An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Commercial Finance Analyst to play a pivotal role in driving business performance and profitability in Derbyshire. This role provides high-quality financial insight, commercial analysis, and reporting to support strategic and operational decision-making. This role works closely with Sales, Operations, and Procurement to support pricing, margin management, and informed decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:
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Key Responsibilities:
- Analyse sales performance, margins, pricing, and product profitability.
- Perform monthly pre- and post-calculation analysis, identifying cost leakage and variances.
- Present insights and recommendations to key stakeholders to improve commercial and operational performance.
- Support pricing strategies, tenders, and customer negotiations using the costing model.
- Produce weekly and monthly sales reports, KPIs, and variance analysis.
- Provide insight into raw material cost trends and manage customer price indexing.
- Support sales budgeting, forecasting, and annual account reviews.
- Improve reporting accuracy, ERP data integrity, and identify automation opportunities.
- Part-qualified or studying towards CIMA/ACCA.
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in commercial finance or business analysis.
- Manufacturing sector experience and ERP system exposure.
- Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical capability.
- Excellent communication skills with non-financial stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of margins, customer profitability, and cost structures.
- Power BI or similar BI tools.
- FMCG or packaging experience.
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