Analyst(Data/ Business/ Application)

GIS Analyst / Consultant

  • Are you looking to start your career as a GIS Analyst, or have up to 3 years experience and looking to make the move to Consultant? 
  • Are you looking for a change and opportunity to make an impact in a fast-paced environment? 
  • Are you interested in joining a firm that delivers award winning training and opportunities for career progression?

 

Whatever your reason is for wanting to look for a new job, joining KPMG Future Analytics may be the best next step for your career.

Role Purpose

We are currently seeking to appoint a GIS Analyst / Consultant to our team in Dublin. You will be responsible for maintaining and analysing geospatial data; conducting research in client business requirements and user needs for GIS applications; acquiring and creating spatial data, models and databases; producing cartographic products and reports; analysing spatial data relationships; participating in projects and multi-disciplinary project teams. 

Key Requirements:

  • Degree qualification in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or an equivalent qualification that has GIS as a significant module within it
  • Demonstrable knowledge and experience in; ArcGIS desktop, AGOL, Spatial databases and database management, SQL experience, data extraction, processing and statistical analysis in Excel
  • A wider knowledge/interest in areas of GIS research as applied to urban planning, economics, geography and the power of GIS and data
  • Possess strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Demonstrable advanced numeric and analytical skills
  • Statistical analysis skills
  • Strong graphic skills and an ability to present maps and documents to a high standard
  • Data mining (including extraction) experience
  • Knowledge of GeoDirectory and Geocoding

 

Your work will be varied. Below will be some of your core responsibilities:

  • Socioeconomic and spatial data analysis using ArcGIS Desktop
  • Excel and spreadsheet analytics for public and private sector reporting
  • SQL analysis of larger databases (GeoDirectory, POWSCAR)
  • Maintenance of existing webGIS applications (ArcGIS Online, Mapbox, Carto)
  • WebApp development, Widget Modification, Data Management within AGOL
  • Creation, geocoding, cleaning and maintenance of spatial datasets
  • Data quality control and assessment
  • Using a range of data visualisation tools to present GIS data to clients (AGOL, Tableau, QlikView, Carto)
  • Using geo-processing tools to examine datasets, create new information or investigate patterns. (e.g. estimating the number of people potentially affected by flooding, using population growth figures and planning information to estimate increasing/decreasing demand for school capacity, or calculating the number of potential customers for a new supermarket and predicting buying patterns based on socio-economic factors)