The posting
Succeed by shaping what matters
We’re BDO, one of the UK’s largest accountancy and business advisory organisations, helping ambitious businesses, their owners and management teams navigate a changing world.
With circa 8,500 people across the UK and Ireland, backed by a global network spanning 169 countries, there’s lots of knowledge, experience and different thinking to draw on here. But what matters is what you bring to it; your ideas, perspectives - the things you care about getting right.
So, here’s where you come in:
The team you’ll join
At BDO, our Consulting practice brings together different areas of expertise to help organisations solve complex problems and make better decisions. We work across the mid-market, public sector and large enterprises, supporting clients through growth, change and new challenges.
Our multidisciplinary approach means we can bring together the right people and perspectives for the problem in front of us, whether that’s helping an organisation grow, become more resilient or work differently.
We work as one community of consultants, sharing our expertise and learning from each other as we go. Whether we’re working with scale-ups or global institutions, our approach is consistent: we listen, we challenge, and we work with our clients to find a way forward.
Our Digital Services are designed to enable organisations to leverage our innovative methodologies, technology, and highly experienced professionals to manage their business risks most effectively. Working at BDO offers curious-minded people excellent exposure to all aspects of business strategy, operations and more.
The role you'll have
A data, analytics and AI specialist at Analyst level. This role is ideal for someone with foundational technical skills and an interest in building their experience delivering data-led solutions within consulting or project environments. We are looking for an individual who can work with data, support the development of practical outputs and communicate findings clearly, with guidance from experienced colleagues. Strong problem-solving skills, intellectual curiosity and a willingness to learn are important, with opportunities to develop technical and consulting skills through hands-on project experience.
Responsibilities
- Support the gathering and documentation of business requirements, working with experienced colleagues to understand appropriate data, analytics or AI approaches and deliverables.
- Prepare, cleanse and analyse datasets, and help develop dashboards, reports, analytical models or AI-enabled solutions under guidance.
- Follow defined procedures to validate data and solution outputs, document methods and assumptions, and flag quality or performance issues for review.
- Help interpret findings and prepare clear, evidence-based insights for clients and project teams, with support from experienced colleagues.
- Manage assigned tasks and meet agreed deadlines, collaborating with engineers, analysts, data scientists and other specialists, and seeking support when needed
- Follow relevant data governance, security, quality and responsible AI guidance throughout delivery, and build technical and consulting skills through training, feedback and knowledge sharing.
You’ll be someone with
- Some experience working with data, analytics or AI through employment, an internship, placement, academic study or personal projects, with an interest in developing practical delivery skills.
- Foundational skills in preparing and analysing datasets using tools such as Excel, SQL, Python or visualisation tools, and an interest in developing experience with cloud data platforms.
- Ability to understand business questions and user requirements, and support the development of data models, analyses, dashboards, reports or AI-enabled solutions under guidance.
- An attention to detail when checking data and analytical outputs, with the ability to identify and flag anomalies or quality issues, follow testing procedures and document assumptions, methods and results clearly.
- Ability to identify patterns in data, explain findings clearly and contribute to evidence-based insights for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a project team, organise assigned tasks, meet deadlines and contribute to accurate, high-quality deliverables, with support and review from experienced colleagues.
- An awareness of, or interest in learning about, modern data architectures, data governance and responsible AI principles, and a willingness to follow relevant quality, security and ethical guidance.
- Good written and verbal communication skills, a willingness to ask questions and learn, and the ability to work effectively with clients and colleagues across different specialisms.
You’ll have people around you to learn from, ask questions and share thoughts with, alongside learning programmes to enhance your skillset and digital platforms to ease your work. All of this helps you succeed in achieving those big (and personal) dreams.
How you’ll succeed
You’ll have plenty of ways to develop at BDO; you might build deeper expertise in what you already do, take on something new or simply get better at the things that matter to you.
How and where you work matters too. Our agile working framework is designed around our Better Together approach: bringing more in-person time with clients and teams, creating more opportunities to share ideas, build confidence and develop day-to-day.
Whatever success looks like to you, you won’t be shaping it alone. You’ll have people around you who want you to do well, and plenty of opportunities to make it all count.
That’s how we’ll all continue to succeed by shaping what matters.
Apply now.
At BDO, we want everyone to feel included, valued and able to succeed. We welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to improving access to opportunities – work we've been recognised for as Company of the Year at the 2026 British Diversity Awards. Because we know different experiences and perspectives make us stronger.
