Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

Willow Recruit; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days holiday + bank holidays

Hybrid working

Discretionary bonus

Private medical

Cycle to work

Pension scheme

Buying and selling holidays

Job summary

Willow Recruit in Leeds is seeking a Senior Commercial Finance Analyst to join a professional services team and deliver commercial analysis that informs leadership decisions.

The role combines data analytics, budgeting support, and business partnering across the organisation, with hybrid working and a clear path for progression as the business grows.

Qualifications

• Part qualified in CIMA/ACCA nearing the end of studies; study support available.
• Experience in a commercial finance or analyst role with strong financial analysis and data analytics.
• Advanced Excel skills; ability to build and interrogate complex models.
• Stakeholder management across levels; ability to partner with the business.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end with accounting adjustments and P&L reviews.
• Produce reporting packs with commentary and variance analysis.
• Own KPI reporting and ensure timely, complete outputs.
• Provide analytical support to Senior Commercial Finance Manager and stakeholders.
• Contribute to annual budgeting and planning processes.
• Improve reporting processes while maintaining controls and quality.

Skills

Financial analysis

Data analytics

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

Education

CIMA/ACCA (part-qualified)

Tools

Power BI

SAP

Job description

Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

Leeds City Centre

Hybrid Working

Full-time – 35 hours

Up to £50k depending on experience

Do you want a finance role that goes beyond the numbers? This is a chance to join a professional services business where commercial thinking, business partnering and data analytics come together, and where your work directly shapes the decisions leaders make.

You’ll sit in the team responsible for delivering analysis and insight across the business. Your role is to turn data into clear, actionable insight, build strong relationships with stakeholders and help steer strategic decisions. It’s a people focused role, the best results here come from understanding the business and the people in it, not just the figures.

We’re looking for someone who is ideally part qualified (CIMA or ACCA) and nearing the end of their studies although candidates at a slightly earlier stage of study will be considered alongside fully qualified candidates. Study support will be offered if required.

Ideally, you will have experience in a similar commercial finance role or analyst position, with strong financial analysis and data analytics skills and advanced Excel. You’ll be confident managing stakeholders and building relationships at all levels and experience within Power BI and SAP would be advantageous but not essential.

What you will be responsible for –

• Supporting the month end by making agreed accounting adjustments and supporting with P&L reviews


• Producing reporting packs with associated commentary and variance analysis


• Owning reporting deliverables including KPI reporting, making sure outputs are complete and delivered to agreed timescales


• Providing analytical support to the Senior Commercial Finance Manager and business partnering with stakeholders, providing data and analysis


• Contributing to the annual budget and planning process


• Finding practical ways to improve reporting processes, while maintaining stakeholder requirements, controls, testing and output quality


• Supporting the team on various commercial projects when needed

What’s on offer

• 27 days holiday plus bank holidays


• Hybrid working, 3 days in the office


• Day-to-day support from an experienced Commercial Finance Manage


• A genuinely varied role with visibility across the business and clear room for progression as the company grows


• Wellbeing benefits


• Pension scheme, matched of up to 5%


• Cycle to work scheme


• Buying and selling holidays


• Discretionary bonus


• Private medical

If this sounds like the kind of role where you’d add value and grow at the same time, we’d love to have a confidential chat with you