Consultant - Data

Location: Our Head Office is in Nottingham. This role is predominantly remote.  We’re flexible with people working in the right location to meet our client’s needs. Weekly travel to client sites and to our Head Office will be required.

Hours: Our results focus allows us to be really flexible on hours. We have successfully been able to accommodate part time, flexible working, compressed hours, variable hours etc

Total Package: £45,000 - £50,000  dependent on experience (plus Private Medical, Pension, 33 days Holidays including bank holidays + holiday purchase scheme)

Closing Date: 13th April 2026

Who are BFY group?
BFY Group is one of the UK’s fastest-growing management consultancies, trusted by leading organisations in Energy, Utilities, and Private Equity. We build strong partnerships with our clients, working practically to tackle their toughest challenges, realise opportunities, and achieve lasting results.

Since our founding in 2004, we’ve been proud to remain an independent, privately owned firm, becoming an Employee-Owned firm in 2025, based in Nottingham, working with clients throughout the UK.

We’re a high performing team that looks after each other, putting a huge amount of effort into creating an environment that offers meaningful work, the opportunity to develop and grow, and the ability to have fun whilst doing it. We specialise in Transformation, Strategy and Commercial Excellence, Operational Turnaround and Recovery, and ESG and Carbon Reduction.

We’re proud of the recognition we've received for our growth and impact. We’ve been named one of the UK’s Leading Management Consultants by the Financial Times, featured in The Sunday Times Hundred as one of the fastest-growing private companies, and earned multiple Best Workplaces awards. In 2025 Ian Barker, our Managing Partner, was twice recognised as a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year, at national level by Lloyds and regional by EY for the Midlands.

Our employee experience is rated 100% by Great Place To Work UK, beating typical companies by 40%, with 100% of our team agreeing that joining BFY is a welcoming experience, they are proud to work here and that everyone is offered training or development to further themselves.

We are recruiting for a consultant with data expertise. This is a client facing role with expected travel/mobility. We understand that everyone’s circumstances are different and are committed to supporting your work life balance. Please let us know if you have any flexible working requirements.

As a consultant you will be a trusted client advisor and partner enabling the delivery of significant transformational change in a project environment.

We need people who are passionate about high quality output, have a strong work ethic and take pride in their work. Be able to communicate with confidence, adapt listening and respond to challenges from technical and non-technical stakeholders.

You will be delivering data solutions to business problems. You’ll be expected to provide accurate data output and be able to synthesise data and analysis into insight to influence and inform c-suite level decision making and demonstrate commercial value.

We require the technical skills to deliver at pace. You should have advanced Excel skills (e.g. writing formulas and using pivot tables) and have programming experience (e.g. in SQL, Python, R) to comfortably use relational databases and to produce actionable data insights.

You preferably have experience with a range of data environments that have varying data structures and governances. You should have knowledge of data visualisation tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau) to build interactive dashboards and to extract data-led recommendations.

We want people who can contribute to building a high performing team, leading, and inspiring others around them to deliver exceptional client outputs.

We’re looking for people who have a growth mindset and are committed to their continuous personal development, understand capabilities, development areas and have a plan.

We are looking for people with a mix of the following: 

• Experience in energy (electricity or gas) or water networks (either general experience or a focus/expertise in a specialism or niche area) 
• You may have worked in consultancy or perhaps in inhouse change / CI leadership roles 
• We’re less interested formal qualifications, but more interested in how you lead, motivate and inspire people, shape and deliver problem solving and large-scale transformation in energy and / or water networks 

What’s on offer?

• A package of £45,000 - £50,000 dependent on experience
• Bi annual bonus in line with performance reviews
• 33 days holidays (25 days plus 8 bank holidays) plus a holiday purchase scheme
• Access to high-quality support through our wellbeing partner Plumm Health
• Company pension contribution

We embarked on a journey a few years ago to ensure we created a growing, sustainable consulting firm that would give people meaningful work, be a great environment for development, while preserving our culture of "we're a bit different".

• We deliver exceptional work for clients, as part of a high performing team
• Our results focus allows us to be really flexible on working location, and hours. We have successfully been able to accommodate fully remote working, flexible working, compressed hours, variable hours, etc.
• You will be given huge amounts of trust, freedom, and support where you need it to deliver in your role
• We have great fun. We do a companywide check in twice a week, regular social events and we have an awesome selection of memes for all occasions

What do our people say about working here?
"BFY really focuses on the employees and understand that the majority of the job is learned whilst working for clients. They teach you the essentials of the business and provide learning material to start your consultancy journey to ensure everyone has the same initial level and then you start consultancy work within a week or two. It's really incredible to see the level of trust they place in you to allow you to work with clients so early on, rather than have you sat watching from the sidelines. " - Tom Deen, Consultant, joined BFY December 2023

“When you join a new company, it can be daunting, am I good enough? will I be able to do it? Imposter syndrome can be a real worry, joining BFY is a genuinely awesome experience. Through the process you get to speak to everyone on the team and what is amazing is how open and readily available to help EVERYONE is! The culture here is fantastic and you get to make your own decisions within an incredibly supportive framework." – Kev Brown, Manager, joined BFY September 2022

How to apply – important!

If you feel like we’re a great fit based on what you’ve read, we’re looking forward to receiving your application. Please include your CV and a cover letter telling us more about you and why you think we’d work well together. We understand that everyone’s circumstances are different and are committed to supporting your work life balance. Please let us know if you have any flexible working requirements.

To get to know you a bit better and just a for a bit of fun, tell us the name of your favourite song and why you love it.

Please be aware that currently we can only progress applications from those who do not need Sponsorship or a Visa to work in the UK

Our interview Process

We take your next career move very seriously and want to fully understand your needs and expectations from a role at BFY. Our hiring process consists of 3 stages of interviews, where you will meet members of our team and have the opportunity to ask as many questions as you like and get a real understanding of BFY Group and how we work. We are asking you to commit to completing a few additional assessments as well as a short presentation. Communication is key during this time, so we promise to keep you updated and give you feedback as we go.