Senior Performance and Risk Reporting Officer

Application Deadline: 24 August 2026

Department: Governance

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London or Edinburgh

Reporting To: Karen Sellick

Compensation: £40,982 - £48,961 / year

Description

• Lead the production of accurate, clear and compelling corporate performance reports, translating complex information into a narrative that is accessible to a range of audiences.
• Analyse datasets to identify meaningful trends, risks and successes and use these insights to strengthen performance reporting and decision-making.
• Quality assure performance information and KPIs provided by directorates, challenging data, methodologies and assumptions where appropriate.
• Work with stakeholders across the organisation to develop and refresh meaningful performance measures, ensuring KPIs effectively track progress against strategic objectives and the Business Plan.
• Connect performance intelligence with enterprise-wide risk management, helping to build a stronger understanding of the relationship between organisational performance and risk.
• Build effective relationships with risk coordinators and colleagues across the organisation to bring together intelligence and strengthen reporting.
• Support the corporate business planning process, coordinating contributions and helping to identify appropriate measures of progress and outcomes.
• Manage competing priorities and deadlines, adapting quickly to changing business needs while maintaining a high standard of quality.
• Work collaboratively across the team, supporting colleagues and deputising for senior colleagues when required.

• Experience of monitoring, analysing and describing business performance, with an understanding of how performance can be measured against strategic objectives, projects, programmes and outcomes.
• Strong report writing skills and the ability to create clear, accurate and narrative-driven reports for senior audiences.
• Experience of designing or using effective measurement frameworks, including KPIs, benefits and outcome indicators.
• Strong data analysis and visualisation skills.
• Excellent attention to detail, with the ability to quality assure data and reporting information and identify inconsistencies or gaps.
• The confidence to question data, methodologies and assumptions and provide evidence-based advice to support decision-making.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively across different areas of an organisation.
• Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality work to tight deadlines.
• Experience of risk management and/or corporate business planning would be an advantage.

Benefits

• 30 days annual leave
• Enhanced Pension Contributions via our attractive Pension Scheme – with a basic 8% employer contribution as standard which increases up to 14% with optional added Employee Contributions
• Life Insurance – 4 x current salary
• Hybrid working
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 24 Hours Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Perkbox membership
• Subsidised restaurant in our Portland Place office
• Season ticket loans

Additional Information