Data, Analytics and AI Senior Analyst - Digital

Ideas | People | Trust 

We’re BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate today’s changing world.  

We work with the companies that are Britain’s economic engine – ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them.  

We’ll broaden your horizons  

Our Advisory team provide a wide variety of services that deliver value-led advice and outcomes. They have an in-depth knowledge of business, industry sectors and markets and understand the constantly changing risks and opportunities at the heart of our clients’ affairs. The team work across strategy, operations and improvement as well as at a transactional and defined project level. From technology to risk advisory, they’re experts in following through on top-level instructions and resolving the finer details – all in one straight-forward package. When you join them, you’ll work on some of the world's most exciting financial operations and business deals, building your experience and expertise alongside the brightest minds in the industry. 

The Digital team within Consulting helps our clients create competitive advantage and uncover new avenues of growth and profitability through digital strategies. Strategies need to be bold, but they also need to deliver near-term results. That’s why we take a practical approach that marries long-term vision with quick wins and measurable ROI milestones. Our vision is to be a fully integrated, business-led, end-to-end technology advisor and integrator helping clients to enable business change through leveraging technology. 

We’ll help you succeed  

Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice.  That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. 

You’ll be someone who is both comfortable working pro-actively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDO’s partners to help businesses effectively. You’ll be encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with.  

As a Senior Analyst specialising in data, analytics and AI in our Digital team, part of Consulting, you’ll turn complex data into practical solutions and clear insights for clients and project teams. Working with them to gather and clarify business requirements, you’ll shape the right data, analytics or AI approach and deliverables, then prepare, transform and analyse datasets to develop dashboards, reports, analytical models or AI-enabled solutions. You’ll bring a focus on quality throughout, validating data and solution outputs, documenting methods and assumptions and resolving quality or performance issues. By interpreting the findings and communicating evidence-based insights and recommendations, you’ll help clients and colleagues understand what the data means and how they can use it.

You’ll be someone with:

·        Experience delivering data, analytics or AI projects from requirements gathering and data preparation through analysis, solution development, testing and delivery. 

·        Strong practical experience querying, transforming and analysing large or complex datasets using tools and technologies such as SQL, Python, cloud data platforms, analytics and visualisation tools. 

·        Ability to translate business questions and user requirements into appropriate data models, analytical approaches, dashboards, reports or AI-enabled solutions. 

·        Experience validating data and analytical outputs, identifying anomalies or quality issues, performing root-cause analysis and documenting assumptions, methods and results clearly. 

·        A background in interpretation of findings, identification of meaningful patterns and insights, and the communication of evidence-based recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences. 

·        Experience working within consulting or multidisciplinary project teams, managing priorities, meeting deadlines and contributing independently to accurate, high-quality client deliverables. 

·        A working understanding of modern data architectures, data governance or responsible AI principles, with the ability to apply appropriate quality, security and ethical considerations

·        Good stakeholder and communication skills, with the confidence to collaborate effectively with clients, data engineers, analysts, data scientists and other specialists. 

You’ll also be able to be yourself; we’ll recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business.  We’re committed to agile working, and we offer everyone the opportunity to work in ways that suit them, their teams, and the task in hand.

At BDO, we’ll help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development.

We’re in it together

Mutual support and respect is one of BDO’s core values and we’re proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture.  From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, we’ll support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personal and professional needs.

Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another.  At BDO, you’ll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work.

We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so we’ve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices.  BDO’s people represent a wealth of knowledge and expertise, and we’ll encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences.  With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, you’ll never stop learning at BDO.

We’re looking forward to the future 

At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. 

Our success is powered by our people, which is why we’re always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions

We’ve got a clear purpose, and we’re confident in our future, because we’re adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with openness and clarity, because we believe in empowering people to think creatively about how we can do things better.