Management Analysts

What the job really is

Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants.

At a glance

• Sector: Business & Financial
• O*NET-SOC code: 13-1111
• O*NET job zone: 4 — considerable preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 11
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.
• Confer with personnel concerned to ensure successful functioning of newly implemented systems or procedures.
• Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
• Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.
• Plan study of work problems and procedures, such as organizational change, communications, information flow, integrated production methods, inventory control, or cost analysis.
• Interview personnel and conduct on-site observation to ascertain unit functions, work performed, and methods, equipment, and personnel used.
• Prepare manuals and train workers in use of new forms, reports, procedures or equipment, according to organizational policy.
• Review forms and reports and confer with management and users about format, distribution, and purpose, identifying problems and improvements.
• Develop and implement records management program for filing, protection, and retrieval of records, and assure compliance with program.
• Design, evaluate, recommend, and approve changes of forms and reports.
• Recommend purchase of storage equipment and design area layout to locate equipment in space available.

Tools and technology

AJAX, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe InDesign, Alteryx software, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Web Services AWS software, Ansible software, Apache Cassandra, Apache Hadoop, Apache Hive, Apache Kafka

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• Project Management Specialists
• Information Technology Project Managers
• Data Scientists
• Computer Systems Analysts
• Document Management Specialists
• Business Intelligence Analysts
• Chief Executives
• Training and Development Managers

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 4 (considerable preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

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