Senior Commercial Analyst

Overview

Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

 

Permanent, Full Time

Salary: £65,000 - £70,000 per annum + annual company bonus

Contract Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Location: Winnersh, Berkshire, RG41 (Hybrid flexible home working with occasional EU travel) 

 

Are you a qualified finance professional who thrives at the intersection of commercial strategy, complex analytics, and modern AI automation?

At Smollan, we empower leading brands and retail giants across more than 61 countries to win at the point of purchase. As our global footprint scales, we are redefining how we price client solutions, track profitability, and drive margin expansion across Europe.

 

We are seeking an ambitious Senior Commercial Finance Analyst to step into a very high-visibility, dual-impact role split across two core pillars:

Data & Insights Europe (D&I) (50%): Lead the analytics engine behind a major European finance initiative. You will standardise product profitability across fragmented markets, build scenario-based client pricing models, and put an end to margin leakage.

Global Sales & Merchandising (50%): Serve as a trusted analytical advisor directly to the CFO of Europe and executive vertical leadership, challenging commercial decisions, tracking KPIs, and driving sustainable EBIT growth.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Shape European Pricing Policy: Build dynamic, scenario-tested D&I costing and pricing models to ensure every client proposal delivers reliable commercial return before heading to market.
• Expose & Eliminate Margin Leaks: Design intuitive, interactive dashboards tracking client and project margin recovery across multi-country ledgers.
• Partner with Executive Leadership: Translate raw numbers into sharp commercial insights, presenting directly to the CFO of Europe and commercial vertical heads.
• Pioneer Modern Finance Tech: Embed predictive analytics and Generative AI workflows (Claude, Gemini) into day-to-day variance reporting, data mapping, and scenario planning.

What We’re Looking For:

• Qualified ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent.
• Proven track record in commercial finance, pricing analysis, client contract profitability, and cost-allocation mechanics.
• Comfort working across multi-currency, multi-entity, and European operating environments.
• Advanced Excel, interactive dashboard builds, and a proactive curiosity for generative AI and finance automation tools.
• Strong communicator capable of challenging assumptions, influencing cross-functional peers, and advising senior executives.

Why Join Us?

• Direct C-Suite Exposure: You won’t be buried in routine journal entries; you will have a direct line to executive decision-makers.
• Real Ownership: Build new pricing architectures, reports, and models from scratch.
• Modern Hybrid Culture: Autonomous, flexible working combining home working within our modern Winnersh Triangle hub.
• Annual Leave: 24 days annual leave (increasing annually up to 29 days) + bank holidays
• Other benefits include: Medicash level 2, enhanced company pension, enhanced sick pay, life insurance, enhanced paternity leave, enhanced maternity leave, adoption leave, cycle to work scheme, gym discount scheme, referral programme + Perkbox and Taste Card.

If you're ready to step beyond routine reporting and build the commercial models that steer our European growth, we would love to hear from you.

Apply today online with your CV or message our Talent Acquisition team directly to arrange a confidential discussion.