Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

Faculty; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job description

About Faculty

At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI.

With a decade of experience, we provide over 300 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy, and Fellows from our award winning Fellowship programme.

Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI.

Should you join us, you'll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world.

We're looking for a Senior Commercial Finance Analyst to join the team.

In this role, the right person will be able to drive financial performance, provide strategic insights, and support decision-making across the organisation, particularly for our services and consultancy work in Applied AI.

What you will be doing:

1. Financial Planning and Analysis: Develop and maintain robust financial models for forecasting revenue and P&L across the different sector business units, and other business areas as needed. Analyse business performance against key revenue and margin metrics. Identify trends and provide analysis to help understand key business drivers.
2. Business Partnership: Collaborate with senior staff to understand and support their strategic objectives and targets with financial modelling and scenario planning to help them make good decisions. Act as a trusted advisor by providing financial insights, identifying risks and opportunities, and making recommendations to drive performance improvements.
3. Corporate project partnering: Collaborate with delivery and sales leads to understand the portfolio of clients accounts and projects, forecast revenue based on pipeline, monitor financial performance, manage revenue recognition, and escalate issues as required.
4. Sales Partnering and Pricing: Collaborate closely with sales and commercial teams to analyse pricing strategies and sales performance. Provide financial insights on pricing decisions, profitability analysis, and revenue optimisation. Support the development of sales forecasts and budgets, ensuring alignment with overall financial goals and targets. Work with cross-functional teams to provide data to help set and evaluate performance against sales targets.
5. Performance Monitoring: Working closely with the Commercial Operations team, monitor and analyse key financial and operational metrics, such as revenue, expenses, margins, and profitability. Proactively identify trends, issues, and potential areas of improvement. Work with stakeholders to develop actionable plans to optimise performance.
6. Forecasting and Budgeting: Collaborate with stakeholders to develop accurate and achievable financial forecasts and budgets. Track actual performance against forecasts and budgets, investigate variances, and communicate insights to relevant parties.
7. Cross-functional Collaboration: Foster strong relationships with various departments, including operations, sales, and marketing. Partner with these teams to drive financial discipline, improve forecasting accuracy, and align financial goals with overall business objectives.
8. Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline financial processes, enhance reporting capabilities, and improve overall efficiency. Leverage technology and data analytics tools to automate and optimise financial analysis and reporting.

What we are looking for:

1. Experience in Consultancy/Services are integral.
2. CIMA or ACA qualified or part-qualified, or equivalent experience.
3. Strong financial modelling, forecasting, and budgeting skills.
4. Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail.
5. Experience of business partnering, with a proven track record of building collaborative relationships and influencing decision-making.
6. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel & Google Sheets.
7. Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively convey complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
8. Ability to work independently, prioritise tasks, and manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.
9. Strong business acumen and a strategic mindset, with a focus on driving financial performance and delivering actionable insights.

What we can offer you:

The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day.

Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You'll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals.

Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you'll learn something new from everyone you meet.