Associate Director - Consultancy Data, Python, SQL

Associate Director - Consultancy (Data, Python, SQL)

Birmingham / UK Hybrid

The Opportunity

We are working with a growing mid-tier consultancy that is investing heavily in its Data and Technology consulting capability. They are seeking an Associate Director to play a senior leadership role across client delivery, proposition development, and commercial growth, working closely with Partners and Directors.

This Associate Director role is designed for someone who is deeply fluent in Python, Python scripting and SQL, and who continues to design, build, review and debug solutions while leading teams and clients.

As an Associate Director, you will:

• Remain hands-on with Python, Python scripting and SQL across live client engagements
• Python-based analytics and automation
• SQL logic for complex transformations, reconciliations and controls
• End-to-end data flows and exception handling logic
• Lead delivery of technically complex programmes, staying close to the detail
• Act as the senior technical authority on engagements, solving problems when delivery stalls
• Translate audit, regulatory, deals or operational requirements into working Python and SQL solutions
• Lead and mentor teams through active code review, pattern setting and pairing, not abstraction
• Own senior client relationships while retaining technical depth and delivery accountability

Technical Requirements

Python & Python Scripting

• Controls analytics, reconciliations and anomaly detection
• Automation of manual and semi-automated processes
• Evidence generation for audit and regulatory needs
• SQL
  • Complex transformation logic
  • Financial, payments and ledger reconciliations
  • Data quality rules, tolerances, ageing and exception management
• Data Engineering
  • Cloud-based pipelines and ETL patterns
  • Testable, auditable and monitored data models
  • Performance, reliability and scalability considerations

Leadership Expectations

• Lead and grow multi-disciplinary technical teams
• Set coding, documentation and quality standards
• Coach consultants and engineers in Python and SQL best practice
• Shape reusable assets and accelerators that improve margin and consistency
• Support bids and proposals with real technical input, not generic positioning

What We're Looking For

• Senior consulting experience (Senior Manager or Associate Director)
• Strong, current hands-on experience in Python and SQL
• Confidence operating at code, architecture and executive levels simultaneously
• Experience delivering in regulated, audit-heavy, deals or complex environments
• A delivery mindset focused on working solutions, not theory

Why This Role

• Explicitly hands-on at Associate Director level
• Python and SQL are core, not "nice to have"
• Clear progression without stepping away from technical substance
• A firm that values people who can both lead and build

Please send your CV to Method Resourcing for more information.

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