Royal Mail
Data Analyst - Profitability Insights
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Data Analyst - Profitability Insights
Competitive salary, plus £4,200 car allowance, healthcare, 18% annual bonus potential, 27.5 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising with service and a company pension scheme with highly competitive contribution rates
Permanent, Full time
185 Farringdon Road, London, EC1A 1AA, hybrid working, 4 days in the office.
Join a high-impact Insights & Analytics team at the heart of a multi-billion-pound national organisation.
We are driving cost efficiency and profitable growth across Royal Mail through exceptional data-driven insight. As we continue to build our world-class profitability analytics capability, we're looking for a talented Profitability Insights Data Analyst to help transform complex data into meaningful commercial understanding.
This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of data, analytics and business strategy, supporting critical decisions that influence profitability across one of the UK's largest and most complex organisations.
About The Role
You will deliver analysis, reporting and insight that help leaders understand profitability performance, identify opportunities and support strategic decision-making.
You will also:
- Deliver customer and cohort profitability analysis to support commercial decision-making
- Produce reporting, dashboards and stakeholder insight packs
- Identify trends, risks and opportunities within profitability performance
- Investigate margin movements and provide clear business insight
- Support Commercial, Pricing and Operations teams with analytical requests
- Drive continuous improvement across reporting, analytics and insight processes
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About You
You will be a strong analyst with a passion for turning data into business insight.
You will bring:
- Experience in data analysis, finance, business performance or a similar analytical role
- Advanced Excel skills and experience handling large datasets
- SQL and/or Python skills
- Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail
- Ability to communicate complex analysis clearly to stakeholders
Desirable:
- Profitability, commercial or financial analysis experience
- Experience with data visualisation and reporting tools
- Degree in Data Analytics, Economics, Finance, Mathematics or a related field
Extra Benefits
- Family friendly support - enhanced maternity pay, paternity leave, adoption leave and shared parental leave
- Supportive and generous company sick pay
- Funded Dental – As a manager you are eligible to a level of employer funded dental insurance*
- Health Assessment – As a manager you are eligible to an employer funded health assessment every 2 years*
- Benefits Account – You will have access to your personal benefits account on our ‘My Bundle+’ platform. There are more than 800 retail offers to help you save on things like groceries, days out, holidays and your household bills as well as employer provided and voluntary benefits to suit your lifestyle.
- Your Wellbeing - you and your family have 24/7 access to services and tools to help you get the most out of life. From your physical and mental health to financial and social support and advice. It’s free, and it’s for everyone.
- Available only to permanent employees
Next Steps
The next stage of the selection process will be an initial call followed by a face to face interview consisting of competency based and role specific questions.
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Trust is the foundation of Royal Mail. We aim to be transparent about the qualities we seek and what a career with us entails, building trust from the start of your journey with us. Your interview is the first step, and we want you to shine. To help you prepare, we’ll provide your interview questions in advance, so you can have your best examples ready. At Royal Mail Group, we value trust and our people.
We understand that candidates may not meet all the criteria for the role. If your experience is different, but you have relevant skills we’d love to hear from you.
Royal Mail Group is committed to inclusion and representing the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all individuals. As a proud Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we especially encourage applications from the Armed Forces community, including cadet instructors and spouses/partners.
We are committed to ensuring an inclusive recruitment process. If you require any adjustments to support you during the hiring process, please discuss these with your recruiter when contacted.
We are Forces family friendly and a Gold signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.
For more information on Royal Mail Group and our values please click here: https://www.internationaldistributionsservices.com/en/about-us/
Closing Date: Sunday 26th July. Please note, this advert may close early if the appropriate number of applications has been reached.
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