Sales Analyst

Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

At the BMW Group, everything starts with passion. It turns a profession into a vocation. It drives us to keep reinventing mobility and bring innovative ideas onto the roads. Enthusiasm for joint projects turns a team into a strong unit where every opinion is valued. It is only when expertise, highly professional processes and enjoyment of work unite that we can shape the future together.

BMW Group Financial Services UK is looking for a Sales Analyst. This role is based at the Summit ONE Campus in Farnborough.

The Sales Analyst role is responsible for the provision, development and application of advanced sales and pricing analytics that generate insights and for translating those insights into effective frontline action by the business lines.

What awaits you?

• Providing key customer and product data insights to support the achievement of customer and sales growth targets.
• Proactively identifying internal and external 'big data' elements to enable advanced analytics and faster decision-making.
• Developing and maintaining pricing mechanisms and tools to facilitate accurate testing of IT systems and business scenarios.
• Providing robust customer, sales, and pricing analysis to support the feasibility of new business products and initiatives.
• Conducting complex analysis on business scenarios, identifying trends, and making proactive recommendations for business improvement initiatives.
• Conducting post-implementation performance reviews to identify successes and failures and propose adjustments to sales products and initiatives.
• Challenging business proposals that fall outside of pricing parameters.
• Preparing the underlying business and product data and calculations required for accurate pricing and profitability assessments.
• Preparing Quarterly Tactical Campaigns and coordinating the end-to-end process with relevant stakeholders.
• Resolving Pricing Inbox queries and defining and coordinating related processes with Sales, Operations, Finance, and Risk teams.

What should you bring along?

• Experience in the financial services industry either in a pricing related or management accounting role
• Experience in a role which demonstrates the individual can make difficult decisions within a limited time frame incorporating financial and commercial information
• A proven track record operating in a motor financing / leasing environment is desirable
• Strong analytical skills
• Data manipulation and modelling skills
• Ability to present complex and varied data in a way that is appropriate to the audience and facilitates understanding
• Good knowledge of pricing and modelling techniques and approaches.
• Good knowledge of the automotive financial services industry
• Good understanding of commercial, legal, tax and accounting framework around motor finance and leasing
• Ability to work effectively in a time pressured environment and prioritise own workload
• Influencing, persuading and relationship management skills to build working relationships with key stakeholders across the business and with external key stakeholders

Closing Date: 22nd April 2025

At BMW Group, we are committed to offering our employees the right balance between work and personal life. We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer and for most roles, it could be possible to agree flexible hours, job share, compressed hours or part-time working hours and so please discuss your individual requirements as part of the application process so we can try to agree a suitable arrangement. For this role, we also support a hybrid model which combines remote and office working.

We also have several employee resource groups. If you’d like to speak confidentially to any of these groups before applying for a role, please email us directly at [e-mail] and we can arrange an informal discussion.

In 2025 BMW Group Financial Services UK was recognised as a Top Employer. We invest in our employees and embrace a culture of flexible working as well as promoting a positive, supportive culture and working environment. We are based in prestigious offices in Farnborough that provide a great place to work with good people and an exciting, engaging, industry leading brand.

Successful candidates will be required to complete background screening checks and the offer of employment will be subject to results which we consider are satisfactory. Checks will include references, right to work, IT system Compliance Integrity Check (COIN), CV and relevant qualifications. Checks may also include criminal records, adverse financial (credit), directorships, address, internet research and/or driving licence. If you have any queries on any of these checks, please discuss with us and we will be happy to go through with you in more detail.

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