Analyst

Location: Podium - Euston, London

Salary: Base salary of £36,000pa to £42,350pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer a flexible benefits fund of 15% paid on top of the base salary and fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives, and achieves their full potential. We provide flexible working, encouraging staff networks, and professional development opportunities.

As an Analyst at HS2 you will provide analytical support to the development and delivery of HS2 and wider rail schemes, contributing to evidence‑based decision‑making across the programme. The Analyst applies established analytical approaches to assess costs, benefits, impacts, supporting value for money assessment and business case development.

About the Role

• Deliver defined analytical work packages to support appraisal and business case development, ensuring outputs meet agreed requirements, quality standards, and timelines.
• Gather, validate, and analyse data from multiple sources to support the assessment of costs, benefits, and risks.
• Develop and maintain analytical tools and models in line with established methodologies, ensuring outputs are transparent, well‑documented and fit for purpose.
• Support the development and improvement of analytical approaches by incorporating new data and assumptions where appropriate.
• Build effective working relationships with internal stakeholders to understand analytical requirements and ensure outputs meet decision‑making needs.
• Prepare clear and concise written outputs and presentations, translating analysis into accessible insights for non‑technical audiences.
• Identify and communicate limitations, risks, and uncertainties in analysis, contributing to quality assurance processes.
• Work flexibly across the team, supporting a range of analytical priorities as required.
• Promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all analytical work.

Skills

• Analytical and interpretive skills to identify patterns, trends, and insights using tools such as Excel.
• Structured problem‑solving skills to break down complex issues and support delivery of analytical work.
• Ability to apply and follow established analytical approaches and frameworks to support appraisal and decision‑making.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, presenting findings clearly to non‑technical stakeholders.
• Time and priority management skills to deliver work to agreed deadlines and quality standards.
• Willingness to seek feedback and continuously improve analytical outputs and ways of working.

Knowledge

• Undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Economics, Mathematics, Finance, Statistics, or a closely related discipline (e.g., Business, Science, Geography), or equivalent experience.
• Understanding of analytical approaches used to support investment decisions, including appraisal and value for money assessment.
• Awareness of HM Treasury and Department for Transport appraisal principles and how analysis supports business case development.
• Understanding of the role of evidence in supporting effective decision‑making.

Types of Experience

• Experience producing analysis using standard analytical tools (e.g., Excel) and presenting findings clearly.
• Experience working in a team‑based or project environment, contributing to shared outputs and objectives.
• Experience handling data and ensuring its quality, including identifying limitations and uncertainties.
• Experience communicating analytical findings to support decision‑making, or a demonstrable ability to do so.