Commercial Finance Analyst

Cornerstone; Theale; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

30 days leave

Pension plan

Private medical insurance

Hybrid work

Cycle to Work

Electric car scheme

Retail discounts

Refer a friend

Job summary

Cornerstone is hiring a Commercial Finance Analyst in Berkshire. This hybrid role, three days a week in Theale, supports overheads planning and reporting.

You will provide data-driven insights, performance tracking and timely management information to help optimise costs and drive decision-making. You will work with the Finance Manager to review spending, develop forecasting models and enhance dashboards using Power BI, delivering accurate month-end close activities and collaborating with

Qualifications

• Part qualified or newly qualified accountant with strong financial acumen.
• Excellent analytical capability and robust financial modelling skills.
• Experience with Power BI or data visualisation tools is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver timely, insightful reporting for stakeholders.
• Analyse overhead performance, trends, risks and opportunities.
• Enhance reporting, dashboards and KPIs to stay aligned with objectives.
• Improve speed and accuracy of reporting using Power BI.
• Assist month-end close activities including journals and accruals.
• Act as primary contact for external auditors and maintain controls.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to build commercial insight.
• Support annual budget and in-year forecasting cycles.
• Develop forecasting and budget models that are robust and clear.

Skills

Financial modelling

Data visualisation

Communication

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Budgeting & forecasting

Excel advanced

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA (part or newly qualified)

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Vision: To be the UK’s leading digital infrastructure partner, enabling a fully connected future

Mission: Deliver reliable, high quality site access, infrastructure and services that support our customers’ evolving connectivity needs.

About us

For almost two decades, Cornerstone’s infrastructure has quietly supported the UK’s mobile networks. Whilst we continue to strengthen that foundation and extend its reach, we’re in an exciting period of acceleration and product development that will see us enable more connectivity and compute to more communities and industries across the UK.

As our Commercial Finance Analyst, you’ll provide high-quality financial, commercial and operational insight to help optimise Overheads efficiency. Reporting to the Finance Manager, you’ll produce insightful management information, track performance against plan, highlight risks and opportunities, and support decision-making through clear, data-driven analysis.

You’ll review processes and spend, identify opportunities for efficiency and cost control, and work closely with teams to drive improvements and delivery against targets. This is a hybrid role, with three days per week based in our Theale office in Berkshire.

Why This Role Matters

This role helps turn financial data into practical insight that supports stronger decisions and improved business performance. By strengthening reporting, controls, forecasting and analysis, you’ll help stakeholders understand Overheads performance, identify opportunities for value creation and cost optimisation, and keep financial plans robust and aligned to corporate objectives.

What You’ll Do

• Deliver timely, insightful and action-oriented reporting for stakeholders.
• Analyse monthly Overheads performance, identifying trends, risks and opportunities.
• Enhance reporting, dashboards and KPIs so they remain relevant and aligned to corporate objectives.
• Improve the speed, accuracy and automation of reporting using tools such as Power BI.
• Complete month-end close activities including journals, prepayments, accruals and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Act as the Overheads primary point of contact for external auditors and maintain and improve internal financial controls.
• Analyse business processes and spend to identify efficiency and cost optimisation opportunities.
• Provide high-quality analysis and recommendations that influence decisions and improve performance.
• Collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders to build strong business understanding and valuable commercial insight.
• Support the annual budget process and in-year forecasting cycles.
• Own, develop and enhance forecasting and budget models, ensuring outputs are clear, robust and well understood.
• Challenge underlying assumptions with data-driven insight to improve forecast accuracy and efficiency.

What You’ll Bring

• Part qualified or newly qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA).
• An inquisitive mindset, good commercial acumen and a passion for value creation.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, challenge and influence.
• Highly analytical capability, strong financial modelling skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Confidence analysing large datasets and translating numbers into meaningful business insight.
• A motivated, proactive and collaborative approach.
• Experience in telecoms, infrastructure, construction or services industries is desirable.
• Exposure to financial systems, data visualisation tools such as Power BI, or wider digital finance solutions is desirable.

Why Join Us?

• Reward & Recognition: Competitive salary and an excellent bonus structure.
• Time to Recharge: 30 days’ annual leave.
• Long Term Security: Competitive pension scheme and life insurance.
• Flexibility: Hybrid working to help you balance work and home life.
• Health & Wellbeing: Private medical insurance including dental and optical cover.
• Lifestyle Perks: Cycle to Work scheme, Electric Car scheme, and retail discounts.
• Community & Growth: A generous refer a friend scheme.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) is fundamental to our success. We strive to cultivate an inclusive environment where every employee feels valued, respected, and empowered. By embracing unique perspectives and experiences, we drive innovation and drive our organisation forward, therefore, we recognise the importance of welcoming applications from candidates of all backgrounds.

We want to ensure everyone is able to present their best self throughout the recruitment process so if you require any adjustments, please let us know.