Description:

Role Overview:

We are seeking a highly capable, energetic, self-driven, and detail-oriented Commercial Finance Analyst to support the FSP divisions Commercial Finance Director, broader Finance team and commercial operating units.

This role is critical in delivering accurate, timely, and insightful financial data and analysis to support business decision-making across the FSP division.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, brings strong analytical skills, advanced Excel proficiency (including Power Query) and a passion for data workflows, systems and process improvement.

You will own finance support for the FSP portfolio, develop and improve core processes for monthly reporting and quarterly forecasting, and partner with Operations, Account Management and Project to drive data quality and governance.

Key Responsibilities:

Month-End and Financial Reporting:

- Own FSP monthend timetable (cutoffs, checks, signoffs) and deliverables, producing decisionready packs with variance bridges and narratives

- Deliver BU-level reporting packs, including operational slides for BU reviews

- Build and maintain portfolio KPIs and dashboards with drill downs

- Shorten monthend timelines by improving upstream inputs and alignment with Central Finance, Project Management, and Contracts & Proposals.

Forecasting data owner:

- Own budgeting and forecasting data and processes for FSP division, integrating insights from senior stakeholders and maintaining an audit trail of changes.

- Build driverbased forecasts, connecting headcount, billability, and rate assumptions to actionable insights (risks/opportunities, margin drivers).

- Collaborate with Finance, PMs, HR, and cross-functional teams to ensure accurate and consistent data classification

Analysis & Business Support:

- Act as a trusted partner to BU Leads, CFD, CFO; proactively communicate progress, risks, and recommendations

- Provide ad hoc commercial insight (visibility gaps, margin leakage, backlog coverage), and respond to data/reporting requests from stakeholders

- Able to challenge constructively and influence non-finance teams

Data & Systems Responsibilities:

Data Management, Automation & Systems:

- Leverage technology to build and maintain automated data workflows and reporting tools to streamline recurring tasks, significantly reducing data handling time

- Support implementation and optimization of financial systems (DataRails, Data Cube, Pulse)

- Partner with Data Engineering and IT to improve data access and infrastructure for Finance

Advanced Analytics & Insights:

- Develop dashboards and visualizations using Power BI, Tableau, or Looker

- Conduct deep-dive analyses into profitability, resource utilization cost profiles, and revenue trends

- Translate complex data into actionable insights for Finance and Business Unit leads

Governance & Documentation:

- Maintain clear documentation of data sources, models, and reporting logic

- Support data governance initiatives by ensuring consistent definitions and usage of financial metrics

Candidate Profile:

Experience:

- 6+ years in a commercial finance, FP&A, or business analyst role, with a passion for data, systems and automation

- Proven ownership of month end / forecast cycles and stakeholder partnering at senior level

Skills:

- Advanced Excel and financial modelling, including Power Query

- Comfort with complex and incomplete data and pragmatic controls

- Clear spoken and written English (daily interaction with UK stakeholders)

- High attention to detail and accuracy under pressure

Behaviours and ways of working:

- Energetic, keen to learn, self-driven and ambitious

- Delivers work efficiently with quick turnaround times

- Proactive communicator, responsive, and customer service-oriented

- Excellent collaborator, thrives in a team environment

- High ownership and prioritization: operates independently as the sole analyst; delivers to agreed deadlines with high professionalism and minimal supervision, escalates issues with options and recommendations

- Strong prioritization and follow through; balances month end/forecasting with ad hoc requests, communicating trade-offs clearly

- Comfortable working with ambiguity and evolving priorities