Data Visualisation | Senior Consultant
London or Manchester | Hybrid
About Us - Slalom
Slalom is a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. From strategy to implementation, our approach is fiercely human. In six countries and 45 markets, we deeply understand our customers—and their customers—to deliver practical, end-to-end solutions that drive meaningful impact. Backed by close partnerships with over 400 leading technology providers, our 11,000+ strong team helps people and organisations dream bigger, move faster, and build better tomorrows for all. We’re honoured to be consistently recognised as a great place to work by Glassdoor and to have been named one of the UK’s Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For seven years running.
Since opening our doors in London in 2014, and then the launch of our Manchester office in 2019, it’s been an unforgettable journey. What’s more, we’re at an exciting stage of our growth in the UK, and now Ireland, with our first office launching in Dublin this year and we’re looking for great people who want to be part of that adventure. Our employees are at the heart of delivering impactful and meaningful work for our clients and helping them to reach for and realise their vision.
Slalom's Data Capability
At Slalom, we believe that through our trusted relationships with our clients, we can create modern data solutions that drive results and improve the world. Interested in Strategy? Have a passion for Architecture? Want to work in a team that is pushing the forefront of the latest technology in the Engineering and AI space? We can offer you this. Slalom is agnostic when it comes to the technology we work with and we support clients in a range of data cloud partnerships including: AWS, Azure, Snowflake and Databricks to name but a few. We are interested in individuals who are passionate and curious about what is next.
The Role
You will work with the business to identify business drivers, KPIs or decisions that can be informed by data. You will apply your knowledge of visualisation tools to design and build interactive dashboards that quickly communicate insights. You prepare data by extracting it from a variety of different data sources, blending it together to make it usable. As a Data Visualisation Consultant, you will understand common challenges in data structures and strategies. You will build data visualisations and dashboards that are extensible, scalable, and performant, often in a highly agile and iterative process.
You will enjoy this role if you like a blend of business-facing work, technical data work, and creative design. This role requires working closely with business leaders to drive strategy and change through data insights. The technical work can include sifting through very complicated data structures and SQL statements to discover those insights plus, the creative visual design work, which leverages BI technology like Tableau and Power BI to find intuitive ways of communicating insights.
What You Will Do
- Collaborate with clients and internal teams to define industry-leading analytics solutions for a wide variety of industries and business groups.
- Architect, design, implement end-to-end BI solutions and supporting architecture.
- Research and evaluate potential technology solutions to meet business needs.
- Bring thought leadership and ensure best practices and standards of BI solutions.
- Conduct and lead white-boarding sessions, workshops, design sessions, and project meetings as needed, playing a key role in client relations.
- Integrate user requirements into the solution to ensure a high degree of business value.
- Create clear functional and technical documentation.
What You Will Bring
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, related field, foreign degree or field experience equivalent.
- 5+ years of progressively responsible, post-baccalaureate experience in business intelligence and designing, developing, testing and implementing data warehouses.
- Understanding of Data Modeling concepts.
- Experience with Data Visualisation tool like Microsoft Power BI (essential), Tableau (nice to have), QuickSight (nice to have), etc.
- Understand different types of storage (Relational, MPP, NoSQL) and working with different kinds of data (structured, unstructured, metrics, logs, etc.)
- Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong written/oral communication and presentation/interpersonal skills.
- Highly self-motivated and able to work independently as well as in a team environment.
- Prior experience in consulting is desirable
We have a question for you - and it’s something we’re really passionate about. Can you imagine a world in which you can truly love your life and your work? Well, we have some good news – creating that world and making this vision a reality is what we get out of bed for; it’s our north star.
But what do we really mean when we talk about loving your life and your work? Let’s take a look at the ways in which we help our team members to achieve this – and the ‘how’.
Deep connections, better outcome
We have deep relationships with over 400 leading technology partners and they love us for our innovative and outcome based approach. Our people are passionate about solving our clients’ problems using the tech that’s the best solution for them. What’s more, we’re there to work side-by-side with our client teams to enable them for success long after we’ve gone. We’re all about momentum that outlasts us.
Flexibility
Life is busy and we appreciate that. We’re often juggling work, family, and personal commitments. We do everything we can to support our people in prioritising what matters to them while also working on high-impact projects that they’ll love.
People-first
Great solutions start with great people. And those great people are at their best when they’re empowered to be their true authentic selves. Through leading with kindness and empathy, and striving for equity, we’re able to create better experiences for our people and our clients. Our culture is central to everything we do - encouraging passion and adventure, adaptiveness, and diversity of thought. Inclusion, diversity and equity is at the top of our agenda, we have created a community where we empower our team to be the best version of themselves.
Rewards
There’s no shying away from it - the compensation and benefits on offer have to be competitive too, right? We know that. That’s why we have a dedicated team working with our leaders to ensure our packages are fair, competitive, and rewarding!
Take a look at the role below and if something sparks your interest, apply!
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