Senior Commercial Analyst

Senior Commercial Analyst - Leading Publishing Group - Paying between £48,000 - £52,000 - Hybrid Role

We are seeking a Senior Commercial Analyst to work alongside the Commercial Manager to deliver commercial finance service to the publishing department.

This will include, but is not limited to, assisting publishers with investment cases for acquisitions, profitability reviews, annual budget, month end analysis and reporting, monthly forecasting, long term planning and ad hoc reporting (internal and external).

You will work closely with the Commercial Manager and Commercial Director, and will be expected to support the Publishing teams.

This role requires a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.

The Senior Commercial Analyst should be able to prepare high quality reporting and reconciliations, requiring minimal review. They should also have a sound understanding of the impact of commercial decisions on the P&L, and be able to think through the future impact of these decisions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Alongside the Commercial Manager, manage the budgeting and forecasting process for both divisions to ensure timely and accurate delivery and reporting to stakeholders across the business. This will include:
• Continuously working with the Commercial Manager to identify ways in which the forecasting and budgeting processes can be rendered more efficient
• Helping to plan the budget and forecast process and organising the finance team and external data providers from the publishing teams to ensure reasonable and achievable deadlines
• Track timely provision of data from the publishing teams and work with junior commercial analyst to ensure accurate and timely uploads, modelling a culture of self-assessment and review
• Ensure all summary schedules are prepared and reconcile for Commercial Manager review
• Applying the principle of adding value in budget/forecast (and other) reporting and striving to incorporate rich detail, illuminating insight and surprising content
• Assist with preparation of schedules for budget pack or commercial review
• Ensure month end tasks including calculation of retro provisions, plant accruals and marketing accruals are completed in sufficient time for detailed review prior to group submission
• Alongside the commercial manager, be a key liaison point for group management accountant to identify significant variances to budget and/or forecast and analyse the reasons for these variances. Consider the impact for forecasting and future planning
• Ensure timely preparation of reports for review before monthly divisional executive meetings, including month end commercial reports and post publication reviews (birthday/anniversary reports)
• May be required to cover junior commercial analyst's month end tasks where necessary
• Preparation of month end excess stock report and liaison with inventory team
• Further development can include taking on tasks requiring higher levels of commercial experience, e.g. preparing first draft of exec report for divisional Managing Director, managing divisional overheads (exc salaries), etc.

Key Requirements:

• Finalist Level (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Needs to be intelligent, confident, hands-on candidate
• Open to Audit Practice experience or industry in a similar role
• Highly numerate and detail oriented.
• Self-starter who can generate ideas and take the initiative in making improvements and developing strategy.
• Comfortable with thinking through commercial decisions and presenting solutions to Commercial Director.
• Tracking timely provision of data from the publishing teams and work with junior commercial analyst to ensure accurate and timely uploads, modelling a culture of self-assessment and review.
• Ideally 1 month notice period or less but will be open to 3 months if outstanding

If this sounds like you please do get in touch here or via my email

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