Programming Finance

Job Overview

Company Description

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future.

As strategies, technologies, and innovation collide, we create opportunity from complexity.

Our diverse teams of experts combine innovative thinking and breakthrough technologies to progress further, faster.
Our clients adapt and transform, and together we achieve enduring results.

We are over 4,000 strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists. And we have
deep expertise in consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport.

Our teams operate globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands.

Job Description

Are you up for the challenge of creating seamless user experiences from every angle?

Our teams are trusted to deliver and given the space to be awesome. We’re an inclusive community for the curious, generous,
pragmatic and committed digital practitioner. Would you like to join this vibrant community of experts? Do you enjoy developing your team members, especially technically, but also on a personal level? If the answer is yes
– we are looking for you!

Qualifications

In this role, you will advise clients on designing, building, and evaluating data platforms and transformation processes—spanning both batch and streaming solutions.
You’ll collaborate closely with data engineers, data scientists, project managers, clients, and other stakeholders to deliver impactful outcomes. Leveraging modern design principles, you will ensure data pipelines are
optimized for efficiency and reliability.

Beyond client-facing projects, you’ll play a key role in elevating our data engineering practice. This includes mentoring and coaching colleagues, driving innovation, and
leading research and development initiatives. At PA, we’re deeply committed to continuous learning, with dedicated working hours set aside for personal training and development.

“Empower clients to maximize the value of their data by designing, implementing, and refining data platforms and transformation processes.”

Our diverse team of data engineers and data scientists are passionate about technology and analytics. We go beyond applying algorithms to data—we create scalable, real-world solutions. Projects typically last 1 to
6 months, and we maintain a pragmatic, flexible approach, leveraging the platforms, tools, and methods best suited to each challenge. We perform big data analyses for clients in a variety of sectors like public sector, consumer
goods and manufacturing, finance and banking, health and life science, transport & energy & utilities.

At PA Consulting, our Data Science Capability combines deep industry expertise with indigenous, cutting-edge
data capabilities to deliver transformative insights for our clients. We collaborate closely with organisations to help them become resilient, future-ready, and powered by data. We address our clients’ most complex analytical
challenges and pioneer innovative technologies that have the potential to reshape industries and create lasting impact.

Qualifications:

Proven experience in designing end-to-end data architectures, with a strong ability to understand the client’s data landscape, business requirements, and translate them into scalable and
efficient solutions. Experience designing cloud architectures, including Platform-as-a-Service components, serverless solutions, and containers. Strong experience designing and deploying production-grade data pipelines (batch
and streaming) within a big data architecture using tools like Python, Scala, Spark, and SQL. Expertise in either AWS or Azure cloud platforms, with hands-on experience in key services such as: AWS: EMR, Glue, Redshift,
Kinesis, Lambda, DynamoDB Azure: Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Event Hubs, Logic Apps, Cosmos DB Understanding of best practices for end-to-end software development lifecycles in a cloud environment, with the ability
to adapt to other platforms. Hands-on experience processing and integrating structured and unstructured data from multiple sources through ingestion, transformation, and curation functions. Ability to write scripts, extract
data using APIs, and create complex SQL queries. Familiarity with data cleaning, wrangling, visualization, and reporting using effective tools and frameworks. Knowledge of data mining, machine learning, natural language
processing is an advantage. Ability to travel to client site, where required, will be a consideration. You enjoy working within cross-functional Agile teams and you are familiar with Scrum ceremonies.

Benefits

Additional Information

Private medical insuranceTravel allowance 25 days annual leave with the opportunity to buy 5 additional daysCompany pension schemeAnnual performance-based bonusLife
and Income protection insuranceTax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)Additional optional benefits (Dental, critical illness, spouse/partner life assurance)

Flexible working – We are guided by our client work and needs; however, you have autonomy to manage your time and diary to suit your work/life balance.

PA is committed to building an inclusive and supportive culture where diversity thrives, and all of our people can excel. We believe that greater diversity stimulates innovation, enabling us to fulfil our purpose of
‘Bringing Ingenuity to Life’, supporting the growth of our people, and delivering more enduring results for our clients.

We only recruit, promote and reward our people based on their contribution, without regard to gender, race, disability, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age or marital status.

We welcome international applications, but we are unable to offer sponsorship for work permits, so you will need to have the full right to live and work in the UK. Unfortunately, your application will be automatically
rejected if you do not have these rights.