Senior Strategy Analyst

To serve as the organisation's lead expert in forecasting, capacity planning, translating complex operational data into actionable insights that support strategic and operational decision-making. The post holder will work collaboratively with senior stakeholders across Operations, Finance, and other business functions to ensure resources, capacity, demand, and budgets are effectively aligned, while driving continuous improvement through analytics, reporting, and performance insight. While the post is hosted within the Analytics Team, the post holder will work closely with the Strategy, Research and Transformation Team, proactively providing them with the analytical insights they need to develop strategies and projects.

Responsibilities

Serve as the organisation's lead expert in forecasting, capacity planning, translating complex operational data into actionable insights that support strategic and operational decision-making; Work collaboratively with senior stakeholders across Operations, Finance, and other business functions to ensure resources, capacity, demand, and budgets are effectively aligned; Drive continuous improvement through analytics, reporting, and performance insight; Support performance and planning activities across the group; Track, analyse, interpret, forecast and report on performance; Anticipate future analysis and information needs; Provide information to help improve the efficiency of service and changing practices; Provide insights to inform the setting of performance targets and trajectories; Provide user friendly reports, dashboards, intelligence and data accessible to staff; Contribute to improvement, supporting performance reviews, audits and inspections, providing analysis, information and narratives

Requirements

Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working in specialist area; Experience of identifying and interpreting National policy; Experience of researching best practice (globally, private and public sector), interpreting its relevance and processes / practices which could be implemented successfully to achieve system reform (advising on policy implementation); Experience working on tactical & operational matters and managing analytical services (preferably in the public sector); Experience of working with complex performance and information management scenarios while also developing and presenting insights and guidance of a very high quality; A good understanding of data quality and the impact that poor data quality can have on patients and the group; A good understanding of Information Governance, Data Sharing and Data Protection Principles; A working knowledge of GDPR and how it applies to our work

Nice to have

Professional Registration; Experience of leading a code-first analytical function, with experience using and developing open-source code, and ‘coding-in-the-open’; Expert in open-source programming languages, such as Python/R

Benefits

On-site Nursery; Free Beach Hut; On-site Wellness Centre including gym and swimming pool; Staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility; Awards ceremonies