Trading Performance Analyst - Hospitals & Primary Care

Nuffield Health; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health charity is looking for a Trading Performance Analyst to monitor and analyze performance data across hospitals and primary care. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, proficiency in Excel and SQL, and experience in financial analysis within healthcare. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits, including free gym membership. Flexible hybrid working is available, allowing for a balance between home and office environments.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Free gym membership

Health assessments

Retail discounts

Pension options

Qualifications

• Strong analytical and numerical skills required.
• Experience in financial or performance analysis within healthcare preferred.
• Detail-oriented and data-driven, able to manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyse trading and performance data.
• Produce weekly dashboards and performance packs.
• Identify over/under-performance and advise on financial risks.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Proficiency in Excel

Experience with SQL

Experience with Power BI

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to interpret large datasets

Education

Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Data Science, or related field

Studying towards or holding a professional qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

Excel

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Overview

As a Trading Performance Analyst for our Hospitals & Primary Care services, you'll play a vital role in supporting our mission by delivering actionable insights that drive performance and improve patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyse trading and performance data for hospitals and primary care services (Health Assessments, Physiotherapy).
• Identify over/under-performance and advise on financial risk or opportunity.
• Analyse KPIs such as enquiry conversion, referral-to-treatment times (RTTs), outpatient, diagnostics and surgical activity, and primary care delivery metrics.
• Produce weekly dashboards and performance packs for operational and executive teams.
• Translate complex datasets into actionable insights, using tools such as Excel, SQL, Power BI, or Tableau for analysis and visualisation.
• Liaise with commercial, operational, finance, and marketing teams to explain financial performance.
• Provide analytical input into business cases, service reviews, and improvement initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve the financial performance of hospital and primary care services.
• Your key relationships will include but not be limited to Trading, Operations, Finance, Commercial, Sales, Hospital Directors, Marketing, Digital, Business Services, Executive Team.
• Hybrid Working - Barbican Office (1-2 days a week).
• Employment type: Permanent.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Data Science, Health Informatics, or a related field.
• Desirable: Studying towards or holding a professional qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA, HFMA, BCS).
• Strong analytical and numerical skills; proficiency in Excel (advanced functions), and experience with data query/reporting tools (e.g., SQL, Power BI).
• Ability to interpret large datasets and present findings to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in financial or performance analysis within healthcare (NHS or private sector).
• Detail-oriented and data-driven, with the ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.

Additional Information

Competitive salary available, depending on experience. 37.5 hours per week.

Nuffield Health is the charity that's building a healthier nation, one day at a time. From award-winning hospitals and leisure facilities to flagship community programmes - we'll do whatever it takes to look after the UK's wellbeing. It starts with passion and commitment to quality. It starts with you. At Nuffield Health, we're not just a charity—we're a movement. Every trading decision you make contributes to our social return on investment and helps us deliver on our purpose: building a healthier nation. You'll be part of a high-performing, cross-functional team with clear accountability and the freedom to innovate. If you're passionate about commercial success and public impact, we'd love to hear from you. We offer a benefits package with fitness, lifestyle, health and wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. We reserve the right to close adverts early if we receive an unprecedented high volume of applications. Apply promptly to ensure you are considered.