Commercial Finance Analyst

Sportswift Ltd; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Sportswift Ltd is seeking a Commercial Finance Analyst to support our Retail teams. You will turn numbers into insights on sales, margin and stock, partnering with Commercial, Marketing and Finance to improve decisions and profitability.

This hybrid role focuses on budgeting, forecasting and reporting, owning dashboards and tools, ensuring data accuracy and driving process improvements across the business.

Qualifications

• Qualified, part-qualified or qualified by experience in Commercial Finance.
• Experience in commercial finance, industry, assurance or advisory.
• Strong analytical and Excel skills for robust financial analysis.
• Understanding of retail performance measures: sales, margin, price, volume, stock.
• Commercial curiosity to investigate results and challenge assumptions.
• Ability to translate data into actionable conclusions and actions.
• Strong written and verbal communication across finance and non-finance teams.
• Experience with Power BI or Anaplan is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Use sales, margin and stock data to uncover insights and opportunities.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and trading plans.
• Challenge assumptions and drive accurate decision-making.
• Provide analysis to support key business decisions, trials and initiatives.
• Own reporting tools and dashboards; ensure data accuracy and actionable.

Skills

Commercial finance

Excel

Power BI

Anaplan

Forecasting

Data analysis

Tools

Power BI

Anaplan

Excel

Job description

Description: We have a new and exciting opportunity! Join us as a Commercial Finance Analyst, supporting our Retail teams. You'll be the go-to person for turning numbers into insights, helping us understand what's really driving sales, margin and stock performance. From forecasting and analysing commercial activity to partnering with Commercial, Marketing and Finance teams, you'll play a key role in helping the business make smarter decisions and drive performance. Please note, this is a hybrid role with 2 days per week in our Wakefield office What you'll do You'll use sales, margin and stock data to uncover insights, explain performance and identify opportunities to improve profitability. You'll support budgeting, forecasting and trading plans, helping to challenge assumptions and drive more accurate decision-making. Working closely with Commercial, Marketing and Finance teams, you'll provide analysis to support key business decisions, trials and initiatives. You'll also take ownership of reporting tools and dashboards, ensuring data is accurate, reliable and actionable, while continuously looking for ways to improve processes and make reporting more efficient.

• Qualified, Part-qualified or qualified by relevant experience, with a strong grounding in Commercial Finance
• Relevant experience gained in commercial finance, industry, assurance or advisory
• Strong analytical and Excel skills, with the ability to produce accurate and robust financial analysis
• Understanding of key retail performance measures, including sales, margin, price, volume, mix and stock
• Commercial curiosity, with the confidence to investigate unexpected results and challenge assumptions constructively
• Ability to translate data into clear conclusions, commercial implications and recommended actions
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across finance and non-finance teams
• Experience of Power BI or Anaplan would be an advantage