Planning and Performance Analyst

SMS; Doncaster; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy solutions company is looking for a Planning and Performance Analyst to join their team. This role focuses on delivering accurate data analysis and forecasting to drive business decisions. Candidates should have a strong background in the energy sector, relevant degree qualifications, and proficiency in tools like Power BI. The position involves hybrid working and some travel within the UK to engage with operational teams. Competitive benefits package offered.

Benefits

25 personal holiday days

Hybrid working options

Employee Participation Plan

Pension matching scheme

Study support

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of the energy industry.
• Degree qualification in Finance, Business or Economics.
• Professional qualification e.g., ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Experience with large datasets.
• Experience in finance modelling.

Responsibilities

• Partner with teams to understand performance drivers.
• Deliver analysis with accuracy and reliability.
• Develop and maintain dashboards using Power BI.
• Interpret data for actionable insights.
• Build forecasting models aligned with business strategy.

Skills

Strong Energy industry knowledge

Advanced Excel skills

Experience with Power BI

Strong analytical skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

Degree in Finance, Business or Economics

Professional qualification (ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Why choose us?

Choosing to work for SMS means choosing to make a difference. We are changing how businesses and consumers use energy for the better, helping achieve a greener, sustainable, and more affordable energy system for everyone. Through our range of innovative energy solutions, we are delivering the future of smart energy – working closely with private and public sector partners we are playing a critical role in transforming and decarbonising the UK economy by 2050.

What's in it for you?

• 25 personal holiday days per year (with additional 8 public holidays) increasing to 30 personal days after 5 years of service (includes options to buy and sell)
• Hybrid working options (for some positions).
• Automatic Enrolment onto our Employee Participation Plan.
• Enhanced Maternity leave. Paternity and Adoption leave.
• 24/7 free and confidential employee assistance service.
• Simply Health plan offers a wide variety of benefits from cashback on everyday healthcare treatments like optical, dental and physio treatments. Discounted gym memberships and free 24/7 online GP.
• Life Insurance (4 x annual salary)
• Pension matching scheme (up to 5% of salary)
• Developing our people is important to us - we support and encourage development by offering internal and external accredited courses, secondments and study support.

What's the role?

SMS are currently recruiting for a Planning and Performance Analyst to join our growing team. This role is focused on delivering accurate, timely, and insightful data analysis and forecasting to drive proactive key business decisions-making across the organisation.

The successful candidate will support the team in providing the business with a clear view of performance, trends, and opportunities through high quality business analysis aligned to the overall business strategy and plans. You will lead targeted projects to address emerging issues, helping the business remain agile and financially sound.

The role will initially be responsible for supporting the Industrial and Commercial Gas and Electricity area of the business but will extend to some reporting for the overall Planning and Performance function.

An element of overnight travel will be involved in the role within the United Kingdom.

This role is offered on a 40 hour contract per week, Monday to Friday, from either our Bullrush or Hoyland Warehouse on a hybrid bases.

Please note:While the role offers hybrid working, candidates should be prepared to travel to operational sites to engage directly with teams and gain a deep understanding of processes, ensuring maximum impact. Initially, the Analyst position will involve some travel to Cardiff.

Key Responsibilities:

Some of the responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Partner with operational teams to understand performance drivers, develop analysis to track them and ensure delivery of financial targets
• Deliver a mix of BAU analysis, project-based analysis and ad-hoc requests with a high level of accuracy and reliability
• Develop, enhance, and maintain interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI to support day-to-day operations and strategic initiatives.
• Be able to interpret the data to provide insights and actionable recommendations to the business to enable improvements in efficiency and profitability
• Build and maintain robust forecasting models to support the short-term, medium-term and long-term decision making aligned to business strategy.
• Promote collective thinking across all department to provide a one source of truth approach
• Promote and support a culture of Continuous Improvement throughout the operational processes
• To support in ensuring that new business opportunities are assessed, appraised and delivered in line with the business strategy
• Build close working relationships with finance, operations, HR, IT and leadership to influence and support better outcomes.

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have/be:

• Strong Energy industry knowledge.
• A degree qualification in a relevant subject Finance, Business or Economics.
• Professional qualification e.g. ACCA / CIMA or equivalent.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with Power BI, along with demonstratable experience in data integration.
• Commercial/Business partner experience.
• Experience working with large datasets.
• Experience with finance modelling including the creation of bespoke complex models.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and a methodical, logical approach to work.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present to senior stakeholders.

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