Principal Consultant Analyst

<p><strong>Principal Analyst Consultant - Defence, Government, Nuclear.</strong></p><p><strong>Location - </strong>Winchester, Hants, Hybrid role</p><p><strong>Salary - </strong>£60K-£90K plus bonus and benefits</p><p>Our client islooking for a positive, flexible self-starter to join their team as a Principal and Senior Analysts. 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.</p><p>Our client's team of analysts, consultants and Defence SMEs work closely with their customers to deliver high-impact services and solutions. Data science and operational analysis are a key part of their company's capability. They are growing this capability and are looking for a highly motivated and capable Analyst.</p><p>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.</p><p><strong>Experience working with Dstl, Defence Digital, DE&S, Frontline Commands or UK Defence industry.</strong></p><p><strong>Experience /Qualifications - Principal /Senior Defence Analyst:</strong></p><p>The following skills and experience will enable you to excel in this role:</p><ul><li>Operational analysis approaches and techniques</li><li>Advanced Excel skills, including VBA</li><li>Data analysis and data science</li><li>Operational analysis</li><li>Experience working within UK MoD, strong defence background.</li><li>Stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering and process design.</li><li>A self-starter and team player.</li><li>Good communication skills, enabling you to work confidently with team members and clients.</li><li>Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to multi-task and prioritise your work.</li><li>Attention to detail and the drive to see work through to completion.</li><li>A positive and flexible approach to your work.</li><li>Degree, MSc or equivalent experience.</li></ul><p><strong><em>Knowledge and experience of the following is desirable</em></strong><em>:</em></p><ul><li>Decision making techniques and processes.</li><li>Operating models and organisational design.</li><li>Software development using Python.</li><li>Knowledge of current software development approaches, platforms and best practice.</li><li>Experience of Microsoft365, SharePoint, PowerBI, Dataverse and PowerApps solutions.</li><li>Recent UK Defence Security Clearance (SC) would be of interest but is not essential.</li></ul><p><strong>As Principal / Senior Analyst your role will include:</strong></p><ul><li>Using operational analysis approaches to deliver impactful insights to their clients.</li><li>Taking a consultative approach to your work, understanding how your work contributes to delivering a great result for clients.</li><li>Experience eliciting requirements and defining business process in complex environments</li><li>Using agile approaches to develop models and tools, including requirements capture, design, development, testing and management.</li><li>Collating, managing, structuring, analysing, presenting, and visualising data.</li><li>Deriving unique insights from data to inform senior-level decision making.</li><li>Producing internal and external presentations and reports to summarise processes, findings, recommendations, and decision analysis results.</li><li>Delivering high quality analysis and outputs.</li><li>Taking a leading role in the day-to-day delivery of projects, working closely with clients and the company's team of consultants and analysts.</li></ul><p>The role as a Principal/Senior Analyst will require a blend of working from the office, travel to client sites, and working from home.</p><p>The company's main clients will be based around key UK Defence establishments in the south of England.</p><p><strong>Additional information</strong> - Ideally looking for candidates with current UK SC or DV Clearance</p><p><strong>Principal / Senior Analyst Consultant / Senior Operational Analyst - Defence, MOD, Nuclear </strong></p><img src="https://www.jobg8.com/Tracking.aspx?%2bjBHvVsVsDd3GzEwLfWRkLOFSpcLDM%2bmv" width="0" height="0" />