Commercial Analyst

BT Group; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company is looking for a Commercial Analyst based in Bristol to enhance the commercialisation of their infrastructure. This role entails building financial models, managing budgets, and driving commercial opportunities in a fast-paced startup division. The successful candidate will have a strong background in financial analysis within the telecommunications sector and a commitment to promoting best practices in data-driven decision-making.

Benefits

Annual On target bonus 10%

BT Pension scheme

Life Assurance

Direct share scheme

Exclusive colleague discounts

50% off EE mobile plans

Volunteering days

Healthcare Cash Plan options

25 days annual leave

Electric vehicle salary sacrifice arrangement

Qualifications

• Experience in building commercial models in a telco environment.
• Proficient in Excel and data analysis.
• Demonstrable professionalism in a complex business environment.

Responsibilities

• Building & maintaining financial models for customers.
• Owning the forecast and budget for Tower Division.
• Ensuring accurate reporting for strategic decision making.

Skills

Financial modelling & reporting

Data management tools

Stakeholder influencing

Collaboration

Education

Qualified accountant (e.g. CIMA, ACCA, etc.)

Job description

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Commercial Analyst

Function: Sales and Commercial

Unit: Networks

Location:

Assembly, Bristol, United Kingdom

Salary: Competitive with Benefits

Recruiter: Molly Lees

Hiring Manager: Harry Forbes Griffiths

Internal Closing Date: 20th June 2025

Why this job matters?

Tower Division is startup division here at BT, with the aim to improve the commercialisation of our infrastructure. You will be flexible and ambitious, helping you to overcome the challenging nature of a startup division and recognise the exciting opportunities this creates.

Specifically, you will support the Commercial Principal building & maintaining credible forecast capabilities, identifying and driving forward new commercial opportunities, tracking and delivering on existing projects and taking decisive action at pace. You will be responsible for optimization of scarce resources such as money, time, talent, and materials. Each of these areas will require strong business partnership to underpin the transformation journey that Tower Division is on and ensure we have robust and accurate reporting and forecasting.

You will have experience in building commercial models and negotiating commercial outcomes in a telco infrastructure environment.

You will be efficient and effective in software use, enabling you to track milestones and capture data into our existing internal databases. In addition, this is an exciting time to join Tower Division as we have built a new, market leading data system that you will be an integral part of molding, alongside our data strategy and operations managers.

Skills:

Demonstrable professionalism with a proven ability to operate in a complex, fast paced matrixed business environment.
A track record of effectively influencing stakeholder requirements.
Financial modelling & reporting, with value add insights
Strong knowledge of data management tools, databases, comfortable with large data sets.
Strategic capability, commercial awareness and modelling aptitude
Collaborative approach to problem solving.
Proficient in excel, has strong written and verbal presentation skills and a keen eye for detail.
Advantageous:
Qualified accountant (e.g. CIMA, ACCA, IIA, CISA, ACT, CTA, MCT, IR Society Certificate or equivalent), or exceptionally equivalent experience.
Expertise and knowledge of the tower co. market and its evolution over time.

What you will be doing:

Building & maintaining financial models and commercial offers for customers and suppliers
Owning the forecast and budget for Tower Division making recommendations that have a tangible impact on business performance and measure & track this performance
Owns capex and opex prioritisation, financial authority on efficiency and investment programmes, as well as all internal/external commercial opportunities across the unit
Ensures reporting information is provided in a timely and accurate manner to inform strategic decision making within the unit, communicating risks & opportunities clearly across the team
Drives a data-led and insight orientated culture, ensures high quality data sets for decision making are available for the operational and other teams (e.g., on key risks, sensitivities, and opportunities to achieve targets)

Annual On target bonus 10% (personal and company multipliers)
BT Pension scheme; minimum 5% employee contribution, BT contribution 10%
Life Assurance
Direct share scheme
Exclusive colleague discounts on our latest and greatest BT broadband packages
50% off EE mobile pay monthly or SIM only plans and 50% discount for friends and family on EE SIM only plans
My Discounts gives colleagues access to unbeatable savings on everyday purchases at hundreds of retailers
Discounted EE TV including TNT Sport and the NOW Entertainment membership
Great support for working parents including pay whilst on maternity, adoptive, and paternity leave
Option to join the Healthcare Cash Plan or other benefits such as dental insurance, gym memberships etc.
25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service with buy holiday option
Volunteering days so you can give back to your local community
Brand new electric vehicle salary sacrifice arrangement, known as ‘My EV’

Looking in:
Leading inclusively and Safely
I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity.
Owning outcomes
I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation.

Looking out:
Delivering for the customer
I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business.
Commercially savvy
I demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making.

Looking to the future:
Growth mindset
I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation.
Building for the future
I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best.

About us

BT Group was the world’s first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK’s most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business.

Over the next two years, we will complete the UK’s largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other.

While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK’s best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country’s biggest infrastructure companies.

Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.

Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.

We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.

Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We're committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.