Commercial Analyst M / F

Safran; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company is seeking a Commercial Analyst to support strategic planning through data analysis. Key responsibilities include collaboration with cross-functional teams, financial risk assessment, and reporting metrics. Ideal candidates will possess strong IT and analytical skills, a commercial mindset, and experience in business case development. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a growing team based in the UK.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to manipulate complex data for business decision making.
• Experience in producing complex business cases.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to support strategic plan delivery.
• Analyze financial risks and opportunities.
• Report key metrics supporting Business Development objectives.
• Develop business cases for strategic investments.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies and standards.

Skills

Excellent IT skills across MS products, with a focus on MS Excel

Detailed analytical skills with large data sets

Commercial mindset with understanding of business cases

Education

Prior finance knowledge or qualification

Job description

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 100,000 employees and sales of 27.3 billion euros in 2024, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.

Safran is in the 2nd place in the aerospace and defense industry in TIME magazine's "World's best companies 2024" ranking.

Safran Electronics & Defense offers its customers onboard intelligence solutions allowing them to understand the environment, reduce mental load and guarantee a trajectory, even in critical situations, in all environments : on land, at sea, in the sky or space. The company harnesses the expertise of its 13,000 employees towards these three functions : observe, decide and guide, for the civil and military markets.

What does the role look like?

We're recruiting for an exciting, newly created Commercial Analyst role within the Actuation Systems team. This position will act as a key financial point of contact to support the delivery of our strategic plan through the provision of high-quality data analysis and interpretation.

We're open to background & industry but looking for someone who is data driven but commercially focused. You will be a key member of the Integrated Product Team (IPT), where you'll work collaboratively across Actuation sites in France, Italy, and the UK, helping to shape future business direction as we embark on future growth.

What will your day-to-day responsibilities look like?

• Work collaboratively with Business Development, Strategy, and FP&A teams to support the delivery of our strategic plan.
• Work with the business to both understand and challenge financial risks and opportunities.
• Develop and report key metrics that support Business Development objectives.
• Support long-term strategic planning activities for Actuation sites.
• Deliver business cases and proposals for the Actuation business - on time and in full.
• Provide support for both military and civil bids and proposals where required.
• Help develop a robust governance process for bids and proposals, ensuring management system compliance.
• Build business cases to support strategic investments and Actuation-wide central projects.
• Ensure full compliance with accounting policies, US GAAP, Sarbanes‑Oxley, and international accounting standards.
• Ensure military models are built in a manner that is compliant to government legislation.
• Working to deliver against continuous improvement targets.

What will you bring to the role?

Essential skills

• Excellent IT skills across MS products, with a focus on MS Excel.
• Detailed analytical skills with experience managing and interpreting large, complex data sets.
• Proven ability to take complicated data sets and manipulate to produce information that supports sound business decision making.
• Commercial mindset with an understanding of business cases / investment appraisal.

Desirable skills

• Experience working in a commercial environment, contributing to strategic decision-making.
• Track record of continuous improvement and process enhancement.
• Fantastic interpersonal skills with the ability to win trust across all levels of the business.
• Experience working across multiple geographies, with cultural awareness.
• Prior finance knowledge or qualification would be an advantage.
• Experience in producing complex business cases / investment appraisals