Insight Analyst

We're looking for an insight analyst to reinforce PwC's Insight Team in delivering high quality insight to the firm. We're keen to hear from candidates with strategic thinking and analytical skills, translating information to insight. The job holder will have a solid grounding in secondary research, data analysis and developing commercial insights.
The Insight Team sits within the firm's Sales and Marketing function. It currently comprises 15 insight professionals from a broad set of disciplines, who conduct primary and secondary research, analyse and model data, and prepare reports for stakeholders within the firm. The team provides our leaders with both an internal and external view of how the firm is positioned in the market and prides itself on analytical rigour.

Our deliverables use a combination of written analysis accompanied by interactive charting and analytics created from multiple internal and external data sources, as well as industry and government data.

In this role, the successful candidate will:

• Conduct secondary research, analysing and synthesising reports and data to draw out key findings.
  
• Deliver high quality, persuasive and concise recommendations for executive audiences.
  
• Assist on a range of projects.
  
• Monitor and interpret major market developments and identify macro themes and trends affecting our clients and the professional services market.
  

Essential skills and experience :

• Minimum of one year of experience in a professional services, research consultancy, legal or financial services environment with a proven ability to create high quality deliverables, which will provide a deeper understanding of the firm's client base, competition and market.
  
• Intellectually curious, commercially minded and a highly motivated self-starter.
  
• Exceptional problem solving; capacity to learn quickly and execute accurately; comprehensive knowledge of UK and international markets.
  
• Analytical skills, comfortable working with quantitative data and detailed numerical analysis.
  
• Interests in developing own data analysis and visualisation skills.
  
• Strong orientation to working in teams.
  
• Ability to communicate complex ideas in a simple manner.
  
• High attention to detail.
  

Desirable skills

• Experience with or a keen interest in using Power BI, Alteryx or SQL to analyse and visualise data.