Business Performance Analyst

Business Performance Analyst

About Us

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is at the heart of energy in the UK. The electricity that our network provides gets the nation to work, powers schools and brings energy to life. Our network connects the nation, so it’s essential that it’s continually evolving, advancing, and improving. In NGET we are passionate about both operating safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers.

Join us as a Business Performance Analyst to be part of a team that's driving forward the energy transition, creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all. Unleash your superpower and bring energy to life.

This role is based out of our offices in Warwick, for 2 days per week and can be combined with hybrid working from home.

Job Purpose

As a Business Performance Analyst you will challenge business reporting to ensure high quality deliverables with accurate, complete, consistent, transparent data and narrative that succinctly and effectively tells stakeholders about our performance.

Presenting information in the most dynamic and meaningful way so that complex information can be easily understood and is appropriate to the audience, you’ll work with the Business Performance community to align with regulatory performance.

You’ll continually drive improvement of the performance reporting process so that it remains fit for purpose, developing quality and insightful reports.

What You'll Do

  • Driving business performance with both an in-year and future years’ performance lens, constantly seeking improvement, you’ll support the business in the clear and transparent articulation of the impact of under or outperformance, identification of risks, dependencies and opportunities, ensuring clear action plans with owners and dates.
  • You will challenge business reporting to ensure high quality deliverables with accurate, complete, consistent, transparent data and narrative that succinctly and effectively tells stakeholders about our performance.
  • Presenting information in the most dynamic and meaningful way so that complex information can be easily understood and is appropriate to the audience, you’ll work with the Business Performance community to align with regulatory performance.

About You

  • Background in performance analysis and performance reporting, you’ll have strong stakeholder management skills including the ability to challenge.
  • Strong planning and organisational skills, you’ll have the ability to balance multiple priorities and meet strict delivery timelines.
  • You’ll be proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Experienced Power BI developer, ideally with proficiency in the development of Power BI dashboards including writing custom DAX functions, practical experience in Power Apps, Power Platform, Power FX (Power Platform coding language), SQL Querying.
  • Experienced report writer able to draft clear, concise, and accurate reports which are presented in a visually appealing way.
  • Research and analytical skills, with the ability to use your communication and collaboration skills to gather and analyse data for accurate and insightful reporting.
  • You’ll be detail-oriented and be able to synthesise a range of data points into a coherent plain English message for an executive audience.

What You'll Get

A competitive salary of £48,300 – £57,000 per annum

    • Annual Performance Based Bonus
    • 26 days annual leave, plus eight statutory days
    • The option to buy additional or sell holiday days
    • Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%
    • Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave – so long as it is relevant to your role
    • Access to several flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
    • Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days)
    • Access to a numerous apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing.

More Information

The closing date for this vacancy is 14th August. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

In NGET we are passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network.

To find out more about us, please follow the link below:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/

DE & I statement

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.

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