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Working at EY UK

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Join EY-Parthenon as a Senior Consultant - Data Engineering (Analytics & AI) in London, UK (or flexible). This full-time role focuses on supporting pre-deal and post-deal engagements by building robust data pipelines, designing database models, and translating complex data into actionable insights for clients.

Requirements

  • Approximately 2–5 years of experience in data engineering, data analytics, or related fields.
  • Degree in Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, or a similar relevant field, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong working knowledge of data processing and transformation tools, Python, R, and SQL.
  • Experience working with large, complex datasets and distributed systems like Databricks.
  • Understanding of basic corporate finance and accounting concepts is preferred.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Data Engineering & Pipelines: Design, build, and manage complex database models and data pipelines to process large, fragmented datasets.
  • Data Visualization & Delivery: Create insightful visualization dashboards and reports using tools like Power BI, Tableau, Python, or Excel to communicate technical insights to clients.
  • Stakeholder & Project Management: Engage directly with clients and multidisciplinary teams to define requirements, manage expectations, and deliver analytical solutions.
  • Technical Problem Solving: Apply analytical techniques and programming languages to solve complex business problems in fast-paced transaction environments.
  • Potential transition routes: People from data analyst, software engineering, or financial analyst roles may bring strong programming, quantitative, and analytical skills, alongside meeting the core consulting and data engineering requirements.

Job description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence.

We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Job Specification: Senior Consultant – Data Engineering (Analytics & AI)

Location: London, UK (or flexible)

Service Line: Strategy and Transactions

Firm: EY-Parthenon

Role Overview

EY-Parthenon is looking for a motivated Senior Consultant to join its Analytics & AI practice, with a focus on Data Engineering.

This role is ideal for someone with a strong commercial and technical foundation as well as a curious, problem-solving mindset, who is passionate about working with data to support pre-deal and post-deal engagements. You will play a key role in building, shaping, and managing data assets where data is often incomplete, complex, and fragmented.

You will work closely with client teams to prepare, structure, and transform data, enabling better decision-making during transactions and helping clients unlock value.

Key Responsibilities

  • Support the project team in day-to-day activities throughout the life-cycle of an assignment – requirements definition, specification, data collection, solution design, development, testing, documentation, implementation, and user training
  • Design and build complex database models and insightful visualisation dashboards to perform analysis on large diverse datasets
  • Work independently or with a team in designing analytical solutions (data pipelines, visualisations, machine learning models), undertaking proof-of-concepts, and implementing these solutions to help clients to compete effectively in this dynamic environment with the support of Directors and Partners
  • Work directly with clients as well as other EY specialist teams to develop formal deliverables for clients including data dashboards (Excel or other data visualisation tools), web hosted solutions, Word reports, and PowerPoint presentations
  • Explain complex technical concepts underpinning your analysis in simple terms to clients to help them understand how their business needs are being addressed
  • Manage stakeholders’ expectations in relation to deliverables
  • Identify risk on the assignment, involving Engagement Manager/ Director / Partner appropriately in its resolution
  • Take ownership of your tasks and work collaboratively with members of different grades within and across teams

Skills & Experience

Core Experience

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EY UK

Senior Consultant - Data Engineering (Analytics & AI)

London
Hybrid
Approximately 2–5 years’ experience in data engineering, data analytics, or related fields, ideally in a consulting or in
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house strategy environment
  • Experience working with large and complex datasets, ideally in structured databases and distributed systems like Databricks
  • Exposure to transaction support or fast-paced delivery environments is beneficial
  • Experience of financial reporting, and an understanding of basic corporate finance and accounting concepts

    • Technical Skills

    • Experience in building and managing data pipelines and data models
    • Strong working knowledge of data processing and transformation tools and languages
    • Experience working with structured and unstructured data sources
    • Familiarity with modern data platforms and cloud environments is advantageous

    Mindset & Approach

    We are looking for individuals who:

    • Are curious and hands-on, with a strong desire to explore and understand data

    • Enjoy working with messy, imperfect datasets and finding ways to make them usable

    • Are comfortable learning new tools and approaches quickly, based on what the situation requires

    • Thrive in fast-paced, deal-driven environments, where priorities can shift quickly

    • Take ownership and show initiative in solving problems

    • Are motivated by delivering practical outcomes, not just technical outputs

    Consulting & Communication Skills

    • Ability to explain technical concepts in a clear, structured way
    • Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking skills
    • Willingness to engage with stakeholders and understand business context

    Qualifications

    • Degree in a relevant field (e.g. Computer Science, Economics, Mathematics, or similar) or equivalent experience

    Key Attributes

    • Ability to work with clients and model users, identify their particular use case requirements, design appropriate solutions to load data, perform complex calculations, derive corollaries and deliver interface tools to provide repeatable visual output
    • Strong business acumen and technical knowledge to translate commercial problem into data requirement and formulate analytics solution
    • Strong oral and written communication skills – including experience of writing reports, drafting presentations and developing data visualisation dashboards to effectively communicate EY’s advice to clients
    • Capacity to communicate the business and non-technical implications of technical roadblocks and technical design decisions to non-technical clients
    • Experience in managing projects, from defining requirements, designing project plans, and managing performance against plan through the project lifecycle
    • Experience working with large datasets (creating databases, architecting efficient structures, and writing optimised stored procedures & queries)
    • Experience in building models in R, and Python programming languages and libraries in a client-facing role
    • Visually creative, with a good understanding of UX aesthetics

    Ideally you'll also have some of the following:

    • Experience of financial reporting, and an understanding of basic corporate finance and accounting concepts
    • Experience of working in a professional services environment, including exposure to high profile transactions
    • Knowledge and experience relating to one or more specific sectors is preferred
    • Experience of working with visualisation tools including Power BI, Tableau, Tibco Spotfire, RShiny, plotly-dash, D3.js, or QlikSense
    • Experience in SQL (any variant), Alteryx, MS Excel and VBA
    • Experience in applying various analytical techniques (e.g. naïve bayes, decision trees, random forest, xgboost and k-means), to calculate problems such as predictive forecasting, prescriptive action, capacity planning.
    • Experience of working in teams, managing the workload of junior team members, and coaching junior staff

    What EY-Parthenon Offers

    • Exposure to high-impact deal environments and strategic projects
    • Opportunity to work with clients across industries
    • Strong focus on learning and development in both technical and consulting skills
    • A collaborative and fast-paced team environment

    EY | Building a better working world

    EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets.

    Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.

    EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

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