Business Performance Analyst

About The Role

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is at the heart of energy in the UK. The electricity we provide gets the nation to work, powers schools and brings energy to life. Our energy network connects the nation, so it’s essential that it’s continually evolving, advancing, and improving.

We’re currently looking for 2 Business Performance Analysts to build and maintain a strong network across the internal performance community, developing a deep understanding of NGET business performance, becoming a Subject Matter Expert for the business. In both roles you will be required to report on business performance, one focusing on report writing and the other more technical building and developing reports in Power BI.

Driving business performance with both an in-year and future years’ performance lens, constantly seeking improvement, you’ll support the business in the clear and transparent articulation of the impact of under or outperformance, identification of risks, dependencies and opportunities, ensuring clear action plans with owners and dates.

You will challenge business reporting to ensure high quality deliverables with accurate, complete, consistent, transparent data and narrative that succinctly and effectively tells stakeholders about our performance.

Presenting information in the most dynamic and meaningful way so that complex information can be easily understood and is appropriate to the audience, you’ll work with the Business Performance community to align with regulatory performance.

You’ll continually drive improvement of the performance reporting process so that it remains fit for purpose, developing quality and insightful reports.

This role is based out of our offices in Warwick, for 2 days per week and can be combined with hybrid working from home.

What You'll Need

With a background in performance analysis and performance reporting, you’ll have strong stakeholder management skills including the ability to challenge.

With strong planning and organisational skills, you’ll have the ability to balance multiple priorities and meet strict delivery timelines.

You’ll be proficient in Microsoft Office applications including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

For the technical role you’ll be an experienced Power BI developer, ideally with proficiency in the development of Power BI dashboards including writing custom DAX functions, practical experience in Power Apps, Power Platform, Power FX (Power Platform coding language), SQL Querying.

For the report writing position, you’ll be an experienced report writer able to draft clear, concise, and accurate reports which are presented in a visually appealing way.

Both positions require research and analytical skills, with the ability to use your communication and collaboration skills to gather and analyse data for accurate and insightful reporting. You’ll be detail-oriented and be able to synthesise a range of data points into a coherent plain English message for an executive audience.

What's in it for you?

A competitive salary of £48,300 – £60,000 per annum

• Annual Performance Based Bonus
• 26 days annual leave, plus eight statutory days
• The option to buy additional or sell holiday days
• Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave – so long as it is relevant to your role
• Access to several flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days)
• Access to a numerous apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing.

More Information

This role closes at midnight on 7th July 2025, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

Don’t meet every single requirement. At National Grid, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace for everyone. So if you are excited about this role but your experience or qualifications do not match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.