Data & AI Consultant Senior Consultant to Manager - Belfast

We are hiring Data & AI Consultants into our Technology Consulting practice. You will deliver client-facing engagements across analytics, BI, data engineering, data governance, data science, AI and workflow automation, in sectors including financial services, public sector, healthcare and life sciences. You do not need to meet every requirement to apply.

Join a Dynamic Team Driving Change

Our Technology Consulting team is part of our wider Consulting and Advisory services, made up of both industry leads and subject matter experts driving change and innovation across this ever-growing department. Our consultants possess transferable skills and collaborate across various teams within the Consulting, Advisory department, applying expertise in project management, stakeholder management, communication and process improvement to drive impactful results.

As a Data & AI Consultant, you will work alongside clients across diverse sectors, using your technical, analytical and consulting skills to deliver practical data and AI solutions. The role is hybrid, with client-site presence required where needed.

Role Tracks

The role spans the following Data & AI tracks. Candidates are expected to bring depth in one or more, not all. You may also work across tracks depending on client need (for example, a data engineering engagement may include governance and quality work).

• Data Analytics, BI and Reporting
• Data Engineering and Analytics Engineering
• Data Science, AI and Advanced Analytics
• Data Governance, Data Quality and Data Management
• Automation and AI-enabled Workflow

Roles and Responsibilities

Responsibilities vary by track and grade, but typically include:

• Working with clients to understand business problems and translate them into data, analytics, BI, engineering, governance or automation outputs.
• Building dashboards, data pipelines, models, governance artefacts or automation solutions, depending on track.
• Profiling, validating and improving the quality of client data.
• Preparing client-ready deliverables, documentation and handover materials.
• Running client workshops and working sessions.
• Managing assigned tasks or workstreams and flagging risks and issues.

Additional expectations at Assistant Manager and Manager:

• Lead small teams or workstreams and review junior outputs.
• Manage day-to-day client stakeholders.
• (Manager) Contribute to proposals, propositions, reusable assets and the development of new Data & AI work.

Skills and Experience

Education and Certifications

Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline such as Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Business Analytics or a related field. Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., SQL, Python, R).

Experience, Skills and Competencies

We are looking for candidates with experience in one or more Data & AI disciplines. Candidates do not need to have experience across every area listed below. We are particularly interested in people who combine technical depth with strong communication skills and an interest in client-facing consulting.

Core experience and skills

• 2-8 years in data, analytics, BI, engineering, data science, AI, automation or governance.
• Degree or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline (e.g. Data Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Business Analytics).
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one of Python, R, DAX or Power Query.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with messy or incomplete data.
• Ability to translate business requirements into clear data or technical outputs.
• Strong written and verbal communication, including explaining technical content to non-technical audiences.
• Interest in client-facing consulting.
• Sector experience in financial services, public sector, healthcare or life sciences is useful but not required.

You should have depth in at least one of the following:

• Data Analytics, BI and Reporting
• Building dashboards and reporting using Power BI, Tableau, Qlik or similar.
• Defining KPIs and reporting requirements with business stakeholders.
• Power BI semantic modelling using DAX and Power Query.
• Analysing data to identify trends, risks and recommendations.
• Data Engineering and Analytics Engineering
• Building data pipelines and ETL / ELT workflows.
• Working with at least one cloud data platform (e.g. Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Snowflake).
• Designing data models for reporting, analytics or reconciliation.
• Implementing data quality checks and technical documentation; exposure to version control and CI/CD is useful.
• Data Science, AI and Advanced Analytics
• Applying statistical, predictive or machine learning techniques to business problems using Python or R.
• Experience across forecasting, classification, optimisation, NLP or GenAI-enabled analysis.
• Translating model outputs into business recommendations.
• Awareness of model performance, explainability and responsible AI.
• Data Governance, Data Quality and Data Management
• Profiling, cleansing, validating and remediating data.
• Defining data quality rules, dictionaries, metadata and lineage.
• Supporting data ownership and stewardship models.
• Contributing to data migration, regulatory reporting or remediation projects.
• Automation and AI-enabled Workflow
• Identifying opportunities to automate reporting, reconciliation or operational processes.
• Building solutions using Power Automate, Power Apps, UiPath, Python or VBA.
• Mapping current and future-state processes with business users.
• Supporting AI-enabled use cases such as document processing, extraction, classification or triage.

About Us

Grant Thornton Ireland is rapidly approaching 3,000 people, in 9 offices across Ireland, Isle of Man, Gibraltar and Bermuda. With a presence in over 149 countries around the world and a global network of 73,000 people, we bring our clients the local knowledge, national expertise and global presence to help them succeed wherever they’re located.

At GT, we work as trusted advisors, bringing local knowledge and national expertise, with a global presence, to help businesses succeed wherever they are located. We make business more personal by investing in building relationships and empowering our clients to make the right decisions for their organisation now and for the future.

A Career at GT

Looking for a more fulfilling role in professional services? One where fresh thinking, collaboration and diversity are valued? At Grant Thornton we do things differently. What does this mean for you? A career in a more inclusive working environment, a more collaborative work culture, a more supported, flexible working role, more possibilities to grow and more opportunities to help shape the future for your clients.

We respect and value your experience. And we want you to bring your authentic self to work and be at your best. It is how it should be.

Grow with us

At Grant Thornton, we care about our people and work hard to make you feel valued. If you are looking to deepen and develop your skills, knowledge, and experience throughout your career, then that is what you will get, and more.

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About the Team

Equity, diversity and inclusion

At Grant Thornton, we provide equitable opportunities for all our colleagues. We are a responsible, sustainable business where equity, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) is at the forefront of our workplace culture agenda, and today, we continue to build and develop on our existing ED&I structure and strategy to meet our workplace culture needs.

People are at the heart of our business and teams built with varied individuals present diverse viewpoints, which need to be heard and valued. We are all at our best when we are able to be ourselves and we view integrity and authenticity as integral values to bring to our day-to-day work-life at the firm.

We are excited to see the personality and perspectives you will bring to our team because we know we will all benefit from them. Diversity of thought, background and experience enables better decision-making, improves the quality of our delivery, and helps us to meet the needs of our clients.

Our firm is built on people and their ideas, so we want to hear all the new perspectives and fresh thinking you have to offer. You form the bedrock of our firms best-practice principles and we will champion you as leaders from day one.

Reward and benefits

Our reward and benefits are designed to create an environment where our people can flourish. We are committed to building a culture where our people have access to the necessary benefits to help promote a healthy lifestyle and thrive.

Recognition

We want to create a culture of recognition and celebrating success, by saying thank you to people who surpass our expectations and recognising the right values and behaviours. Our Shout Out recognition scheme is our way of highlighting and promoting achievements.