Graduate Analyst

Cooper & Hall Limited; Crewe; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Graduate Commercial Analyst to join their commercial team in Crewe. This role offers recent graduates the opportunity to gain valuable experience and work towards a CIMA qualification while receiving structured support and pay increments aligned with their personal growth. The position involves leading projects, reporting, and working closely with management on KPIs.

Benefits

33 days holiday (including bank holidays)

Chance to win free tickets every month at the AO Arena

Subsidised gym membership

At least 5% pension contribution

BUPA health cover with options to upgrade

Qualifications

• Open to expanding IT abilities over time.
• Experience in a professional business environment (university level is acceptable).

Responsibilities

• Completing cost benefit analysis.
• Supporting financial and operational reporting.
• Communicating information with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Good communication skills

Analytical ability

Deadline management

IT ability

Excel proficiency

Education

Relevant degree (Business/Finance ideally)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

About The Role

This is an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic graduate or early-career professional seeking their first challenge. The Graduate Commercial Analyst role offers the chance to grow within a dynamic and outgoing Commercial team.

We offer a dedicated programme for our graduates designed to help you develop and progress in your role. Over an 18 to 24-month period, you'll follow a structured progression plan that focuses on building your confidence and skillset.

As part of this programme, we provide the opportunity to fund your CIMA qualification, along with pay increments that align with your growth throughout the journey.

Throughout the programme, you can expect to work towards key objectives such as:

• Leading your own projects that have a direct impact on PBT (Profit Before Tax).
• Gaining experience in forecasting and budgeting.
• Improving technical skills in Power BI, Excel, and Power Platforms.
• Presenting your progress to the MD once objectives are achieved.

What We Offer

• Salary: Between £29,120.00 and £29,702.00 (negotiable) per annum
• Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday
• Start/Finish time: 8am- 4pm
• Location: AO PLC, Alpha Building, Weston Road, Crewe, Cheshire CW1 6BF

Here's What You Can Expect To Be Doing

• Completing cost benefit analysis
• Supporting the delivery of financial and operational reporting
• Working with department managers to implement and monitor KPIs
• Communicating information with internal and external stakeholders
• Generating reports using a range of IT and database systems
• Supporting the delivery of the monthly forecast and the annual budget process
• Support the team with data manipulation and weekly reporting, providing insights and commentary to key business KPI’s

A Few Things About You

The backbone of this role will rely on the ability to work fast paced to produce analysis & timely reporting mainly in Microsoft Excel. Solid analytical ability and an openness to expand your IT ability over time are our main requirements.

Essential

• Good communication skills
• Deadline driven & the ability to manage your own workload.
• Comfortable working within a busy team
• Capable of working with confidential and/or sensitive data.
• Experience of working in a professional business environment (This may have been attained during university)

Desirable

• A relevant degree (Business/Finance Ideally)
• Excellent Microsoft Excel Skills (A knowledge on Sumifs/Pivot tables/Lookups/Conditional Formatting)
• Willing to work towards CIMA Qualification or are already part qualified.
• Experience in delivering analysis to senior management/a group of your peers.
• Financial or analytical background

A Bit About Us

When it comes to appliances and electricals, we’ve got the lot. Washing machines? Yep. TVs? Check. Laptops? Absolutely. Everything except doorbells (just kidding, we’ve got those too).

We’re known for helping our customers brilliantly - and it’s no different for AOers. We care about more than what’s on your CV, because together we can do extraordinary things.

Our Benefits

We have designed our benefits to cover everything from big moments to little help. As well as the essentials, like pensions and holidays, we’ve got our little own "AO Perks" to help you with the little things that matter.

• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Chance to win free tickets every month at the AO Arena
• Subsidised gym membership
• At least 5% pension contribution
• BUPA health cover with standard package but options to upgrade