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About the Role

We are looking for a highly analytical and personable Planning Analyst to join our team. You will be the data engine behind our consultant planning operation, producing accurate monthly reports, tracking productivity, margins and utilisation across our consultant planning teams, and turning numbers into clear, actionable insight for the business. Alongside strong analytical rigour, this role calls for genuine emotional intelligence: someone confident, outgoing and friendly who can build trusted relationships with consultants and managers and communicate findings with tact and clarity.

Responsibilities

Produce accurate, insightful monthly reports on consultant planning activity for senior management and other stakeholders.
Review and analyse the productivity of consultant planning, identifying trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.
Monitor and report on margins and consultant utilisation, working with planning and operations teams to keep performance on track.
Maintain and continuously improve dashboards, trackers and reporting tools to ensure data accuracy and consistency.
Translate complex data sets into clear, digestible insights and recommendations for non-technical audiences.
Build strong, trusted working relationships with consultants and managers, using emotional intelligence to discuss performance data sensitively and constructively.
Identify process improvements to planning workflows and support the wider team in embedding a data-driven culture.
Support ad hoc analysis and reporting requests from across the business as required.

Requirements

Proven experience in a data, planning, resource or business analyst role, ideally within a professional services or consultancy environment.
A track record of producing regular management information, reports or dashboards for a range of stakeholders.
Experience analysing productivity, margin or utilisation data, or similar operational/financial metrics.
Strong working knowledge of Excel.
Experience working closely with consultants, planners or client-facing teams is desirable.

Skills

Excellent numerical and analytical skills, with meticulous attention to detail and accuracy.
Confident, outgoing and friendly, with interpersonal skills to build rapport quickly across the business.
High emotional intelligence, able to discuss performance and productivity data with sensitivity and diplomacy.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to present data-driven insights clearly to varied audiences.
Highly organised, with the ability to manage recurring reporting deadlines and ad hoc requests simultaneously.
A proactive, curious mindset with a genuine interest in using data to drive business improvement.
A collaborative team player who is equally comfortable working independently.
Experience with reporting or BI tools (e.g. Power BI) is an advantage.

Location

Hybrid

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Proven experience in a data, planning, resource or business analyst role
Experience analysing productivity, margin or utilisation data, or similar operational/financial metrics

Salary/Compensations

Competitive salary

Benefits

All Business Expenses
Competitive Benefits and Healthcare
Private Healthcare plan
5% matched pension plan
4x salary life cover
25 days holiday leave plus all bank holidays
Perkpal - perks and reward program

About the Company

At Ark Workplace Risk, we empower our clients to confidently manage risk, compliance, and safety through a trusted partnership built on expert knowledge, innovative solutions, and proactive guidance and insight.
Proven Expert Knowledge: With over 30 years of experience and a trusted reputation among 200+ UK organisations, we provide workable solutions that align with our clients’ organisational and business goals, as well as regulatory requirements.
Industry-Leading Software: Our innovative tools streamline risk and compliance management, putting clients in control and enabling them to demonstrate accountability to stakeholders.
Insight-Driven Solutions: As industry thought leaders, we provide actionable insights into emerging legislation, guidance, and industry trends, ensuring court-readiness for their business.
Responsive Partnership: From every day, business-as-usual guidance to urgent, critical, complex, and contentious scenarios, we work in partnership with clients, becoming their trusted advisor and solution provider, whenever and wherever they need us most.