Principal Consultant Analyst

Principal Consultant Analyst - Defence

Location – Winchester, Hants, Hybrid role

Salary - £60K-£90K plus bonus and benefits

This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in delivering analysis capability as an integral part of a small, agile and growing business.

Our client is looking for candidates with a strong defence background with excellent data analysis or operational analysis skills. They seek customer facing individuals with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Experience working with Dstl, Defence Digital, DE&S, Frontline Commands or UK Defence industry

Experience /Qualifications – Principal /Senior Defence Analyst:

The following skills and experience will enable you to excel in this role:

* Operational analysis approaches and techniques

* Advanced Excel skills, including VBA

* Data analysis and data science

* Operational analysis

* Experience working within UK MoD, strong defence background.

* Stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering and process design.

* A self-starter and team player.

* Good communication skills, enabling you to work confidently with team members and clients.

* Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to multi-task and prioritise your work.

* Attention to detail and the drive to see work through to completion.

* A positive and flexible approach to your work.

* Degree, MSc or equivalent experience

Knowledge and experience of the following is desirable:

* Decision making techniques and processes.

* Operating models and organisational design.

* Software development using Python.

* Knowledge of current software development approaches, platforms and best practice.

* Experience of Microsoft
365, SharePoint, Power

BI, Dataverse and Power Apps solutions.

* Recent UK Defence Security Clearance (SC) would be of interest

As Principal / Senior Analyst your role will include:

* Using operational analysis approaches to deliver impactful insights to thier clients.

* Taking a consultative approach to your work, understanding how your work contributes to delivering a great result for clients.

* Experience eliciting requirements and defining business process in complex environments

* Using agile approaches to develop models and tools, including requirements capture, design, development, testing and management.

* Collating, managing, structuring, analysing, presenting, and visualising data

* Deriving unique insights from data to inform senior-level decision making.

* Producing internal and external presentations and reports to summarise processes, findings, recommendations, and decision analysis results.

* Delivering high quality analysis and outputs.

The role as a Principal/Senior Analyst will require a blend of working from the office, travel to client sites, and working from home.

The company’s main clients will be based around key UK Defence establishments in the south of England.

Additional information – Ideally looking for candidates with current UK SC or DV Clearance

Keywords - Senior Analyst, Operational Analyst , Defence, MOD, Python, VBA, Power

BI, SharePoint, Microsoft
365, Power Apps, Power BI, Advanced Excel, Data Analysis , Excel, Advanced Excel

Principal / Senior Analyst Consultant / Senior Operational Analyst – Defence, MOD