MI, Data & Insights Consultant

The People MI, Data & Insights team provides workforce intelligence that helps Aberdeen make better business and people decisions. Working across People & Communications, Finance, Risk and Technology, the team combines data, commercial understanding and analytical expertise to provide insight that supports organisational performance, capability and growth. The team promotes innovation, continuous improvement and evidence-based decision-making, helping enable our clients to be better investors.

The People MI, Data & Insights Consultant transforms workforce data into commercially relevant insight that supports business performance and strategic decision-making across Aberdeen. Working at Consultant level within the UK, you will identify workforce trends, risks and opportunities, translating complex information into clear recommendations for leaders. This role goes beyond reporting, focusing on understanding why outcomes occur, identifying what may happen next and recommending actions that add value.

You will play a key role in developing automation, self-service reporting, dashboards and AI-enabled insight while building strong partnerships across the business. With a blended working approach, this is an excellent opportunity to influence people strategy and invest in your tomorrow.

• Develop workforce insight that connects people trends with business priorities, performance, risk and value.
• Build and enhance reporting, dashboards and analytical products that support evidence-based decision-making.
• Identify opportunities to automate reporting processes and increase capacity for higher‑value insight activities.
• Analyse workforce data to identify trends, leading indicators, risks and opportunities across the employee lifecycle.
• Partner with stakeholders to define business questions, challenge assumptions and recommend suitable actions.
• Drive continuous improvement in data quality, governance, analytical capability and AI-enabled insight generation.

Strong analytical skills with the ability to turn complex data into meaningful business insight. Commercial awareness and the ability to connect workforce information with organisational performance, cost, risk and value. Experience producing management information, dashboards or analytical products in a business environment. Excellent data visualisation, storytelling and stakeholder management skills. Good understanding of data quality, controls, definitions and governance. Experience working with workforce, organisational or financial data and communicating findings clearly.

Demonstrable experience of Workday and a strong interest in people analytics, workforce intelligence and AI.

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