Commercial Financial Analyst

Crown Commercial Service; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

A government agency in the United Kingdom seeks a Commercial Financial Analyst to provide in-depth supplier financial risk analysis and support stakeholder management. The successful candidate will work on various financial reports and risk evaluations while ensuring timely recommendations for commercial agreements. Ideal candidates should have a professional accounting qualification and experience in finance, monitored by strict deadlines and varying stakeholder knowledge. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits, including flexible working options.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous pension scheme

Discretionary performance related bonus

Flexible working hours

Annual leave up to 30 days

Qualifications

• Ability to deliver to strict deadlines and work under pressure.
• Experience of interpreting financial information to identify financial risk.
• Experience of working with multiple stakeholders with varying levels of financial knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality supplier financial risk analysis.
• Manage multiple stakeholders and a varied workload.
• Create risk evaluation reports using financial data.

Skills

Analytical decision making

Stakeholder management

Financial risk analysis

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Education

Professional accounting qualification (Part Qualified – ICAEW or equivalent)

Job description

Job Title: Commercial Financial Analyst

Band: 4

Salary: 48,027 - 53,310

Location: Norwich / Liverpool

Terms: Permanent

Hours: Full Time / Compressed Hours

Closing Date: 01 / 12 / 25

Do you enjoy analytical decision making? Do you like managing stakeholders and using your technical finance skills to help others? Come and join our Commercial Finance team.

Job Summary

You will be providing high quality supplier financial risk analysis and making recommendations as part of supplier selection and ongoing commercial agreement management. You will provide real‑time support and guidance, act as a trusted adviser and contribute to the CCS customer value proposition. You will be required to manage multiple stakeholders and prioritise a varied workload whilst maintaining a focus on detail and accuracy.

The role will form part of a newly established sub‑team to deliver reactive financial risk assurance. You will help shape the service offering going forward and implement the new service line as well as supporting the organisation with ad‑hoc financial risk queries.

Directorate Overview

As a directorate Finance Planning and Performance (FPP) are responsible for the planning, reporting and financial wellbeing of CCS. This includes:

• budgets and financial reporting
• strategy and business planning
• supplier and project assurance
• performance reporting
• risk management

The Finance team develop and manage all financial reporting. We work closely with different departments to develop budgets, projections and business plans related to money and finances.

The Planning, Performance and Risk team develops our business plan, tracks its implementation, measures business success and holds the business to account. The team is responsible for increasing the management capability of corporate risk through review and assurance.

Team Summary

This fantastic and rare opportunity sits in the Commercial Finance Team which supports CCS to manage financial risk for over 10,000 suppliers. Our team of 8 finance professionals really makes a difference working with our commercial colleagues to manage commercial agreements while ensuring compliance with financial stability policy and delivering value for our customers through performing financial risk assurance activities.

Key Accountabilities

• Liaising with external suppliers and colleagues to process financial risk
• Creating risk evaluation reports by reviewing financial information, applying financial ratios and providing concise conclusions
• Use financial data to form clearly communicated recommendations and support Commercial teams in contractual risk management
• Act as a trusted partner to commercial teams as they manage supplier on commercial agreements
• Input to the commercial finance systems and reporting, enabling timely high quality reports to Procurement Operations and Category teams
• Identify and contribute to initiatives to develop the commercial Finance service offering
• Communicate financial reports, processes and financial risk guidance in a simple, easy to understand manner

Essential Criteria (to be assessed at application stage)

• Ability to deliver to strict deadlines and to work under pressure
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Experience of interpreting financial information to identify financial risk
• Experience of working with multiple stakeholders with varying levels of financial knowledge
• Professional accounting qualification (minimum level of Part Qualified – ICAEW or equivalent)

Desirable Criteria

• Working knowledge of Government Playbooks and the Economic and Financial Stability policy
• In the event of a high number of applications the desirable will be used as a second sift.

Success Profiles (to be assessed at interview)

You will be assessed against the following behaviours:

• Managing a Quality Service
• Making effective decisions
• Delivering at Pace
• Communicating and Influencing

And the following technical skills:

• Financial risk analysis

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Generous pension scheme
• A discretionary non‑contractual performance related bonus
• Working remotely in addition to working in advertised office location

Flexi time scheme (available for B1–B6)

Minimum 25 days annual leave to a maximum service related 30 days excluding bank holidays

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Complaints Procedure

Our recruitment processes are underpinned by the principle of selection for appointment on merit on the basis of fair and open competition as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners Recruitment Principles. If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint you should contact the recruitment team in the first instance. If you remain unsatisfied with the response you can then contact the Civil Service Commission.

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Employment Type

Full‑Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1

Monthly Salary

48,027 - 53,310