Commercial Analyst - Permanent - Hybrid

Sage; London; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global academic publisher seeks a Commercial Analyst to provide insights through data analysis and visualization. The role involves working with financial data, collaborating with various departments, and creating dashboards for senior management. This position offers a hybrid working environment and a range of benefits including holidays, life assurance, and professional development support.

Benefits

25 days holiday excluding bank holidays

Life assurance

Income protection

Tuition scheme

Hybrid working arrangements

Home working allowance

Healthy lifestyle reimbursement

Qualifications

• Experience in using SQL, Python, or PowerQuery to interpret large datasets.
• Advanced analysis and reporting skills to interpret unstructured and structured data.

Responsibilities

• Report on key performance indicators (KPIs) and business metrics through dashboards.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support business planning and forecasting.
• Analyse cost and revenue data to identify opportunities for growth.

Skills

Data Visualization

SQL

Python

Power Query

Analytical Skills

Attention to Detail

Job description

Commercial Analyst – £48,530 - £54,000 – Permanent – Hybrid

Join us and be part of a mission-driven, independent publisher. You’ll work with a diverse group of people who share a passion for empowering researchers, educators, and institutions to shape the future.

About Sage:

Sage is a global academic publisher of books, journals, and library resources with a growing range of technologies to enable discovery, access, and engagement. Believing that research and education are critical in shaping society, Sara Miller McCune founded Sage in 1965. Today, we are controlled by a group of trustees charged with maintaining our independence and mission indefinitely.

Our guaranteed independence means we’re free to:

• Do more– supporting an equitable academic future, furthering disciplines that drive social change, and helping social and behavioural science make an impact
• Work together– building lasting relationships, championing diverse perspectives, and co-creating resources to transform teaching and learning

• Think long-term– experimenting, taking risks, and investing in new ideas

About our Team:

The Circulation Reporting Team delivers expert commercial insights and data visualization by analysing data and product performance to provide insights and recommendations that support strategic decision-making.

Could you be our new Commercial Analyst? Are you?

• Capable of advanced analysis and reporting skills to interpret unstructured and structured data through data visualisation tools (e.g. PowerBI or Tableau) for a variety of audiences.
• Able to demonstrate experience in using SQL, Python or PowerQuery to interpret large datasets.
• Experienced in working with financial data to provide commercial insights.
• Comfortable working with ambiguous data and able to ensure reports and analyses are complete, consistent and understood.
• Able to establish and maintain exceptional working relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Data-driven, with an excellent eye for accuracy and strong attention to detail.
• Enthusiastic, adaptive and eager to work through complicated challenges.
• Resourceful, inquisitive and possessing a continuous improvement mindset.

Your new role:

The Commercial Analyst will focus on consolidating sales and financial information through dashboards to provide senior management with an interactive environment that offers clear and actionable insights to drive business growth and improve efficiency.

Partnering closely with finance, this newly created role will integrate a deeper level of financial data to our analysis, providing enhanced insights to our stakeholders.

Collaborating with various departments, the Commercial Analyst will be comfortable working with a level of ambiguity to collect data. As data sets will be structured and unstructured, this role will require using SQL, Python, and Power Query to categorize and automate data to build comprehensive sales and financial dashboards.

Key responsibilities:

• Report on key performance indicators (KPIs) and business metrics through dashboards, allowing senior management to interact with data and explore strategy options.
• Engage with technology teams to ensure data acquisition and data warehouse activities are aligned with agreed goals.
• Analyse quality of data assets and work across departments to enable more automated reporting solutions.
• Contribute to data governance councils on the downstream needs of processes to ensure the organisation collects the data needed to make excellent, data driven strategic decisions.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support business planning and forecasting.
• Analyse cost and revenue data to identify opportunities for growth and improvement.
• Assist in the development and implementation of business strategies and initiatives.

Overview of benefits:

• 25 days holiday excluding bank holidays full-time/pro-rated for part-time roles
• 2 additional ’floating days’ of personal leave, in recognition that each of us has cultural, religious, or family commitments that fall at times when the company is not closed.
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Access to Sage books and journals
• Tuition scheme and support for pursuing professional qualifications
• Hybrid working arrangements - In office 20% of contracted hours. We work flexibly and most staff can choose to work from home for up to 80% of their contracted hours.

Other benefits, which may change include:

• Variety of snacks and beverages available in the office
• Home working allowance
• Travel insurance
• Healthy lifestyle reimbursement
• Access to the Company doctor
• Access to Company loans (season ticket loan, rental deposit loan, cycle loan)
• Anniversary trip

If you have a disability and need any support during the application process, please contact [e-mail]. We will respond to any requests for support in a timely manner.All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.
Closing date for applications: Thursday 22nd May 2025.

To ensure we can give each application the attention it deserves, we may consider bringing the closing date forward if we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to ensure it is considered.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

At Sage we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that is representative of all sections of society and to sustaining a culture that celebrates difference, encourages authenticity, and creates a deep sense of belonging. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, disability, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief as creating value through diversity is what makes us strong.As a business and as an organisation with an increasingly agile workforce, we're open to flexible working arrangements where appropriate.