Commercial Insights Analyst

Barratt Redrow; Thornton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction firm in the UK seeks a Commercial Strategy Specialist to support business decision-making through insightful data analysis. The role involves working with commercial operating systems, producing management reports, and driving performance improvements. Candidates should have CIMA or ACCA qualifications and excellent analytical skills, along with proficiency in advanced Excel and Power BI. This position offers competitive salary, hybrid working conditions, and generous benefits including private health cover and pension contributions.

Benefits

Competitive salary and bonus scheme

Private medical cover

Annual medical health assessment

26 days holiday

Hybrid way of working

Pension schemes with up to 10% employer contributions

Cycle-to-work scheme

Qualifications

• Post-qualification experience in a similar role.
• Highly numerate with excellent attention to detail.
• Methodical, conscientious, and organized.

Responsibilities

• Work with the Group Commercial team as an analyst.
• Produce management information and weekly reporting.
• Analyse short- and long-term data to highlight trends.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Strong IT skills

Communication skills

Relationship building

Education

Qualified to CIMA, ACCA or construction-related HND level

Tools

Advanced Excel

Power BI

MS Word

PowerPoint

Teams

COINS

BOQ

CVR

VAP

Job description

Commercial Strategy Specialist

Supporting the business and our divisional offices, our Head Office functions cover all departments from our Executive Board through to our support functions such as Group Design and Technical, HR, Health and Safety, IT, Sales and Marketing, Commercial, Procurement, Group Finance, Corporate Affairs, as well as Legal and Company Secretariat. Barratt Partnerships is a specialised function.

What You'll Be Doing

• Work with the Group Commercial team as an analyst, extracting, reviewing and consolidating information contained within commercial operating systems.
• Provide support and insightful analysis that adds value and drives business decisions for a wide group of stakeholders.
• Produce management information and weekly reporting for internal customers, identifying market drivers and trends.
• Analyse short‑ and long‑term data, highlight business impacts, key trends and anomalies to enable continuous improvement.
• Prepare regular reporting for upper management, exporting data from business systems and summarising results.
• Provide both regular and ad‑hoc reporting and analysis to highlight trends and drive performance.
• Act as the commercial representative or lead on medium‑term projects within the business.
• Drive use of existing management information and improve efficiency of production.
• Develop reporting in line with market trends and business needs.
• Deliver excellent service to internal customers such as the Executive Team, Group Financial Controller, and Group Commercial Director.
• Play a fundamental role in the Group management information strategy.

What You'll Need

• Qualified to CIMA, ACCA or a construction‑related HND level or higher with post‑qualification experience in a similar role.
• Understanding of current business operating systems.
• Highly numerate with excellent attention to detail, able to gather, interpret and present data for reporting.
• Methodical, conscientious and organised, delivering high standards.
• Strong IT skills: advanced Excel, Power BI, MS Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, COINS, BOQ, CVR, VAP.
• Articulate, clear and credible, able to thrive under pressure in a fast‑paced environment.
• Self‑driven, able to work on own initiative with a drive to take ownership of projects.
• Approachable and able to build effective working relationships with colleagues across Group Commercial and other disciplines.
• Good communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and bonus scheme.
• Private medical cover – single cover and access to virtual GP, physio and talking therapies.
• Annual medical health assessment.
• 26 days holiday (increases to 29 days after 3 years continuous service).
• Choice of flexible benefits and enhanced family‑friendly policies.
• Hybrid way of working – office, construction sites, sales offices or home as role dictates.
• First‑class pension schemes with up to 10% employer contributions.
• Access to employee loans, savings accounts and house purchase discounts.
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme, reduced hotel rates and discounts at major retailers.
• Paid volunteer and study leave, enhanced family‑friendly policies, share‑buying scheme.

We are building an organisation where anyone with drive and talent can pursue the career they want. We want the best people in the industry to help us shape the future of building.