Graduate Analyst

Graduate Analyst
Location – Winchester
Salary - £28K-£30K plus bonus and many benefits
Our client is a successful technical consultancy, they are looking for positive and flexible recent graduate to join their team as Graduate Analyst/ Consultant. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career as an integral part of a small, agile and growing business.
They are looking for a very bright, confident customer facing individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills able to work with team members and clients. You will have a degree or higher qualification in Mathematics, Numerical, computing based subject and have strong data analysis skills.
You will work with the company’s consultants, analysts and their clients on a number of projects. You will work across different industries, initially focusing within Defence in the UK.
The role will be based out of the Winchester office and will involve some travel to customer sites.
Qualifications/Experience re role of Graduate Analyst: :
* A strong academic background, with a relevant Degree/MSc such as a business, numerical, Mathematics or technical subject.
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
* Strong analytical and numerate skillset.
* Good knowledge of MS Excel, VBA, data analysis, and data visualisation tools (e.g., Power BI).
* Software development using Python would be useful.
* Operational Analysis (OA) approaches and techniques
* Interest in business analysis and software development approaches.
* Interest in working with UK Defence organisations.
* Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to multi-task and prioritise your work.
* A positive and flexible approach to your work.
* An inquisitive mindset and passion for problem solving.
* A self-starter and team player.
As a Graduate Analyst your role will include:
* Play an important role in the day-to-day delivery of projects.
* Work closely with clients and the team of consultants and analysts to deliver high-impact outputs and outcomes.
* Take a consultative approach to your work, understanding how your work contributes to delivering a great result for our clients.
* Collate, manage, structure, analyse and visualise data.
* Use agile approaches to help to design, develop and run analytical models and tools, including requirements capture, design, development, testing and management.
* Derive unique insights from data and analysis to inform senior-level decision making.
* Use your verbal and written skills to effectively communicate processes, findings, results, conclusions, and recommendations.
Other requirements
* Candidates must have an existing right to live and work in the UK.
* Candidates will need to undergo an internal BPSS check prior to gaining site access.
* Candidates will also need to either hold a current SC clearance or DV Clearance or be willing and eligible to undergo a Security Clearance check (SC level) upon starting their employment with the company. To gain SC clearance you will normally need at least 5 years’ UK residency.
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