Graduate Strategy Analyst

About the role

As a Graduate Strategy Analyst, you will join a team that helps shape some of the biggest choices facing the business. You’ll support projects that explore growth opportunities, evaluate market and customer trends, and help leaders make better strategic decisions.

This role is suited to someone at the start of their career who is curious about how a business grows, enjoys solving problems and wants to develop strong commercial and analytical skills. You will work with colleagues from across the business, build understanding of retail and financial services, technology, data, customer service, marketing, and logistics, and learn how to turn insight into action.

You will be part of a core, experienced strategy team driving impact across the business, gaining variety, exposure to senior leaders, and opportunities to learn quickly from experienced colleagues.

• Work with Strategy Managers and colleagues across the business to support strategic initiatives, shaping projects from early thinking through to delivery.
• Gather, analyse and interpret information from a range of sources, including customer insight, business performance data, market research and competitor activity.
• Prepare presentations, summaries and updates that simplify complex issues and support effective decision‑making.
• Build stakeholder management skills by working with stakeholders at all levels, understanding priorities, asking the right questions and supporting collaboration.
• Work alongside members of the CEO Office to provide research, analysis and structured problem‑solving support for business issues and queries.
• Bring curiosity, energy and fresh thinking to the team while building a strong understanding of our customers, business model and market.

You are likely to be a recent graduate or about to graduate, with an interest in strategy, business and how decisions create value. We are more interested in how you think and approach problems than in what you studied.

• Critical Thinking – Structured problem‑solving and critical thinking skills to break down problems, spot patterns and form balanced judgement.
• Analytical Mindset – Strong numeracy skills and confidence working with data.
• Commercial Mindset – Commercially minded, interested in what drives sustainable growth, and able to connect analysis to real business outcomes.
• Organisational & Leadership skills – Positive, can‑do attitude; proactive, organised and comfortable managing different pieces of work at once in a fast‑paced environment.
• Communication & Teamwork – Strong communication and teamwork skills that help you build relationships, share ideas clearly and collaborate effectively with a wide range of colleagues.

• Flexible, hybrid working model
• £250 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
• 27 days holiday + bank holidays
• Linked In Learning access
• Bonus potential (performance and business‑related)
• Up to 25% discount on
• Matched pension up to 6%

We’re building a culture of everyday inclusion and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We do not discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview, or perform a role, let us know at viatalen We’ll be happy to support you.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and have nine colleague networks, including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very), that help us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.