Advanced Data Analytics Consultant

Join our Digital & Data team working alongside product, design and a wide range of other experts and cross-disciplinary teams to bring ideas to life through innovative software solutions. Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust‑based, inclusive environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity. You have the option to progress with us on a technical career track. No need to go onto the Partner career track if this doesn’t align with what you want to do.

Hybrid working – our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week. Work on a broad variety of projects and tech stacks for clients across seven sectors – no project is ever the same. Join other experts within our supportive and collaborative tech community through knowledge‑sharing and peer‑level support, coaching and mentoring. Deepen your expertise through our culture of learning and growth – you’ll have budget to take courses (technical and non‑technical training), plus gain certifications.

While we advocate for using the right tech for the right task, you can expect to work with the following technologies to ensure scalable, high‑performance applications:

• Data Bricks
• Python
• PySpark
• R
• Excel
• Palantir Foundry
• PowerBI

Work to agile best practices and cross‑functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders. You’ll be using your technical skills to problem‑solve with our clients, as well as working on internal projects. The actual time you spend and where you spend it will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.

Even if you don’t meet every requirement below, feel free to still apply as we are often hiring for similar roles which your background might be better suited to.

Qualifications

• A degree, Masters or PhD from a leading university in data science, mathematics, operational research, physics, or statistics.
• Experience of conducting analysis for evidence‑based decision making, designing and developing models and conducting analysis to support data‑centric decision making.
• Experience working with clients to translate business needs into analytical approaches and solutions, and with strong ability to communicate approaches, and findings to technical and non‑technical audience.
• Experience of working across the full analytics and modelling lifecycle – problem formulation, exploratory data analysis, model design, build, testing and handover.
• Experience working with common tools like python, SQL, Excel and data visualisation solutions for modelling and analysis.
• Experience of leading and delivering solutions that involved one or more of the following specialisms: advanced analytics and data science, algorithm design and development, developing operational research models, data engineering, big data and Cloud platforms, data visualisation or dashboard development.
• A genuine affinity for problem solving – an inquisitive mind who wants to solve the trickiest challenges whilst working with incredible colleagues.

Familiarity in the following will also be advantageous:

• Stakeholder management, project management and communication skills.
• Experience working in or providing consulting and advisory services to stakeholders.
• Experience in the software or product development lifecycle for analytical solutions, e.g. could include managing analytical solutions across the discovery, development/prototype, rollout, implementation and managed service stages.
• Experience in the business process through client presentations and developing data and behavioural science propositions.

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance. All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard; some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK. We therefore ask that you only apply if you meet the residency requirements (i.e. you are a British citizen or have been resident in the UK for the past 5 years).

Equality and Inclusion

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations – If you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, please contact us.