Job description:
Job Title: BPA Senior Planning and Business Intelligence Analyst
Contract Type: Permeant
Location: Alderley Park
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 2nd October
Job Summary:
We have a great opportunity for a BPA Senior Planning and Business Intelligence Analyst to join our newly forming BPA Planning & Performance team, part of the wider BPA Operations Team at Alderley Park. The team exists to turn data into decisions – delivering MI, automation, and insight that protect profitability, improve capacity, and strengthen governance across the entire BPA lifecycle. You will be part of a dynamic team, contributing to the development and implementation of business intelligence solutions that support our strategic goals.
About the Role:
* Lead the development of BPA MI with business intelligence solutions to support decision-making processes.
* Provide operational insight & resource planning – with predictive capacity models to identify bottlenecks and support resourcing.
* Implement automation and AI solutions to reduce manual work and enhance data quality. Analyse complex data sets to identify trends, patterns, and insights.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and define business requirements.
* Create and present reports and dashboards to stakeholders.
* Provide training and support to end-users on business intelligence tools and systems.
* Ensure data integrity and accuracy in all reporting and analysis.
* Continuously improve and optimise business intelligence processes and systems.
About You:
* Proven experience in business intelligence, data analysis, or a similar role.
* Track record of delivering continuous improvement in MI, reporting or planning environments.
* Proven ability to generate insight from data, especially resource/capacity planning or financial data.
* Strong proficiency in BI tools such as Power BI, or similar.
* Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
* Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
* Strong stakeholder engagement – able to simplify complex analysis into clear insights and visuals for non-technical leaders.
* Attention to detail and a commitment to data accuracy.
About Royal London
We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits
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