Assistant Planning and Performance Analyst

765

Barnsley

Permanent

Why choose us?

Choosing to work for SMS means choosing to make a difference.We are changing how businesses and consumers use energy for the better, helping achieve a greener, sustainable, and more affordable energy system for everyone. Through our range of innovative energy solutions, we are delivering the future of smart energy – working closely with private and public sector partners we are playing a critical role in transforming and decarbonising the UK economy by 2050.

What's in it for you?

• 25 personal holiday days per year (with additional 8 public holidays) increasing to 30 personal days after 5 years of service (includes options to buy and sell)
• Hybrid working options (for some positions).
• Enhanced Maternity leave. Paternity and Adoption leave.
• 24/7 free and confidential employee assistance service.
• Simply Health plan offers a wide variety of benefits from cashback on everyday healthcare treatments like optical, dental and physio treatments. Discounted gym memberships and free 24/7 online GP.
• Life Insurance (4 x annual salary)
• Pension matching scheme (up to 5% of salary)
• Developing our people is important to us - we support and encourage development by offering internal and external accredited courses, secondments and study support.

What's the role?

At SMS we are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented professional to join our team and support the Head of Planning and Performance. In this role, you will play a key part in delivering accurate, timely, and insightful data analysis and forecasting to drive informed business decisions. You will provide clear visibility of performance, trends, and opportunities through high-quality business analysis aligned with our overall strategy, while maintaining a suite of Power BI reports to track key performance indicators and support improvements in financial performance.

This role is offered on a 40 hour contract per week, Monday to Friday, and comes with hybrid working (2 days in office and 3 at home typically). From either our Bullrush or Hoyland Warehouse.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the Head of Planning and Performance in delivering accurate and reliable analysis across BAU, projects, and ad-hoc requests.
• Develop, enhance, and maintain interactive dashboards and reports using Power BI to support operational and strategic initiatives.
• Interpret data to provide insights and actionable recommendations that improve efficiency and profitability.
• Build and maintain robust forecasting models to support short-, medium-, and long-term decision-making aligned with business strategy.
• Produce weekly and monthly planning and performance reports, ensuring continuous development and accuracy.
• Promote and support a culture of Continuous Improvement throughout operational processes.
• Collaborate with finance, operations, HR, IT, and leadership teams to identify trends, root causes of performance issues, and recommend sustainable improvements.

To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

• Progressing towards a Professional qualification e.g. ACCA / CIMA or equivalent
• Degree qualification in a relevant subject Finance, Business or Economics (essential)
• Advanced Excel skills (essential)
• Energy Industry knowledge (desirable)
• Experience with Power BI (desirable)
• Data integration experience (essential)
• Experience working with large datasets
• Experience with finance modelling including the creation of bespoke complex models
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills
• Excellent organizational skills and a methodical, logical approach to work
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present to senior stakeholders

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