in the foreseeable future.