Commercial Finance and Operations Analyst

JR United Kingdom; York; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Commercial Finance and Operations Analyst to drive financial planning and insights across departments. Responsibilities include automating reporting processes and collaborating with senior leaders to enhance operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical and interpersonal skills, with a keen understanding of finance and automation tools.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial finance, operations, or transformation.
• Advanced Excel skills critical for data handling.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools like ChatGPT and CoPilot.

Responsibilities

• Partner with COO to analyze departmental spend and forecast planning.
• Design automation tools to streamline financial reporting and approvals.
• Deliver smarter procurement solutions to reduce costs.

Skills

Financial analysis

Automation

Advanced Excel

Interpersonal skills

Commercial mindset

Education

Qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) or equivalent experience

Tools

Power BI AI visuals

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JMR Global | Executive Search

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Posted:

16.06.2025

Expiry Date:

31.07.2025

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Job Description:

Are you a finance pro 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’ll transform raw financial data into actionable insights and introduce smart, AI-driven processes to improve how the organisation 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.
• Analyse financial data from flat-file sources (Sage, Oracle, SAP exports), and transform 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 modelling – e.g. pricing changes, vendor management strategies.
• Collaborate with the Finance Director and Retail Director to align reporting standards.
• Assist with 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/seller point of view.

Permanent | Full-time (35hrs)

• Experience in commercial finance, operations, or transformation – you may be a qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) with experience in business partnering. Or qualified by experience and deeply financially fluent.
• Advanced Excel skills essential – ideally with experience of automating data handling and analysis processes.
• AI-savvy – recent hands-on experience with tools like ChatGPT, Power BI AI visuals, CoPilot, or automation platforms.
• Self-starter with high levels of initiative; comfortable challenging existing ways of working.
• Strong interpersonal skills – confident engaging with long-tenure staff and senior stakeholders.
• Experience leading manual finance environments to modernisation/automation.
• Commercial mindset: confident in pricing, scenario modelling, and investment-style thinking.