Senior Commercial Analyst

Serco Group Plc; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading public service provider in the UK seeks a Senior Commercial Analyst to influence high-profile bids across various sectors. You will analyze customer requirements and build sophisticated financial models while collaborating with multiple teams. The ideal candidate has a professional qualification and proven financial modelling skills. This role offers benefits like private healthcare, a bonus scheme, and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Company car

Private healthcare

Bonus scheme: 5% on target / 10% for exceeding targets

Flexible working

6% employer pension contribution

Employee Assistance Programme

Clear and supported routes for career progression

Qualifications

• Strong, proven financial modelling skills.
• Experience in supporting competitive bids in public services or outsourcing.
• Ability to simplify complex financial information.

Responsibilities

• Analyse customer requirements for financial responses.
• Build and review financial models for pricing and strategy.
• Prepare and present key financial submissions to customers.

Skills

Financial modelling skills

Understanding of commercial governance

Influencing stakeholders

Education

Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Tools

Advanced Excel

Job description

From protecting the public and supporting vulnerable people, to keeping transport networks moving and enabling world‑class healthcare. As a Senior Commercial Analyst, you'll play a key role in helping us secure the contracts that make all this possible. This is your chance to influence high‑profile bids across Justice & Immigration, Healthcare, Transport, Defence and Citizen Services. You'll bring commercial clarity, financial insight and strategic challenge to some of our most important opportunities.

If you thrive on high‑impact work, complex problem‑solving and meaningful collaboration, this is a role where you can truly make your mark.

What You’ll Be Doing

You'll sit at the heart of our bidding activity, working closely with operational, commercial and financial leaders to shape winning, sustainable solutions. In this role, you will:

• Analyse customer requirements and translate them into commercially sound financial responses
• Build and review sophisticated financial models that inform pricing and strategy
• Prepare, reconcile and present key financial submissions directly to customers
• Help craft compelling business cases demonstrating value for money
• Engage with customers to explain Serco's commercial approach
• Collaborate with specialist teams (Tax, Treasury, Insurance, Group Finance) to ensure complete, accurate inputs
• Provide insightful reporting, visualisations and recommendations for governance forums
• Support broader commercial analysis, including benchmarking and service credit modelling
• Mentor colleagues and contribute to strengthening commercial capability across the business

We're Looking For Someone Who...

• Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent commercial/financial expertise
• Strong, proven financial modelling skills (advanced Excel essential)
• Experience supporting competitive bids - ideally within public services or an outsourcing environment
• Knowledge of TUPE, pensions, people‑cost modelling and commercial governance
• Ability to simplify complex financial information and influence stakeholders with confidence
• A self‑starter who thrives in a fast‑paced, dynamic, team‑focused environment, Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people.

Benefits

• Company car
• Private healthcare
• Bonus scheme: 5% on target / 10% for exceeding targets
• Flexible working
• 6% employer pension contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Clear and supported routes for career progression
• The chance to contribute to innovation and improvement across public services

Why Serco?

When you join Serco, you join a company with purpose at its core. We're trusted to deliver services that matter – and your work will directly help shape how those services are secured and delivered. Here's what you can expect:

• Work that matters – your contribution helps keep our people and systems connected and compliant.
• Opportunity to develop your data and analytical expertise in a global organisation.
• A collaborative, supportive culture that values accuracy, improvement, and service excellence.
• Flexible working arrangements and a focus on work‑life balance.