Performance Business Partner

MWH Treatment; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MWH Treatment in the United Kingdom is seeking a Performance Business Partner to strengthen development through data-driven insights and performance management. You will partner with leadership to drive improvements, establish robust reporting, and deliver advanced analytics across business units.

The role emphasizes building trusted relationships, coaching analysts, and delivering actionable intelligence to guide strategic decisions and continuous improvement initiatives within the team.

Qualifications

• Experience building a performance reporting framework in a performance environment.
• Financial analytical capability in a project environment.
• Experience guiding and developing teams, fostering trust and growth.
• Natural collaborator who builds trust-based relationships across diverse teams.
• Confident communicator who translates complexity into concise messages for diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive business performance by delivering data-driven insights to support leadership teams.
• Monitor and report KPIs across business units aligned with strategic objectives.
• Lead performance reviews, identify improvement areas and coordinate action plans.
• Deliver advanced analytics using predictive analytics, AI, and ML to inform decisions.
• Ensure data integrity and automate data flows to support a single source of truth.
• Develop BI tools and live reporting to enable self-service decision-making.
• Lead and develop reporting analysts and apprentices through coaching and training.
• Manage stakeholder relationships with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment.

Job description

We are looking for a new Performance Business Partner to help strengthen our ongoing development.

What you'll be doing:

• Drive Business Performance - Act as a strategic business partner, delivering data-driven insights and recommendations to support leadership teams in improving performance and achieving business goals.
• Monitor and Report KPIs - Lead the tracking, analysis, and reporting of key performance indicators across business units, ensuring alignment with overall strategic objectives.
• Lead Performance Reviews - Facilitate regular performance reviews, identify areas for improvement, and coordinate action plans to support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Deliver Advanced Analytics - Develop and apply analytical models—including predictive analytics, AI, and machine learning to identify trends, generate insights, and support operational decision-making.
• Ensure Data Integrity and Automation - Design and manage automated data flows, ensuring clean, accurate, and accessible data through a common warehouse to support a "one version of the truth" approach.
• Develop BI Tools and Reporting Solutions - Create and maintain a live suite of business intelligence tools and reports that enable self-service access and support timely decision-making.
• Lead and Develop Team Members - Manage, coach, and support reporting analysts and apprentices, fostering skill development, training, and growth within the team.
• Manage Stakeholder Relationships - Collaborate across teams and maintain effective communication with key stakeholders to ensure alignment, integration, and delivery of performance strategy.

Experience of working in a performance Environment developing a performance reporting framework and development of reporting softwareFinancial analytical capability in a project environment.Experience of guiding and developing teams - fostering a culture of trust, growth, and shared success.A natural collaborator who thrives on building strong, trust-based relationships across diverse teams and stakeholders.A confident communicator who can covert complexity into concise, engaging messages - tailored to resonate with diverse stakeholder groups.