Commercial Analyst

Anglian Water Services; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and hybrid working

Private healthcare

Competitive pension with double-m–

Annual bonus scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Career development and learning

Job summary

Anglian Water Services in Peterborough is seeking a Commercial Analyst to support the Commercial Manager across capital programmes. The role focuses on governance, reporting, and insight to ensure transparent, auditable financial and performance outputs throughout the year.

You will collaborate with the Commercial Services & Assurance team, develop automated reporting and analysis, validate ERS payments, and help drive continuous improvement in commercial reporting and processes while

Qualifications

• Analytical experience in an office environment with Microsoft Office.
• Strong project management and stakeholder engagement experience.
• Knowledge and experience of assurance and audit functions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines with attention to detail.
• Solutions-oriented mindset that drives efficiency and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Support the Commercial Manager to drive governance across capital programmes.
• Produce Commercial reporting and performance insights.
• Develop and maintain commercial standards and governance.
• Validate ERS payments weekly.
• Assist in automation of reporting and process improvements.
• Analyse alliance and programme data for forecasting and reporting.

Skills

Analytical experience

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Audit & assurance

Written and verbal comms

Multi-tasking

Process improvement

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Salary circa £34,000 depending on skills and experience
Permanent | Full Time, with the flexibility for part time

Peterborough (Hybrid Working, 3 days a week in the office)

Helping Anglian Water make informed commercial decisions every day.

As a Commercial Analyst, you’ll play a pivotal role in supporting the Commercial Manager to drive consistency, insight, and strong governance across Anglian Water’s Centralised Commercial function. Working at the heart of the business, you’ll help align commercial activity across Alliances and delivery routes across our capital programme.

You’ll be instrumental in promoting transparency, accountability, and efficiency in commercial reporting and management. Through high-quality reporting, robust analysis, and a strong audit trail, you’ll help ensure confident decision-making and the delivery of critical financial and performance outputs across the year.

Working closely with the Commercial Services & Assurance team, you’ll support the delivery of a wide range of commercial activities, which could include:

• Embedding and maintaining Commercial Standards across the business
• Supporting the Alliance Partner Assessment process
• Contributing to Commercial Model and Moderation activities
• Supporting oversight of all Capital Programme Overheads
• Producing Capital Delivery Index reporting and performance insights
• Validating weekly Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS) payments
• Assisting in the development and implementation of automated reporting, analysis, and process improvement solutions
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives across commercial reporting and governance processes
• Undertaking other commercial, governance, reporting, and analytical activities as required

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working with data, stakeholders, and governance frameworks to make a visible impact across major programmes and Capital investment delivery.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Commercial Analyst, you’ll play a key role in supporting the Commercial Manager and the wider Commercial function to ensure consistency, transparency, and efficiency across capital programmes and alliances. Your work will touch multiple areas, including commercial standards, financial modelling, capital delivery, performance reporting, and payment validation.

You’ll help maintain and improve commercial policies, procedures, and governance frameworks, ensuring all activities are compliant, auditable, and aligned with business standards. You’ll support the management and analysis of alliance and programme data, contribute to financial modelling and moderation processes, and assist with forecasting, variance analysis, and reporting.

You’ll also support the delivery of performance metrics such as the Capital Delivery Index, providing insights into trends and helping senior stakeholders make informed decisions. In addition, you’ll assist with the weekly ERS payment process, ensuring timely and accurate payments to Tier 1 partners, maintaining clear audit trails, and supporting approvals.

Overall, your role will be about driving consistency, accuracy, and transparency in commercial activity while providing the insight and support that helps the business deliver on its financial and operational objectives.

What does it take to be a Commercial Analyst?

We’re looking for a proactive and organised individual with:

• Proven experience in an analytical role with experience in Microsoft Office
• Strong project management and stakeholder engagement experience
• Knowledge and experience of assurance / audit functions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• The ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines with focus and attention to detail
• A forward-looking, solutions-oriented mindset that drives efficiency and continuous improvement.

It would also be desirable to have experience in commercial reporting and experience in a commercial environment.

Why Anglian Water?

You’ll join a supportive team where your ideas are valued and your development is encouraged. Alongside a competitive salary, you’ll benefit from:

• Flexible and hybrid working
• Private healthcare
• Competitive pension with double-matched contributions
• Annual bonus scheme
• Generous holiday allowance
• Career development and learning opportunities

At Anglian Water, our values guide everything we do. We build trust, do the right thing and are always exploring better ways of working for our customers, communities and the environment.

Closing date: Sunday 25th October 2026

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