Business Analysis Apprentice
Undisclosed employer · Leicester
About Company
British Gas Business is one of the UK's leading business energy suppliers, supporting more than 350,000 organisations ranging from small independent businesses to large commercial and industrial customers. As part of Centrica, British Gas Business provides gas, electricity and energy management solutions that help businesses control costs, improve efficiency and support their sustainability goals. With over 200 years of heritage and expertise, the company combines trusted energy services, digital innovation and specialist support to help businesses navigate an evolving energy landscape and transition towards a lower-carbon future.
The Role
Support the delivery of data analysis, reporting and business insight activities across the Insights & Workflow team, ensuring outputs are accurate, timely and aligned to business requirements.
Work with large datasets to extract, clean, transform and validate information for use in operational reporting, workflow management and decision-making.
Assist with the creation, maintenance and enhancement of dashboards, reports and analytical solutions using tools such as Power BI, Excel, SQL and approved data platforms.
Support the development of simple insights and performance analysis that help stakeholders understand business performance, identify trends and make informed decisions.
Assist in gathering, documenting and understanding business requirements, processes and reporting needs from a range of operational stakeholders.
Work alongside experienced analysts to test and validate new data sources, reporting logic and analytical outputs to ensure accuracy and reliability.
Support process improvement initiatives by helping identify opportunities to improve reporting, workflow efficiency and customer outcomes.
Manage allocated workload effectively, delivering tasks to agreed timelines and quality standards while escalating risks, blockers or support requirements appropriately.
Build technical, analytical and business knowledge through structured learning, coaching, feedback and practical application to live business challenges.
Contribute positively to team ways of working by sharing learning, documenting outputs, supporting knowledge management and promoting continuous improvement.
Duties and Responsibilities
Analyse business data and create reports using Excel, SQL and Power BI.
Support improvement and automation projects across the business.
Communicate insights and recommendations to stakeholders through clear data storytelling.
Support the management, optimisation and automation of business operational workflows to improve efficiency and customer outcomes.
Benefits
Competitive salary with annual pay reviews.
Company pension scheme with employer contributions.
25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
Flexible and hybrid working opportunities.
Private healthcare and wellbeing support services.
Employee share schemes and recognition programmes.
Discounts on British Gas energy products, Hive products and services.
Access to employee discounts, gym memberships and retail offers.
Training, mentoring and structured career development throughout the apprenticeship.
Opportunities to progress into permanent analyst, business intelligence, automation or transformation roles upon successful completion.
Skills required
• Technical Skills
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word and PowerPoint
• Analytical Skills
• Problem solving
• Numerical analysis
• Attention to detail
• Root cause investigation
• Communication Skills
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Stakeholder engagement
• Presentation skills
Qualifications required
GCSE: Maths, English and Science to grade C or equivalent
Training you'll get
BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace.
Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.
Future prospects
This apprenticeship provides the opportunity to develop a broad range of technical, analytical and business skills within a highly collaborative Insight & Workflow team. The successful candidate will gain hands-on experience working with industry-leading tools including Power BI, SQL, Databricks and automation technologies, while supporting real business improvement and transformation initiatives.
Throughout the programme, the apprentice will receive structured support, mentoring and practical experience that will enable them to build expertise in data analysis, business intelligence, process improvement and workflow automation.
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, there may be opportunities to progress into permanent roles such as:
Insight Analyst
Business Intelligence Analyst
Data Analyst
Reporting Analyst
Business Analyst
Workflow & Automation Analyst
This role is designed to develop future transformation professionals, providing exposure not only to data and reporting, but also business consultancy, problem-solving, operational improvement, stakeholder engagement and digital transformation. Apprentices will have the opportunity to contribute to projects that deliver measurable improvements for both customers and the business.
The essentials
Hours, commitment and the dates that matter.
Training provider
Delivers the training for this role and manages your application.
