Commercial Planning & Forecasting Analyst

Join us, be part of more. 

We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that's energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it. 
 

About your team: 

At British Gas, our mission is to sell it and mend it.   

We’re the household heroes powering 1 in 3 homes in the UK – but supplying energy is just part of what we do. We’re making the UK’s homes greener and more energy efficient, together with our friends at Hive. By using their clever tech like thermostats, heat pumps, solar panels and EV chargers, we’re making it cheaper and easier to reduce your home’s carbon-footprint. And with our Peak Save programme, we’re actively rewarding better energy use too.

About your role:

To get where we’re going, we need a Commercial Planning & Forecasting Analyst who can support the Commercial Planning Team to provide analysis and forecasting models for the Services and Solutions plan for acquisition, retention and growth.

What will do you?

• Work with Effectiveness, Product Lines, Finance and other cross functional teams to develop customer, channel and product targets supported by econometric modelling.

• Work with the Channels and other stakeholders to ensure data submissions are comprehensive, in the right format and timely.

• Prepare data for use in the Planning model, ensuring accuracy.

• Build a robust, iterative Commercial planning and forecasting model leveraging modelling, analysis, trend performance and drivers.

• Update KPI’s weekly for the latest monthly and quarterly review materials.

• Analyse trends and KPIs, highlighting areas of focus to improve decision making and to drive performance against the plan.

• Preparation of data and charts for Business Performance Meetings (performance forecast, analysis and tracking and forecasts).

• Perform data analysis to support the development of actionable insights into commercial performance.

Here's what we’re looking for:

• Analytical experience in a commercial setting with a passion for producing insight to support decision making.

• Experience in developing predictive modelling based upon statistical data (e.g. Machine Learning) is desirable.

• Strong commercial and analytical mindset, as well as a drive to meet financial goals.

• Excellent Excel skills, with SQL/Python coding experience an advantage.

• Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy in work.

• Capability to absorb and interpret large amounts of potentially conflicting data sets to identify true performance levels, key performance insights and inform decision making processes.

• High quality communication and presentation skills.

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships of influence.

Why should you apply?  
 
We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. We get it. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too. Visit the link below to discover why we’re a great place to work and what being part of more means for you. 
 
https://www.morethanacareer.energy/britishgas 

If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non-negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.

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