Nordic Data & Analytics Specialist

Boston Consulting Group (BCG); Helsinki; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Compensation package with fixed and 1–

Pension

Insurance

Flexible Work

30 days vacation

Sports and activities

Office events

Employee networks

Job summary

Boston Consulting Group is seeking a hands-on Nordic Data & Analytics Specialist to join our Nordic People Analytics function in Helsinki, supporting four Nordic markets and translating business questions into data-driven insights.

You will extract and transform data, validate Snowflake datasets with SQL, design and improve Tableau dashboards, deliver ad hoc analyses for leadership and stakeholders, and explore AI tools to keep functions ahead.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data, Engineering, CS or related fields.
• Recent graduates or up to 3 years of experience in analytics or data-related fields.
• Strong SQL knowledge and comfort learning Snowflake; experience with Tableau/BI tools; English fluent; Nordic language a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of our data landscape and information flows.
• Quality-test data in Snowflake and validate fields using SQL.
• Build data pipelines for Tableau dashboards at scale.
• Design and improve Tableau dashboards used across Nordics.
• Translate stakeholder questions into concrete data needs and analyses.
• Prototype AI tools (Claude/Agents) to enhance data capabilities.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Structured analytics

Technical problem-solving

Ownership

Attention to detail

Stakeholder focus

Business understanding

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data/Engineering/CS

Tools

SQL

Snowflake

Excel

Tableau

Tableau Prep

BI tools

Job description

Locations

Stockholm | Copenhagen V | Oslo | Helsinki

Who We Are

Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.

To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.

What You'll Do

We are looking for a hands-on Nordic Data & Analytics Specialist to join our Nordic People Analytics function, within Strategic Projects & Analytics, supporting our four Nordic markets.

This role focuses on understanding our data landscape, extracting and transforming relevant data, building visualizations and dashboards, and delivering ad hoc analyses that help our leadership, People teams and key stakeholders gain sharper insights from data and make better decisions. A smaller part of your role will be to help functions experiment and adopt AI tools to work more effectively and future-proof.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of our data landscape – including datasets, how they connect, their purposes, information flows, and how it relates to actual business processes.
• Explore and quality-test our data in Snowflake, using SQL to validate fields, reconcile numbers, investigate data issues – and confirm / align with the functions owning the data and processes.
• Build and maintain reliable data pipelines at consumption / transformation layer, e.g. by extracting, transforming and validating Snowflake data for new Tableau dashboards.
• Design, build and continuously improve Tableau / BI dashboards that are used across Nordics.
• Translate stakeholder questions into concrete data needs and insightful analyses across markets and topics, e.g. headcount, hiring, attrition, engagement and much more.
• Act as the go-to technical contact for colleagues who need data support, and help them explore and prototype AI tools like Claude and Agents to keep functions at the forefront.

What You'll Bring

You are likely someone who combines strong technical skills with analytical curiosity, structured problem-solving, and a drive to improve how things work. You enjoy getting into details, understanding how data connects and flows, solving problems alone and with others, and enabling the organization through data and analytics, while staying at the forefront by developing yourself and others.

Core Skills And Competencies

• Structured Analytics and Technical Problem-Solving: Strong analytical mindset, with the ability to structure problems, investigate data, understand how it relates, and develop practical solutions.
• Curiosity and Learning Agility: Genuine interest in understanding how things work, questioning assumptions, exploring new technologies and continuously improving.
• Ownership and Execution: Proactive, independent and reliable, with the ability to manage priorities and deliver high-quality work to agreed timelines and plans.
• Accuracy and Attention to Detail: You take pride in data quality, consistency and building solutions others can trust, with ability to explain and stand behind work and results.
• Stakeholder Focus: Understand stakeholder needs and translate them into useful, practical analytics solutions, working closely with stakeholders. Able to communicate findings clearly in meetings, presentations, dashboards and written communication.
• Business Understanding: Ability connect data and analytics to underlying business processes, understand what drives the numbers and identify opportunities for improvement.

Qualifications And Experience

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data, Engineering, Computer Science, Software Development; also considering Statistics, Mathematics, Finance, or related fields.
• Experience: Recent graduate or up to 3 years of experience in analytics, data (engineering), or a related field.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong working knowledge of SQL and comfort learning Snowflake; Excel; hands‑on experience with data, Tableau, Tableau Prep, BI tools, and AI is advantageous.
• Languages: Fluent in English; proficiency in a Nordic language is an advantage

Above all, we value strong technical foundations, analytical curiosity, ownership, and potential over experience with specific tools or technologies.

Who You'll Work With

You will join our Nordic Analytics team, working primarily within People Analytics in our People organization, and collaborating closely with Business Analytics in our Finance organization. Together, we support data, analytics, dashboards and AI adoption across our four Nordic markets: Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark.

The role is based in one of our Nordic capitals, preferably Stockholm.

You will be part of a collaborative team that values curiosity, knowledge sharing and continuous learning. We actively support each other’s development, and you will receive guidance, mentoring and opportunities to grow your technical skills and responsibilities over time.

Additional info

We offer

• Attractive and performance-based compensation package with fixed and variable components
• Market competitive pension package
• Comprehensive insurance package, including private medical insurance
• Flexible Work & Work life balance
• 30 days of vacation
• Sports and activities e.g. Yoga, PT sessions, football, tennis
• Wide variety of social office events
• Social networks – Colorful@BCG, Pride@BCG, Family@BCG, AccessAbility@bCG and International Cohort

Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws.

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