Senior Insight Analyst

Senior Insight Analyst (Data & Performance)

Location: Birmingham (Hybrid)
Package: up to £65,000 + bonus

We’re working with a large UK organisation operating in a high-volume, operationally complex environment that is continuing to strengthen how data is used to inform commercial and operational decisions. This role sits within an established Data & Analytics team and focuses on improving how performance data is interpreted and acted upon at senior levels.

This position is designed for someone who enjoys working at the point where data meets decision-making. Rather than producing reports in isolation, you’ll be embedded in the business, helping leaders understand what’s driving performance and where attention should be focused.

The opportunity

The organisation already has access to extensive financial and operational data, alongside existing reporting and dashboards. The challenge now is consistency, interpretation, and insight quality.

This role exists to:

• Improve confidence in performance data

• Add explanation and commercial context to metrics

• Reduce over-reliance on surface-level numbers

• Support better prioritisation and decision-making

You’ll work across multiple business areas, including finance, pricing, retail and facilities-style operations, helping teams understand not just what is happening, but why.

Your role in practice

Insight & interpretation

• Analyse complex datasets to uncover trends, risks, and opportunities

• Turn analysis into clear insight that supports commercial and operational decisions

• Provide context around performance, productivity, margins, and forecasting

Business partnering

• Work closely with senior leaders as a trusted analytical partner

• Challenge assumptions and interpretations where data is being misunderstood

• Help define what “good insight” looks like across the organisation

Reporting & data products

• Enhance and evolve Power BI dashboards and analytical outputs

• Ensure reporting is accurate, consistent, and aligned to finance standards

• Support the move towards self-service analytics and reduced manual reporting

Collaboration & governance

• Partner with BI, data engineering, and governance teams

• Contribute to trusted, standardised data models

• Promote a single, reliable view of financial and performance data

Technical delivery

• Build and maintain models using SQL, Power BI, Databricks, and Excel

• Apply strong understanding of P&L, margins, productivity, and forecasting

What they’re looking for

• Strong background in data insight, analytics, or commercial/finance analysis

• Hands-on experience with SQL and Power BI

• Confidence working with financial and performance data

• Experience in large or complex organisations with governed data environments

• Proven ability to communicate insight to senior, non-technical stakeholders

• Comfortable influencing decisions through insight rather than authority

Experience within services, facilities management, retail, utilities, logistics, or similar operational sectors would be advantageous, but not essential.

Indicators of success

• Senior stakeholders actively seek your input on performance questions

• Improved trust and consistency in reporting

• Increased use of dashboards and self-service insight

• Fewer manual reports and clearer decision narratives

• Evidence of decisions being shaped by your analysis

Why consider it?

• High-impact role with visibility across the business

• Mature data environment — foundations already in place

• Broad exposure across financial and operational domains

• Hybrid working and competitive reward package