Analyst, Graduate Programme September 2025, Management Consulting
Your rewarding career starts here. This is your opportunity to join an innovative healthcare consulting firm as an analyst, working to provide innovative solutions to improve healthcare across a range of markets.
CF is a leading consultancy dedicated to making an enduring impact on health and healthcare. We work with leaders and frontline teams to improve health, transform healthcare, embed life science innovation and boost growth through investment.
With unmatched access to UK healthcare data and award-winning data science expertise, our team are a driving force for delivering positive and meaningful change.
Everyone at CF is passionate about healthcare. We understand the vital role it plays in a well functioning society and the difference good health and care make to individual lives.
Our work with health systems includes work with public and private providers of all kinds of care as well as their commissioners and regulators. We work at every level including national, regional, place and local level. We support health systems on critical strategic, performance and organisational issues to deliver the best outcomes for the populations they serve.
Our work with the life sciences industry includes pharmaceutical and biotech companies as well as medical devices, diagnostics, and health tech companies as well as their investors. We support the life sciences industry in the uptake of innovation including access, pathway transformation, and use of data & digital, and how they partner with health systems to improve patient outcomes.
We have achieved Chartered Management Consulting (ChMC) accreditation for our learning and development programme, the highest recognition in the field, meaning you will be embarking on a successful training programme, leading to associate chartered management consulting experience after 3 years and full accreditation after 5 years.
Our Analyst training programme
Our accredited training programme has been running for 7 years now and we have seen our staff develop, grow and be promoted to the leadership team. Whether your preference is to follow a path in the consulting team or in the data innovation team, the learning and development programme will set you up for success.
Year One Training:
In your first year, you will undergo a comprehensive training programme designed to equip you with essential consulting and technical skills crucial for success in client projects, increasing the range of projects and roles you can complete during this time. Our single curriculum integrates core consulting principles with technical expertise, ensuring all participants are well-prepared to excel in their roles.
Year Two Development:
Moving into your second year, we will provide targeted training to further enhance your capabilities. At this stage, you'll have the opportunity to specialise in one of two tracks:
1. Technical Data Analyst Track: Dive deeper into the world of data analysis and become proficient in data science, data engineering and software engineering initially, and subsequently specialising in one of these fields.
2. Consulting Senior Analyst Track: Progress within the consulting team, honing your strategic consulting skills to take on more senior roles.
As you advance on your chosen track, opportunities for growth and specialisation are abound. Whether you are passionate about data or consulting, our structured career paths offer clear trajectories for your development and success, with a variety of projects on offer to nurture your skill.
Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Structure and carry out task driven analysis to support the project under supervision
- Ensure accurate use of data and checking outputs
- Synthesise information and make use storyline to create high quality visual material
- Build effective relationships with peers within the client group
- Contribute to development of high-quality extension proposals, including exhibits, case studies and CVs
- Demonstrate understanding of the client’s business including market trends affecting that client
- Work with the leadership team to identify opportunities within existing clients to extend self
- You will learn how to effectively flag concerns or issues in delivery, whilst attempting to provide possible solutions
- You will develop an understanding of contribution of own work to the overall goal and timeline of the project and use this to effectively manage and prioritise own task list
- Clearly present and communicate findings and contribute to problem solving
- Contribute to and make use of the organisation’s knowledge management tools
- Research independently using multiple methods
- Use core tools (Powerpoint, Word, Excel) for clear presentation
- Apply foundational skills in data analysis (Python, SQL) and develop interactive visualisations
- Contribute to technical solutions, data pipelines, and front-end interfaces
Requirements
Mandatory
- Minimum 2:1 graduate degree in a related subject
- Be passionate about healthcare (we encourage demonstrating this in the cover letter)
- Ability to analyse and synthesise information to draw accurate, logical, and actionable conclusions
- Ability to work to deadlines whilst maintaining quality and attention to detail
- A pro-active attitude with good communication (verbal and written) and team-working skills
- Self-motivated, driven, and able to work in a flexible non structured environment
- IT literate (Excel, PowerPoint, MS Word)
Desired
- Knowledge of basic computer science concepts, such as data structures and algorithms
- Experience with coding in one or more programming languages
- Experience with SQL
Recruitment process
Application: Submit your CV and cover letter (which outlines your interest for working at CF) by a deadline 13th December 2024 at 5pm
Online assessment (includes inductive reasoning and numerical tests) to be completed by a deadline 16th Decembe r
Screening call with a member of our People Team between the 17th and 20th of December
In-person Assessment Centre (which includes case study, estimate, written assessment, paired programming test, group exercise and final interview) - on either 14th or 21st January 2025
Flexible working
We have a hybrid-working policy. This will see our employees collaborate face to face, in our office in Hammersmith, or on client site for at least 80% of their allocated time on a project. This may mean working away within the UK for up to 3 nights a week. The remainder of the week can be spent working remotely.
Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to building an inclusive and supportive culture where diversity thrives, and all our people can excel. We only recruit, promote and reward our people based on their skills and contribution, without regard to gender, race, disability, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or other characteristics.
We are Disability Confident Accredited, and we want you to feel comfortable and able to perform at your best in the recruitment process, if you require any reasonable adjustments for any part of the recruitment process, please let us know.
About us
CF is dedicated to improving healthcare through working with health systems and the life sciences industry. We offer clients consulting and data services and products.
Our work with health systems includes work with public and private providers of all kinds of care as well as their commissioners and regulators. We work at every level including national, regional, place and local level. We support health systems on critical strategic, performance and organisational issues to deliver the best outcomes for the populations they serve.
Our work with the life sciences industry includes pharmaceutical and biotech companies as well as medical devices, diagnostics, and health tech companies as well as their investors. We support the life sciences industry in the uptake of innovation including access, pathway transformation, and use of data & digital, and how they partner with health systems to improve patient outcomes.
Benefits
- Holiday entitlement: 25 days/year for staff and 30 days/ year for leadership, increasing by 1 day for every year of service up to a maximum of 35 days of holiday per year
- We contribute 7% of your salary into your pension, while you contribute 3% (or more if you like)
- Access to a flexible benefits programme giving you the chance to increase pension contributions, gain access to a cash plan or benefit from a ClassPass subscription
- Annual leave purchase: employees with less than 35 days annual leave entitlement are able to purchase additional annual leave days
- Income protection: in the event of long-term incapacity and a qualifying claim, 75% of salary will be paid
- Enhanced sick pay benefit beyond Statutory Sick Pay for up to a total 12 weeks in any 12-month period
- Life insurance covering four times your basic salary in a tax-free lump sum payable to your beneficiaries in the event of your death whilst in service
- Enhanced family leave policies: additional pay for parents who have a baby or adopt
- Access to an interest free loan of up to £10,000
- Access to an interest-free season ticket loan, repayable by 12 monthly instalments
- Workplace nursery scheme: access to a scheme to help working parents save tax and NI on the cost of the nursery care
- Flexible working policy: including the ability to work fully remotely for up to 4 weeks a year
- An employee assistance and wellness Program: including access to telephone counselling, life coaching, interactive tools online and digital content downloadable from Lifeworks
- Seasonal flu jabs: provided by Boots annually
- Eye care tests: vouchers and discounts at Vision Express
- Ride to work scheme, saving up to 42% on bikes and cycling accessories at Evans Cycles
- Membership to the Health Service Journal (HSJ)
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