Commercial Performance Analyst

Carnival UK (P&O Cruises & Cunard); Southampton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee Discounted Cruising

Minimum 25 days leave

Health Cash Plan

Life Assurance

Pension scheme

Employee Shares Plan

Onsite restaurant

Employee Assistance and Wellbeing

Job summary

Carnival UK in Southampton seeks an Analyst, Commercial Performance to deliver commercial performance reporting and insight across Sales, Marketing and wider Commercial activity. You will own KPI tracking, trend analysis, and forecasting, and develop analytical tools and dashboards, acting as a key interface with Finance to inform business cases and investment decisions.

The role requires strong analytical skills, experience with forecasting and commission mechanisms, and the ability to partner

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a commercial, sales, marketing or finance analytics role producing performance reporting and insight.
• Strong analytical skills with experience handling large datasets, identifying trends and translating data into clear recommendations.
• Experience building or working with forecasting, modelling or scenario analysis, ideally including commission or incentive mechanisms.
• Confident stakeholder engagement skills, able to work across Sales, Marketing, Finance and MI functions.
• Experience contributing to or supporting business cases, investment decisions or performance reviews.
• Strong systems capability, including Excel and experience working with Power BI or similar BI tools.

Responsibilities

• Own the production and interpretation of commercial performance reporting, including KPI tracking, trend analysis and insight generation to support decision-making and performance improvement.
• Lead the development of commission models, incentive analysis and commercial scenario forecasting, providing data-led recommendations and maintaining transparency of assumptions.
• Act as a key interface between Commercial teams and Finance, aligning assumptions, validating data and supporting business cases, investment proposals and performance discussions.
• Work with MI and systems teams to design, enhance and maintain Power BI dashboards, trackers and analytical tools, improving access to commercial insight.
• Identify opportunities to improve commercial reporting, analysis and ways of working, using insight to challenge assumptions and support continuous improvement.
• Share best practice and contribute to a culture of data-driven decision-making while maintaining high standards of governance and reporting accuracy.

Skills

KPI tracking

Data analysis

Power BI

Excel

Forecasting

Stakeholder engagement

Commercial analytics

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Job Description

The Analyst, Commercial Performance produces commercial performance reporting and insight that supports decision-making across Sales, Marketing and wider Commercial activity at Carnival UK. The role owns KPI tracking, trend analysis, commission and incentive modelling, and the development of analytical tools and dashboards, acting as a key interface between Commercial teams and Finance to deliver robust analysis that informs business cases, investment decisions and performance reviews.

Key Accountabilities

• Own the production and interpretation of commercial performance reporting, including KPI tracking, trend analysis and insight generation to support decision-making and performance improvement.
• Lead the development of commission models, incentive analysis and commercial scenario forecasting, providing data-led recommendations and maintaining transparency of assumptions.
• Act as a key interface between Commercial teams and Finance, aligning assumptions, validating data and supporting business cases, investment proposals and performance discussions.
• Work with MI and systems teams to design, enhance and maintain Power BI dashboards, trackers and analytical tools, improving access to commercial insight.
• Identify opportunities to improve commercial reporting, analysis and ways of working, using insight to challenge assumptions and support continuous improvement.
• Share best practice and contribute to a culture of data-driven decision-making while maintaining high standards of governance and reporting accuracy.

Essential Experience Required

• Proven experience in a commercial, sales, marketing or finance analytics role, producing performance reporting and insight.
• Strong analytical skills, with experience handling large datasets, identifying trends and translating data into clear recommendations.
• Experience building or working with forecasting, modelling or scenario analysis, ideally including commission or incentive mechanisms.
• Confident stakeholder engagement skills, able to work across Sales, Marketing, Finance and MI functions.
• Experience contributing to or supporting business cases, investment decisions or performance reviews.
• Strong systems capability, including Excel and experience working with Power BI or similar BI tools.

Application Guidance

Diversity is our strength, and we encourage applications from those with varied experiences, whether you meet every listed requirement or not. If you’re passionate about our guests’ experience and looking for an opportunity to grow, we’d love to hear from you.

Why Join Us?

Working with us means more than just a role in the guest experience sector. It’s about being part of a team that values well-being and personal growth.

Read our employee experience guide to learn more about life as a Carnival UK colleague here.

Here’s what we offer:

• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance and holiday trading scheme
• Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
• Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
• Extensive learning and development opportunities
• Employee-led networks
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
• Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
• In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
• Life Assurance
• Parental and adoption leave
• Employee Shares Plan
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab and go meals
• Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
• Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
• A friendly welcome with help settling in

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