Commercial Finance Analyst

Commercial Finance Analyst - Permanent - Up to £50k + bonus - Caerphilly - Hybrid

Robert Half are thrilled to be working with a large, established and fast-paced service-led organisation, in the search for a permanent Commercial Finance Analyst, offering hybrid working and up to £50,000.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to work closely with senior operational and commercial stakeholders - turning complex financial and operational data into clear insight that drives better business decisions.

This isn't a reporting role where you simply produce numbers and send them on. You'll have the opportunity to understand what is happening behind the numbers, work directly with operational leaders and influence decisions around profitability, productivity, cost and service performance. You'll gain broad exposure across commercial finance, operational performance, supplier management, budgeting, forecasting and business partnering, while playing a visible role in driving continuous improvement.

Key Details:

• Job Title : Commercial Finance Analyst
• Salary : £40k - £50k, DOE, + 10% bonus
• Location: Caerphilly
• Working Pattern : Full-time - hybrid - 3 days onsite, 2 days remote (fully onsite required for first 6 months)
• Benefits : Employee discounts, Virtual GP, 23 days holiday + bank holidays, free parking, improved parental and paternity leave and more!

Responsibilities:

• Producing weekly and monthly financial reporting across revenue, costs, margins and operational KPIs.
• Analysing performance against budget, forecast and prior periods, identifying the operational drivers behind the numbers.
• Partnering with Regional Managers, Operations Managers and Service Teams to improve financial and operational performance.
• Providing insight into route profitability, labour productivity, utilisation and cost-to-serve.
• Developing and maintaining KPI dashboards covering areas such as revenue per engineer, jobs per day, route efficiency and cost per service.
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and month-end, including accruals, prepayments and cost allocations.
• Working closely with Procurement, Operations, HR and Finance to improve supplier performance, purchasing and cost efficiency.
• Analysing temporary labour, overtime, subcontractor and consumable costs to identify opportunities for savings and improved margins.
• Challenging assumptions and using data to uncover opportunities for operational efficiency and commercial improvement.
• Extracting, manipulating and analysing large volumes of data from finance and operational systems.
• Improving reporting through automation, standardisation and collaboration with BI/Data teams.
• Supporting financial controls, governance and audit requirements.

Requirements:

• Someone who is analytical, commercially curious and confident working with stakeholders.
• Part or fully qualified (ACCA, CIMA or ACA).
• Experience in a commercial finance, management reporting or analytical role.
• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills.
• Advanced Excel capability.
• Experience turning large volumes of data into meaningful, actionable insight.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• The confidence to challenge constructively and ask the right questions.
• A proactive, self-starting approach with a genuine interest in improving how things are done.

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