Data Associate

Job Description

Ideas | People | TrustWere BDO. An accountancy and business advisory firm, providing the advice and solutions entrepreneurial organisations need to navigate todays changing world. We work with the companies that are Britains economic engine - ambitious, entrepreneurially-spirited and high-growth businesses that fuel the economy - and directly advise the owners and management teams that lead them. Well broaden your horizons Our Communications and Corporate Affairs team strives to be a gold-standard team, enabling purpose-led conversations, true to our character. Reporting directly to the Leadership Team, the team advises the firm on external and internal communications programmes.This includes a communications programme for our Managing Partner, strategic announcements, PR campaigns and internal communications campaigns to drive behaviour change. Because we know that great ideas can come from anywhere, you can be sure youll be heardand have the chance to make a real impact. Youll be supported to build your career, but also to be yourself in the office. Youll be rewarded with a great work-life balance and a career with real purpose. Well help you succeed Leading organisations trust us because of the quality of our advice. That quality grows from a thorough understanding of their business, and that understanding comes from working closely with them and building long-lasting relationships. Youll be someone who is both comfortable working proactively and managing your own tasks, as well as confident collaborating with others and communicating regularly with senior managers, directors, and BDOs partners to help businesses effectively. Youllbe encouraged to identify and draw attention to opportunities for enhancing our delivery and providing additional services to organisations we work with. The Data Associate role is part of the Data Office function and reports into our Data Strategy Manager. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary function alongside our Data and Analytics team and our Data Governance team, working together and with the wider business to deliver on BDOs data vision which is that everyone at BDO is empowered by data. This is a newly created role and theres a fantastic opportunity for the right individual to shape the role into your own. The key areas of focus for the role will include leading on initiatives to grow BDOs data community of practice and supporting the planningand delivery of strategic data projects, ultimately helping deliver on our strategic pillar to nurture our collective data mindset at BDO. In this role youll:

• Grow and promote the Data Community of Practice across BDO
• Listen and develop an understanding of how community members use data in a diverse range of roles and teams
• Gather and listen to community member feedback
• Coordinate and share relevant content with the community, for example learning materials and best practices
• Identify and facilitate opportunities for community collaboration and engagement
• Support strategic projects and lead existing workstreams across the Data Office with activities including project planning, stakeholder engagement and communication planning, and deep-diving into content areas, conducting requirements gathering and analysis
• Track and manage plans and dependencies from a central perspective, identify and manage risks and issues across the Data Office
• Project manage new initiatives as they arise in the data space
• Support the Chief Data Officer and Data Strategy Manager in managing the strategic roadmap for the wider data team
• Contribute to cross-Data Office team collaboration and team building, building relationships and identifying opportunities to improve our team ways of working
• Keep up to date with the latest data industry trends, developments and events to share with the Data Office team and Data Community

Youll be someone with:

• Excellent communication (written and verbal) and facilitation skills
• Excellent stakeholder management skills - proactive at building collaborative relationships within the team and across the wider business
• The ability to prioritise effectively while working on multiple workstreams or projects
• Excellent organisation, time management and workload prioritisation skills
• Good attention to detail
• Problem solving and creative thinking skills
• Data enthusiasm, ready to champion data and the Data Office at BDO

Youll be able to be yourself; well recognise and value you for who you are and celebrate and reward your contributions to the business. Were committed to agile working, and we offer every colleague the opportunity to work in ways that suit you, your teams,and the task at hand. At BDO, well help you achieve your personal goals and career ambitions, and we have programmes, resources, and frameworks that provide clarity and structure around career development. Were in it togetherMutual support and respect is one of BDOs core values and were proud of our distinctive, people-centred culture. From informal success conversations to formal mentoring and coaching, well support you at every stage in your career, whatever your personaland professional needs. Our agile working framework helps us stay connected, bringing teams together where and when it counts so they can share ideas and help one another. At BDO, youll always have access to the people and resources you need to do your best work. We know that collaboration is the key to creating value for the companies we work with and satisfying experiences for our colleagues, so weve invested in state-of-the-art collaboration spaces in our offices. BDOs people represent a wealth of knowledge andexpertise, and well encourage you to build your network, work alongside others, and share your skills and experiences. With a range of multidisciplinary events and dedicated resources, youll never stop learning at BDO. Were looking forward to the future At BDO, we help entrepreneurial businesses to succeed, fuelling the UK economy. Our success is powered by our people, which is why were always finding new ways to invest in you. Across the UK thousands of unique minds continue to come together to help companies we work with to achieve their ambitions Weve got a clear purpose, and were confident in our future, because were adapting and evolving to build on our strengths, ensuring we continue to find the right combination of global reach, integrity and expertise. We shape the future together with opennessand clarity, because we believe in empowering people to th