Performance Analyst

The Range; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent retail company is seeking a Performance Analyst to support strategic financial decision-making at their Plymouth Head Office. The role involves analysing performance data, developing financial models, and providing essential insights to leadership teams. Candidates should have strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel, with experience in data visualization tools like Power BI being advantageous. This is a full-time, permanent position with a competitive salary and benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension

Long service awards

Employee discount

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in analytical or commercial positions.
• Ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights.
• Excellent communication for presenting data-driven insights.

Responsibilities

• Identify drivers of revenue growth and underperformance.
• Conduct scenario analysis for commercial decision making.
• Analyse brand, store, department, and product performance.
• Build financial models to assess performance.
• Develop dashboards to communicate financial insights.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Communication skills

Data interpretation

Proactivity in problem-solving

Ability to work in teams

Microsoft Excel proficiency

Data visualization (e.g., Power BI)

Education

Degree in a relevant field or experience in analytical/commercial role

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Join to apply for the Performance Analyst role at The Range.

We are a Sunday Times Top Track 100 company and one of the UK’s fastest growing privately owned companies. The Range has grown enormously since its inception in 1989, and now has over 200 stores nationwide. People are at the heart of our retail concept, and we want to invest in our staff and make the future extraordinary.

As a result of our expansion plans, and our continued ongoing success we are seeking a dynamic Performance Analyst to be based at our Head Office in Plymouth.

About the Role

The Performance Analyst will support strategic financial decision making by providing analysis and reporting to guide business performance. This role is integral to budgeting, financial modelling, and variance analysis, ensuring leadership teams have clear visibility of the company’s financial position and key performance drivers.

Responsibilities

• Identify drivers of revenue growth and underperformance across time periods
• Conduct scenario analysis to support commercial decision making
• Analyse brand, store, department, and product level performance across the business
• Build and maintain financial models to assess performance under various business scenarios
• Develop dashboards to communicate financial insights to senior management
• Collaborate with data teams to improve data quality, segmentation and granularity in reporting
• Support business cases and ROI analysis for new initiatives
• Work closely with finance, merchandising, and store operations teams

Person Specification

• Degree or previous experience in an analytical or commercial position
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and make actionable recommendations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to present data‑driven insights clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Ability to work effectively with various teams
• Able to meet deadlines and multi‑task in a fast‑paced work environment
• Proactive approach to problem‑solving
• Comfortable working with large sets of data
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and willingness to learn new data visualization and analysis tools such as Power BI & SQL

What We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Pension
• Long service awards
• Employee discount
• Cycle to work scheme

Position: Permanent, Full‑time

Hours: Monday - Friday, 08:45am - 05:30pm

Location: Plymouth, Devon