Analyst, Graduate Programme 2026, Management Consulting - Spring hiring cycle

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.   

About us 

Carnall Farrar (CF) is a growing consultancy which works across all aspects of the health sector from supporting the NHS to serving major life science companies. We are passionate about, and experts in health and healthcare.  

Founded in 2013 we have grown to a core staff base of management consultants, technical consultants, a data operations team and corporate functions. We have a strong reputation with the NHS within the UK and are actively seeking to spread awareness of our brand and growing offers across the health sector more broadly both in the UK and also increasingly internationally, specifically including in the Middle East, Ireland, and Europe. We are highly regarded both internally and externally for the level of support and development we give our people. As a professional services business, CF has three primary assets – its people, its knowledge and its data and associated products.  

Our purpose  

To have enduring positive impact on health and healthcare.  

Our mission  

To be invaluable to our clients, supporting them to innovate and make lasting improvements and to build an exceptional company that attracts, develops, and retains a trusted and uniquely talented team.  

Our strategic intent  

We are focussed on building the leading consulting company dedicated to the health sector. We serve the entire sector including healthcare systems (providers, payors, regulators), life sciences (pharma, biotech, devices, and diagnostics), health investing, health tech (data, digital and apps) and the wider suppliers to the sector (infrastructure, consumables and supporting services). Our clients include public sector organisations, private sector companies and investors.  

We provide consultancy across a broad spectrum of services, which reflect the expertise of the CF leadership team and their ability to act as trusted advisors to chief executives, directors, and boards on the most important issues they face. We help organisations to improve population health and the effectiveness of life sciences and healthcare through understanding their aspirations, helping them to identify the opportunities to create value, spotting and applying innovation in practice, adopting best-in-class management approaches and providing hands-on support to deliver improvements.  

Our consulting is renowned for its use of data and the insights this creates. We have access to more UK healthcare data than any other company and are expert it its safe use for delivering healthcare, improving health, managing services, supporting uptake of innovation, undertaking research, and generating evidence. Our access to data and our engineering and data science capabilities supports our consulting, and they are also available for direct client services including in multidisciplinary teams.  

We are growing a team of expert consultants who want to be at the leading edge of the profession and who have a passion for health. With structured career development from Analyst to Partner in a model of apprenticeship, mentorship, and formal training alongside opportunities to work in industry we are cultivating the leaders of the future. We support future leaders to grow and develop their own unique focus that builds on their expertise, our capabilities and creates value for our clients.   

Our Analyst training programme  

Our accredited training programme has been running for 8 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.  

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.  

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. 

Year three:  

Starting from year three of the programme, you’ll have the opportunity to complete a secondment if you don’t already have health industry experience.  

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