Commercial Finance Analyst

Morgan McKinley; Dublin; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan McKinley is recruiting a Commercial Finance Analyst to join a growing commercial function within a leading business services organisation in Ireland. The role sits close to the senior leadership team and directly influences business-winning and retention decisions.

The role asks for a commercially savvy qualified accountant ready to move beyond traditional finance and translate financial analysis into actionable business insights.

Qualifications

• ACA or ACCA qualification.
• Strong Excel and financial modelling skills.
• Experience analysing pricing, costs, margins or commercial performance.
• Ability to work with complex data and identify what actually matters.
• Strong commercial judgement and curiosity.
• Confidence presenting your thinking to senior stakeholders.
• The personality to hold your own, challenge people and operate independently.
• Genuine interest in understanding how a business wins and makes money.

Responsibilities

• Analyse commercial opportunities and develop the financial models behind new business.
• Support the business through bids, tenders and contract opportunities.
• Assess pricing, costs, margins and commercial risks to determine whether opportunities stack up.
• Work through different scenarios and make clear recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Support new business wins, renewals and customer retention.
• Work closely with Operations to understand how services are delivered and what drives costs.
• Partner with Business Development and Commercial teams on customer solutions.
• Challenge the numbers and assumptions behind commercial proposals.
• Turn detailed analysis into a clear commercial story for senior decision-makers.
• Help identify ways to improve profitability and commercial performance.

Skills

Excel

Financial modelling

Commercial judgement

Data analysis

Presenting to executives

Independent working

Education

ACA/ACCA qualification

Job description

We're recruiting for a Commercial Finance Analyst to join a growing commercial function within a leading business services organisation.

This is an opportunity for a qualified accountant with strong commercial instincts to step into a role that sits very close to the senior leadership team and has a direct impact on winning and retaining business.

This is not a traditional finance role. You'll use your financial and analytical background to understand commercial opportunities, challenge assumptions and help shape decisions that have a direct impact on the business.

What you'll be doing

• Analyse commercial opportunities and develop the financial models behind new business.
• Support the business through bids, tenders and contract opportunities.
• Assess pricing, costs, margins and commercial risks to determine whether opportunities stack up.
• Work through different scenarios and make clear recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Support new business wins, renewals and customer retention.
• Work closely with Operations to understand how services are delivered and what drives costs.
• Partner with Business Development and Commercial teams on customer solutions.
• Challenge the numbers and assumptions behind commercial proposals.
• Turn detailed analysis into a clear commercial story for senior decision-makers.
• Help identify ways to improve profitability and commercial performance.

What we're looking for

The most important thing is that you're commercially savvy, you may have recently qualified or have a year PQE.

You could currently be working in commercial finance, pricing, business partnering, consulting, accounting or another analytical role.

You'll have:

• ACA or ACCA qualification.
• Strong Excel and financial modelling skills.
• Experience analysing pricing, costs, margins or commercial performance.
• The ability to work with complex data and identify what actually matters.
• Strong commercial judgement and curiosity.
• Confidence presenting your thinking to senior stakeholders.
• The personality to hold your own, challenge people and operate independently.
• A genuine interest in understanding how a business wins and makes money.

Why you should apply

This is a brilliant role and would suit someone who feels they'd like to pivot from a pure accounting or reporting-focused position and wants to use their finance background in a much more commercial environment.

You'll have regular exposure to senior stakeholders and will be expected to contribute to the conversation, rather than simply provide the numbers.