Senior Data Reporting Analyst — Utilities Infrastructure
📍 London — Hybrid (2–3 days in office) | 💼 Permanent | 💰 Up to £80,000
THE OPPORTUNITY
Pace Digital are working exclusively with a leading infrastructure consultancy to appoint a Senior Data Reporting Analyst to join their utilities-focused project controls and reporting team in London. This is a senior opportunity for an experienced reporting specialist to take ownership of the reporting function across a portfolio of major utilities programmes — spanning water, energy, and regulated asset delivery — producing the dashboards, management information, and executive-level reporting that drive strategic decision-making across some of the UK's most critical capital programmes.
ABOUT THE BUSINESS
Our client is a well-established and highly respected infrastructure consultancy operating across the utilities sector — water, energy, power, and regulated asset delivery. They have a strong digital agenda, a growing data and analytics capability, and an outstanding reputation for excellence in project controls and reporting across major capital programmes. At senior level, you will have genuine ownership of the reporting function, influence over how data is structured and governed, and real visibility with senior client stakeholders and programme directors.
SALARY & BENEFITS
• Salary up to £80,000 depending on experience
• Hybrid working — 2 to 3 days per week in the London office
• Pension contribution
• Private healthcare
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Structured professional development and career progression
• Exposure to major UK utilities infrastructure programmes across water, energy, and regulated asset delivery
THE ROLE — WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
As Senior Data Reporting Analyst you will take ownership of the end-to-end reporting function across a portfolio of major utilities infrastructure programmes. You will lead the development and continuous improvement of reporting products, dashboards, and management information — acting as the senior reporting voice for programme directors, client teams, and senior stakeholders. This is a hands-on, senior delivery role with real influence over reporting strategy, data governance, and team standards.
• Leading the design, development, and continuous improvement of Power BI dashboards, reporting products, and management information packs across major utilities programmes
• Taking ownership of the end-to-end reporting function — from data collection and validation through to executive-level output production and distribution
• Producing accurate, validated, and insightful reporting outputs tailored to the needs of programme directors, senior client stakeholders, and programme boards
• Driving data quality, governance, and reporting standards across multiple contractor packages and programme workstreams
• Supporting cost, programme, risk, and performance reporting in line with project controls frameworks including WBS, CBS, and OBS structures
• Identifying trends, risks, anomalies, and opportunities within programme reporting data and communicating findings clearly to senior stakeholders
• Leading the continuous improvement of reporting processes, templates, and governance frameworks across the team
• Mentoring and supporting junior reporting analysts, setting standards and sharing knowledge across the function
• Working closely with project controls, PMO, commercial, and delivery teams to ensure reporting outputs are aligned to programme requirements and stakeholder needs
• Championing a digital-first approach to reporting — supporting the adoption of automation, BI tools, and innovative reporting solutions across the programme environment
• Acting as the primary reporting contact for senior internal and client-side stakeholders, building trusted relationships at programme director level
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Essential
• Proven experience as a Senior Data Reporting Analyst, Reporting Manager, or equivalent within a utilities, water, energy, or regulated infrastructure programme environment
• Strong, demonstrable Power BI skills advanced dashboard development, DAX, data modelling, Power Query, and semantic layer design to an executive reporting standard
• Deep understanding of project controls reporting frameworks cost, programme, risk, and performance — and how they underpin management information in a major programme environment
• Experience owning and leading a reporting function across a complex, multi-package, multi-stakeholder programme
• Proven data governance and quality management capability with the ability to set and maintain standards across a regulated programme environment
• Excellent stakeholder management skills confident and credible at senior level with both internal teams and client-side programme directors
• Ability to work autonomously at a senior level, taking full ownership of outputs and proactively managing priorities across multiple concurrent workstreams
• Degree in a relevant numerate discipline or equivalent industry experience
Desirable
• Experience on major utilities programmes including AMP8 water, energy transition, or regulated asset investment programmes
• Experience with Primavera P6 and translating schedule and programme data into executive reporting outputs
• Familiarity with Power Automate for reporting workflow automation and distribution
• SQL or Python experience for data extraction and manipulation
• Experience within a programme management consultancy, PMO, or project controls environment
• Knowledge of digital reporting best practice and BI governance within highly regulated programme environments