Senior Operational Analyst Consultant

Gregory Martin International; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Gregory Martin International in Winchester is seeking a Senior Analyst Consultant – Defence to lead analysis capability within a small, agile team. The role blends office work, site visits, and remote tasks, supporting UK defence customers with data-driven insights.

You will apply operational analysis, Excel/VBA, and data science to deliver impact, engage stakeholders, and shape processes. A strong defence background and clear communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Operational analysis approaches and techniques.
• Advanced Excel skills, including VBA.
• Data analysis and data science.
• Experience working within UK MoD, strong defence background.
• Stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering and process design.
• Self-starter and team player.
• Good communication skills, enabling you to work confidently with team members and clients.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to multi-task and prioritise your work.
• Attention to detail and the drive to see work through to completion.
• A positive and flexible approach to your work.
• Degree, MSc or equivalent experience.
• Knowledge of decision making, operating models, and software development approaches is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Using operational analysis approaches to deliver insights to clients.
• Taking a consultative approach to your work and delivering great client results.
• Eliciting requirements and defining business processes in complex environments.
• Using agile approaches to develop models and tools, including requirements capture, design, development, testing and management.
• Collating, managing, structuring, analysing, presenting, and visualising data.
• Deriving insights from data to inform senior decisions.
• Producing presentations and reports summarising findings and recommendations.
• Delivering high quality analysis and outputs.
• Leading day-to-day delivery of projects with clients and internal teams.

Skills

Operational analysis

Advanced Excel (VBA)

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Requirements gathering

Communication skills

Self-starter

Team player

Time management

Analytical thinking

Education

Degree or MSc in a relevant field

Tools

Python

PowerBI

PowerApps

SharePoint

Dataverse

Microsoft 365

Job description

Senior Analyst Consultant - Defence

Location: Winchester, Hampshire / Hybrid Role

Salary: £45,000 to £75,000 plus bonus and benefits

Our client islooking for a positive, flexible self-starter to join their team as a Senior Analyst. This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in delivering analysis capability as an integral part of a small, agile and growing business.

Our client’s team of analysts, consultants and Defence SMEs work closely with their customers to deliver high-impact services and solutions. Data science and operational analysis are a key part of their company’s capability. They are growing this capability and are looking for a highly motivated and capable Senior Analyst.

Our client is looking for candidates with a strong defence background with excellent data analysis or operational analysis skills. They seek customer facing individuals with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Experience working with Dstl, Defence Digital, DE&S, Frontline Commands or UK Defence industry.

Experience /Qualifications – Senior Defence Analyst:

The following skills and experience will enable you to excel in this role:

• Operational analysis approaches and techniques
• Advanced Excel skills, including VBA
• Data analysis and data science
• Operational analysis
• Experience working within UK MoD, strong defence background.
• Stakeholder engagement, requirements gathering and process design.
• A self-starter and team player.
• Good communication skills, enabling you to work confidently with team members and clients.
• Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to multi-task and prioritise your work.
• Attention to detail and the drive to see work through to completion.
• A positive and flexible approach to your work.
• Degree, MSc or equivalent experience

  Knowledge and experience of the following is desirable:

• Decision making techniques and processes.
• Operating models and organisational design.
• Software development using Python.
• Knowledge of current software development approaches, platforms and best practice.
• Experience of Microsoft365, SharePoint, PowerBI, Dataverse and PowerApps solutions.
• Recent UK Defence Security Clearance (SC) would be of interest but is not essential.

As Senior Analyst your role will include:

• Using operational analysis approaches to deliver impactful insights to their clients.
• Taking a consultative approach to your work, understanding how your work contributes to delivering a great result for clients.
• Experience eliciting requirements and defining business process in complex environments
• Using agile approaches to develop models and tools, including requirements capture, design, development, testing and management.
• Collating, managing, structuring, analysing, presenting, and visualising data.
• Deriving unique insights from data to inform senior-level decision making.
• Producing internal and external presentations and reports to summarise processes, findings, recommendations, and decision analysis results.
• Delivering high quality analysis and outputs.
• Taking a leading role in the day-to-day delivery of projects, working closely with clients and the company’s team of consultants and analysts.

The role as a Senior Analyst will require a blend of working from the office, travel to client sites, and working from home.

The company’s main clients will be based around key UK Defence establishments in the south of England.

Additional information:

Ideally looking for candidates with current UK SC or DV Clearance

Keywords:

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Senior Analyst Consultant / Senior Operational Analyst – Defence, MOD