Business Process Analyst

Low Carbon Contracts Company; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 43,200 - 52,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%

25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays

Up to 8% pension contribution

Free confidential employee assistance

Gym discounts and cashback at retailers

Job summary

A leading energy sector firm in London is seeking a Senior Service Analyst to enhance their settlement services. The role involves conducting research, optimizing service delivery, and managing performance metrics in a dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and communication skills, with experience in service management principles. This position offers a competitive salary of £48,000 per year and an array of employee benefits, including annual performance bonuses, generous leave, and flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience in service management principles and frameworks.
• Knowledge of settlement processes within regulated environments.
• Ability to facilitate workshops and extract requirements.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research and analysis to identify service gaps.
• Lead discovery activities and refine service delivery.
• Design service processes and workflows.
• Monitor and report on service performance metrics.

Skills

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Design Thinking

Agile knowledge

Education

Relevant degree

Tools

Dashboards

Analytics platforms

Reporting systems

Job description

Overview

Official Role Title: Senior Service Analyst – Settlements Services

Department: Ops Hub

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London, England, United Kingdom

Reporting To: Service Design Manager

Compensation: £48,000 / year

Description

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37.5/week

Location: London

WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week

Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.

Reports to: Service Design Manager

Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.

Role Summary

This position sits in the Settlement Services Team within the Operations Hub. The Senior Service Analyst will play a crucial part in the delivery of the product and services suite for the LCCC. As a Service Analyst, you will focus on designing, planning and optimising settlements services across low-carbon energy schemes, supporting operational delivery and shaping future service models.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct research and analysis to identify service gaps, issues, and opportunities across settlement services, enabling continuous improvement and enhanced operational performance.
• Lead discovery activities to understand current service value chain, proactively seeking opportunities to refine and optimise service delivery.
• Design and model service processes, workflows, and interactions to optimise operational efficiency. This includes creating user process and journey maps, identifying pain points, and defining needs across people and skills, processes and controls, data and reporting, and systems and tooling to ensure controlled, effective, and auditable operations.
• Evaluate and select service solutions, partners, and vendors aligned with future service needs and evolving operational models.
• Define, monitor, and report on service performance metrics and KPIs to ensure compliance, quality, and optimal service performance.
• Analyse performance data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement, informing decision‑making and service optimisation strategies.
• Manage service risks, issues, and change effectively within a dynamic regulatory and operational environment.
• Conduct regular internal service reviews of key service partners, analysing performance trends, gathering stakeholder feedback, and producing actionable recommendations to improve service outcomes.
• Design, produce, and communicate senior‑level internal reporting that provides visibility of strategic initiatives, progress metrics, organisational goals, and key risks to support informed decision‑making.
• Define and continuously enhance Problem Management expectations for third‑party providers, ensuring effective problem identification, problem control, and error control to minimise recurring incidents and safeguard business outcomes.
• Define and continuously enhance Incident Management expectations for service providers, ensuring incidents are identified, prioritised, communicated, and resolved promptly to reduce business impact and improve operational resilience.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Frameworks and Tools

You will leverage a range of frameworks and tools to support your work, including:

• Design experience: Design Thinking, Service-Dominant Logic for user-centric and value-driven service creation.
• Analysis experience: SWOT, PESTLE, GAP analysis for identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
• Performance tracking experience:
• KPIs and Metrics: Service availability, incident resolution times, customer satisfaction scores, cost-to-serve, and compliance indicators.
• Monitoring Tools: Dashboards, reporting systems, and analytics platforms for real-time performance tracking.
• Feedback Mechanisms: Surveys, Net Promoter Score (NPS), and qualitative feedback loops to measure user experience.

Interpersonal And Analytical Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to engage with diverse audiences.
• Ability to facilitate workshops, interviews, surveys, and other techniques to elicit and validate requirements and feedback.
• Analytical skills to synthesise complex data and generate actionable insights.
• Collaborative and creative approach to working in team environments.
• Adaptability to changing needs and priorities in dynamic service contexts.
• Design experience: Design Thinking, Service-Dominant Logic for user-centric and value-driven service creation.
• Modelling experience: Service blueprints, journey maps, and personas for visualising processes and touchpoints is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of service management principles, frameworks, and best practices (e.g., ITIL, COBIT, ISO 20000).
• Understanding of settlement processes and operational delivery within energy markets or similar regulated environments.
• Agile, SCRUM or Lean knowledge or experience.

Employee Benefits

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. Key benefits that may be available depending on the role include:

• Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
• 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
• Up to 8% pension contribution
• Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
• Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
• Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
• Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on-call GP service
• Three paid volunteering days a year
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
• Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers