Commercial Finance Analyst

Cornerstone; Theale; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

30 days annual leave

Competitive pension scheme

Life insurance

Private medical insurance (dental &amp

Job summary

Cornerstone, Theale (Berkshire), seeks a Commercial Finance Analyst to turn financial data into practical insight, support decision-making, and track performance. The role is hybrid with three days per week in Theale and close collaboration with the Finance Manager and other teams.

You will review processes, drive efficiency, perform month-end close activities, and develop forecasting and budgeting models to improve accuracy and value creation.

Qualifications

• Part qualified or newly qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA).
• Inquisitive mindset, good commercial acumen and 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical mindset

Financial modelling

Attention to detail

Power BI experience

Collaborative

Education

Part qualified or newly qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA)

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.