Planning, Performance & Data Analyst

Job Description

SummaryAt HMRC we are committed to creating a great place to work for all our colleagues; an inclusive and respectful environment that reflects the diversity of the society we serve. We want to maximise the potential of everyone who chooses to work forus and we offer a range of flexible working patterns and support to make a fulfilling career at HMRC accessible to you. Diverse perspectives and experiences are critical to our success and we welcome applications from all people from all backgrounds with theexperience and skills needed to perform this role. About Counter Avoidance (CA) Counter-Avoidance (CA) is a directorate within HMRC, responsible for tackling marketed tax avoidance both operationally and through policy change. Since the directorate was formedin 2014, we have collected billions for the Exchequer from settlements of marketed tax avoidance. We work alongside our own and HMRCs Policy teams in real-time to develop, draft and implement new legislation and new ways of working to respond quickly totackle new and evolving forms of tax avoidance. The Directorate currently employs around 1300 staff of various grades and will see expansion and growth into 2022. Having recently adopted a new organisational design to work in regional teams and to deliveragainst a stretching, innovative and customer centric vision, you will be joining us at an exciting time in challenging uses of tax avoidance.Job descriptionAs we rapidly advance towards PowerBi as being one of our main Reporting Tools, this is an excitingopportunity to use your PowerBi skills in a new environment developing multiple reports using a variety of measures. Within the Directorate of 1300 staff, the Planning, Performance and Data Team which consists of 20 colleagues, has responsibility for coveringdifferent aspects of work, providing a variety of involvement in an interesting and evolving area. This will include analysing data, providing reports and forecasts to the Directorate Senior Leadership Team to aid decision making and planning. The team alsohas responsibility for the management of resourcing, including paybill forecasting and recruitment. You will be a key player and contributor to all of our functions. We work in a flexible, fast changing environment, working at pace and are always supportiveof our colleagues. There will be opportunities to excel as well as to apply your extensive knowledge of PowerBi in assisting HMRC with addressing key business issues and to design better services. In addition, we have a strong team working ethos and offerflexible and alternative working patterns in an inclusive and respectful environment.ResponsibilitiesKey Responsibilities As a Planning, Performance & Data Analyst your role will include: Using PowerBi and other software products as necessary to extract,manipulate data sources, design, build and present reports for the Senior Leadership Team (SLT). Commissioning, analysing, and extracting the Directorates Planning and Performance data. This requires a high level of confidence with Microsoft Excel and Wordtools and working at pace to tight deadlines. Building positive business relationships with a wide range of people, including internal customers and business stakeholders. Be articulate and credible at all levels, to consistently deliver accurate reporting/ dashboards at a high standard and sometimes under pressure. Supporting and contributing to the tasks of Work Leads for Business Planning, Performance, Workforce Planning and Recruitment, Benefits, Finance. This will include articulating their key priorities,helping them to plan ways to drive forward initiatives and submit all required reports accurately and on time. Attending relevant meetings, ensuring all actions are implemented. Ensuring relevant stakeholders are briefed appropriately. Drafting communicationson behalf of the Work Leads, ensuring tone and style are appropriate and consistent with their views and meet the needs of the intended audience. Tracking deadlines, action points from multiple meetings and groups, following through to ensure outputs aredelivered on time, minimising surprises, and anomalies. Being an active team player by proactively contributing to your wider team to build a culture where colleagues feel valued, supported, and confident to challenge. Essential Criteria Solid experienceand competence of building PowerBi reports and communicating data through PowerBi. Experienced user of MS Product sets including O365, Teams, Excel, Word and Power Point Strong verbal and written communication skills. Confident and High level of experienceof analysing and using information and data sets.BenefitsLearning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension Team members that are moving officesas a result of the Locations Programme will be entitled to a Moves Adjustment Payment for three years where they incur additional costs. This is calculated based on the difference between the costs of travelling to and from the new and old office, over a weeklyperiod. You will get more detail on this as part of targeted locations move communications. Find more about HMRC benefits in Your little extras booklet for further information or visit Thinking of joining the Civil Service Things you need to knowSecuritySuccessfulcandidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.Selection process detailsThis vacancy is using Success Profiles , and will assess your Strengths and Experience.Application& Selection Process Details As part of the selection process, you will be asked to complete: Your CV should detail your job history and qualifications. Your Statement of Suitability (maximum of 500 words) should illustrate why you think you meet the criteria,knowledge and experience for this role. Candidates successful in the sift will be invited to interview. Interview Process Details During the panel interview, you will be asked about your Experience (how you meet the Criteria) and Strength based questions whichdemonstrate the things you do well and/or are motivated by. In addition, you may be asked to conduct a short presentation or asked a scenario-based question at interview, the details of which will be shared prior to interview. Please Note: The successful applicantfor this role will need to be eligible for and willing to undergo standard BPSS Checks following appointment into the post. Sift and Interview details Sift and interview dates to be confirmed. If interviews are required, they will be conducted over Teams oran alternative digital platform Equal Opportunities At HMRC, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression