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Senior Data Analyst

FDM Group
London
18 hours ago
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  • Have you had a career break of 12+ months?
  • Do you have 5+ years of commercial experience in industry?
  • Are you ready to re-join the workforce with training and career coaching included?


Then you’ll want to hear about the UK’s leading Returners Programme and the opportunities to join our Data & Analytics Practice.


Our Returners Programme is specifically designed to support professionals returning to work after a career break. Having restarted over 550 careers since 2016, our Returners Team are here to support you through every stage of the journey, ensuring you have the confidence, skills and opportunity to step back into a successful and rewarding career in business or technology.


You’ll be joining FDM as a Consultant within our Data and Analytics Practice, where you will be delivering large-scale projects for our clients across a wide range of sectors and specialist areas. You could be taking on the role of BI Developer, Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Consultant, Data Engineer, Data Scientist or Machine Learning Engineer. Whatever your experience, we can help you progress from where you left off, whether at mid, senior or lead consultant level.


Within the FDM Skills Lab you’ll receive upskilling in business intelligence practices, like diverse data modelling, warehousing, engineering and machine learning, whilst developing proficiency in tools used to forecast, analyse and harness data, to help refresh your skills and build on your experience.


There are progression opportunities towards Principal Consultant level and the opportunity to explore diverse roles and assignments for a range of global companies in your return to the workforce.


Ready to launch the next phase of your career?


At FDM, we find driven people from diverse backgrounds. Dedicated to your continuous growth, we offer a non-linear career journey with our Skills Lab helping guide you to the future you want.


Your skillsets will grow. Clients will value your increased expertise. And your career will thrive exponentially.


Minimum qualifications

  • Looking to return to work after a break in your career of 1+ year
  • At least 5 years of previous commercial industry experience
  • A strong aptitude and interest in business and technology
  • Commitment to at least two years of full-time employment with FDM
  • The right to work in the UK


Why join us?

  • Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
  • Initial upskilling pre-assignment that has been accredited by TechSkills
  • Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
  • Opportunity to obtain certifications from Microsoft, Salesforce, Cisco and more


About Us

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2,500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.


Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

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