Data-Driven Business Performance Analyst

Arriva Limited; Houghton-le-Spring; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Arriva Limited is seeking a curious and detail-oriented Analyst to join the Business Performance team in Sunderland on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role focuses on accurate data collection, validation and reporting to support decision-making across financial, operational and sustainability metrics.

You will own data inputs for dashboards, ensure consistency across reports, work with stakeholders to resolve discrepancies and contribute to continuous improvements in data quality and

Qualifications

• Experience in data, reporting, finance, or business performance roles with the ability to analyse data and support decision-making.
• Strong experience with data validation, reconciliation and issue resolution.
• Comfort working with financial, operational and non-financial performance data.

Responsibilities

• Own defined inputs and outputs within the Group Performance Dashboard, ensuring accuracy and alignment with reporting.
• Develop and enhance dashboards and outputs, ensuring underlying data is reliable and clearly defined.
• Validate ESG and non-financial data for planning, forecasting and reporting cycles.
• Identify trends and anomalies, explain movements to support management discussions.
• Maintain documentation of data definitions, sources and reconciliation logic.
• Support continuous improvement of data integrity and reporting processes.

Skills

Data analysis

Data validation

Data reconciliation

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Arriva Limited is seeking a curious and detail-oriented Analyst to join the Business Performance team in Sunderland on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role focuses on accurate data collection, validation and reporting to support decision-making across financial, operational and sustainability metrics.

You will own data inputs for dashboards, ensure consistency across reports, work with stakeholders to resolve discrepancies and contribute to continuous improvements in data quality and