At Amentum, we're not just solving problems; we're engineering the future. Our team is driven by an unyielding commitment to innovation, integrity, and collaboration, tackling some of the most significant challenges in science, security, and sustainability. If you're passionate about making a real impact and want to be part of a community that values ethical excellence, this is the place where your ambition can thrive.
Here, we believe that success comes from continuously pushing boundaries and working together to deliver on our promises. We embrace challenges with confidence and are dedicated to creating a secure and vibrant future for all.
We’ll inspire and empower you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow. We offer an exciting range of opportunities to develop your career within a supportive team who always strive to do the right thing for our people, clients and communities.
People are our greatest asset, and we offer a competitive package to retain and attract the best talent.
In addition to the benefits you’d expect, UK employees also receive free single medical cover and digital GP service, family-friendly benefits such as enhanced parental leave pay and free membership of employee assistance and parental programmes, plus reimbursement towards relevant professional development and memberships.
Work-life balance and flexibility is a key focus area for us. We’re happy to discuss hybrid, part-time and flexible working hours, patterns and locations to suit you and our business.
We are currently recruiting a Business Analyst to join our team to support the business with accurate reporting, analysis and project coordination. The role will involve bringing together information from different spreadsheets and systems, checking data quality, identifying and progressing corrective actions, producing regular reporting to help the business understand performance. A key part of the role will be supporting regular project and performance reviews. The Business Analyst will prepare the data and reporting for these meetings, capture key actions and outcomes, and then use the information from the meetings to update reporting, trackers and follow-up activity.
Role Purpose
To provide accurate, timely and insightful project, financial and workforce management reporting that supports effective decision-making across the business. The role is responsible for maintaining data quality, ensuring timesheet and labour allocation compliance, coordinating project performance reviews, and delivering analysis that helps identify trends, risks and opportunities to improve project and business performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and validate project, financial and workforce management data, ensuring accuracy, completeness and consistency across reporting systems.
- Monitor timesheet compliance, follow up with employees and managers, and investigate and correct labour coding and allocation issues.
- Produce regular reports and analysis on project, operational and financial performance, highlighting trends, risks, variances and opportunities.
- Coordinate monthly project and performance review meetings, including preparation of reporting packs, recording actions and maintaining trackers.
- Follow up on actions arising from reviews, ensuring progress is monitored and overdue items are escalated where appropriate.
- Work with operational, commercial, finance and functional teams to resolve data issues, improve reporting quality and support business decision-making.
- Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes, data quality, efficiency and consistency across the business.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong analytical and numerical skills with the ability to interpret and present data effectively.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large datasets from multiple sources.
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and quality.
- Confident in investigating discrepancies and challenging incorrect information, allocations or assumptions.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Proactive, self-motivated and able to work independently.
- Strong follow-through, ensuring actions are tracked and completed.
- Good commercial awareness and understanding of project and business performance.
Qualifications & Experience
- Experience in a Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Commercial Analyst, Financial Analyst, or similar analytical role.
- Experience producing management information, reports and performance analysis.
- Experience working with data from multiple systems and resolving data quality issues.
- Experience coordinating actions and working with stakeholders across different functions.
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel.
- Experience with Power BI or other business intelligence/reporting tools.
Desirable
- Experience with SQL or other data analysis tools.
- Experience supporting project or performance review meetings.
- Experience with workforce management systems, timesheet management and labour allocation reporting.
- Experience working within a project-based, engineering, construction or professional services environment.
Our Culture
Our values are built on a strong foundation of safety, integrity, and respect for every individual. People are at the heart of our mission, and we believe in supporting one another through a culture of care and collaboration.
We strive to create a workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. Supporting mental wellbeing and fostering a sense of connection are essential to how we work.
When we embrace different perspectives and work together, we become more innovative, more agile, and more successful.
We partner with VERCIDA, for greater online accessibility please visit www.vercida.com to view and access our roles. As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for a vacancy. We welcome applications from candidates who are seeking flexible working and from those who may not meet all the listed requirements for a role.
If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team.
