Performance Analyst
19 hours ago
Edinburgh
Performance Analyst Legal Industry | Reporting Strategy & Business Intelligence We are hiring a Performance Analyst to own and evolve our performance reporting strategy across our legal client portfolio. This role sits at the centre of how the business understands performance. You will define what we report, how we report it, and why it matters - ensuring leadership teams have clear, trusted insight to support commercial decision-making. This is a hands-on, analytical role with a strong strategic dimension. You will work closely with senior stakeholders, technical teams, and client leadership to turn complex data into clear, decision-ready reporting. Over time, this role will help shape our transition to Power BI as the primary reporting front end, with robust data structures and scalable logic underpinning it. The role You will be responsible for driving our reporting strategy, with the freedom to design and iterate how performance is presented across the business and to clients. This includes: • Reporting strategy & ownership, • Own the end-to-end reporting approach across our legal client portfolio., • Define reporting structures, views, and narratives that reflect true business performance., • Ensure reporting moves beyond surface-level metrics to support commercial and strategic decision-making., • Continuously evolve reporting outputs to meet the needs of senior stakeholders and clients., • Data architecture & tooling, • Work closely with a Senior Developer to design and refine table structures and data models., • Apply strong SQL skills to query, validate, and interpret complex datasets., • Support the development of Power BI as the primary reporting front end., • Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and scalability across all reporting solutions., • Insight & decision support, • Partner with senior stakeholders to understand their challenges, priorities, and commercial questions., • Translate executive-level questions into meaningful reporting and insight., • Identify risks, anomalies, and performance trends early., • Ensure insights are clear, credible, and directly actionable., • Stakeholder engagement & communication - engaging with C-suite and partners., • Present performance insight in a clear, structured, and commercially focused way., • Act as a trusted advisor on what the data is really saying — and what it is not., • Bring a creative flair to how insights are presented, without sacrificing rigour or clarity. What we’re looking for • A track record in a performance analysis, business intelligence, or data-focused role., • Strong experience working with structured data and reporting environments., • Exposure to complex, high-consideration industries (legal, financial services, professional services) is advantageous., • Strong SQL capability and confidence working directly with data tables., • Experience contributing to reporting tools or BI platforms (Power BI experience is a plus)., • High attention to detail and comfort working with complex datasets., • Able to turn ambiguity into structure and clarity., • Confident challenging assumptions and asking the right questions., • Strong written and verbal communication skills., • Organised, calm, and dependable in a high-accountability environment.