Commercial Finance and Operations Analyst

JR United Kingdom; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Une entreprise de recherche dynamique cherche un Analyste en Finances Commerciales et Opérations pour un rôle stratégique à Stevenage. Vous travaillerez en étroite collaboration avec les dirigeants pour transformer des données financières brutes en informations exploitables, en améliorant l'efficacité opérationnelle grâce à des outils d'automatisation. Ce poste permanent nécessite une formation en comptabilité ou une expérience significative, avec une maîtrise d'Excel et une sensibilisation à l'IA.

Qualifications

• Expérience en finance commerciale, opérations ou transformation.
• Capacité à automatiser les processus de gestion des données.
• Expérience récente avec des outils comme ChatGPT et plateformes d'automatisation.

Responsibilities

• Analyser les données financières pour concevoir des rapports dynamiques.
• Diriger la conception et l'implémentation d'outils d'automatisation.
• Collaborer avec la direction pour aligner les normes de reporting.

Skills

Advanced Excel skills

AI-savvy

Financial fluency

Interpersonal skills

Commercial mindset

Education

Qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)

Tools

Power BI

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Commercial Finance and Operations Analyst, Stevenage

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Posted:

16.06.2025

Expiry Date:

31.07.2025

Job Description:

Are you a finance professional ready to step into a strategic, visible, and influential role?

We are seeking a commercially astute, financially literate, and highly proactive analyst to drive automation, financial planning, and commercial insight across multiple business functions. Working closely with senior leadership, you will transform raw financial data into actionable insights and introduce smart, AI-driven processes to improve how the organization manages spend, reporting, and operational efficiency.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the COO to provide a consolidated and strategic view of departmental spend across HR, IT, Tech, Operations, and Product.
• Analyze financial data from flat-file sources (Sage, Oracle, SAP exports), and transform it into dynamic reports and dashboards.
• Lead the design and implementation of automation and AI tools to streamline invoice approvals, financial reporting, and budget planning.
• Identify and deliver opportunities for smarter procurement, outsourcing, or contract renegotiation to reduce spend.
• Work on forecasting, planning, and scenario modeling, e.g., pricing changes, vendor management strategies.
• Collaborate with the Finance Director and Retail Director to align reporting standards.
• Assist with the implementation of payment and billing systems, particularly for corporate clients using RVS services.
• Introduce best practices in commercial operations, ideally with experience from a vendor or seller perspective.

Employment Details

• Permanent | Full-time (35 hours/week)
• Experience in commercial finance, operations, or transformation; qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) or qualified by experience with deep financial fluency.
• Advanced Excel skills, ideally with experience automating data handling and analysis processes.
• AI-savvy, with recent hands-on experience with tools like ChatGPT, Power BI AI visuals, CoPilot, or automation platforms.
• Self-starter with high initiative; comfortable challenging existing ways of working.
• Strong interpersonal skills, confident engaging with long-tenure staff and senior stakeholders.
• Experience leading manual finance environments towards modernization and automation.
• Commercial mindset: confident in pricing, scenario modeling, and investment-style thinking.