Job Description

Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britain's biggest construction project?


Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km West Midlands stretch of HS2 - Britain's new high speed railway. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester. It's an incredibly exciting time to join us - we're at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Plus you'd join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region.


We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a

Data Analyst Apprentice (Level 4)

. This role will be based on site in Birmingham.


Working as a Data Analyst Apprentice, your role will be to provide assistance in data handling and analysis in the Finance team.

Accountabilities

Work closely with the finance team in project delivery and cost monitoring activities by assisting with data preparation, report generation, and analysis. Support data integration activities, combining information from ERP systems, Excel files, and cloud-based platforms into unified reporting solutions. Assist in producing reports and dashboards to monitor project progress, key performance indicators (KPIs), and cost trends using Power BI and Excel. Help analyse existing business processes to identify opportunities for automation and efficiency improvements under supervision. Management, recording and resolution of invoice queries in a timely manner reporting. Provide first-line support for TiPS and TSP users, responding to basic inquiries and escalating more complex issues to senior team members. Assist in the daily operation and maintenance of TiPS and TSP systems, ensuring data accuracy and timely updates. Monitor TSP entries to identify missing or unapproved hours and follow up with relevant teams as needed. Be a key component in direct labour activities, entering timesheet data, and dealing with any queries that arise and being involved in the weekly labour meetings. Carry out administrative processes to a high standard with attention to detail relating to cost control, proactively book good receipts accurately (i.e. against relevant task code) and in a timely manner with the aim to increase the STP % and meet the FPC (fair payment code) requirements.

Experience required

Good Microsoft Office Skills, particularly Excel. Ability to handle and work with complex data is required along with good communication skills. Strong communication skills, with excellent attention to detail. Knowledge of accounting routines is essential. Construction/construction related accounting experience is desirable.


Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.

Apprenticeship Overview

Standard:

Data analyst

Apprenticeship Length:

24 months (this does not include EPA period)

Benefits of working with us

Flexible working available for some roles Free parking Travel allowance for eligible candidates Family friendly leave policies Excellent pension contributions Healthcare Health risk assessments Access to employee assistance programmes Access to annual flu vaccinations

About Balfour Beatty VINCI

Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working together over 30 years ago to deliver the Channel Tunnel, as members of the TransManche Link consortium. In the Midlands, it is Balfour Beatty VINCI's role to design and build the route, ready for tracks and signalling to be installed. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.


Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites:


9.3km of viaducts 62 overbridges 35 cuttings 56 culverts 62 embankments 2 twin bore tunnels and 2 cut and cover tunnels 28 underbridges and 11 underpasses
Diversity and Inclusion


Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is delivering equal opportunities for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities and neuro diversities. We are working to represent the communities Balfour Beatty VINCI works in through our workforce. We have embedded Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability.


Flexible working


We recognise and respect that people work in different ways and we are open to discussing what flexibility you may need during the recruitment process, balanced against our project requirements.



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Job Overview

Internal reference

EFFIN055

Job status

Apprenticeship

Location

Birmingham

Hours per week

40