What you’ll be doing
as a Commercial Business Analyst
1. Extracting, cleansing, and analysing large, complex datasets to generate actionable insights on historical spend, cost drivers, and operational efficiency opportunities.
2. Supporting forward planning by using data to inform demand forecasting and future commercial decisions.
3. Applying commercial analysis to identify value creation opportunities across the supply chain and broader business operations.
4. Developing and enhancing commercial models, pricing tools, and bid templates using both existing frameworks and newly built solutions.
5. Delivering detailed financial and commercial analysis comparing final costs against budgets, baselines, and sourcing strategies, clearly evidencing business value delivered.
6. Engaging regularly with stakeholders to define analytical scope, gather requirements, and present insights in a clear and impactful way.
7. Supporting internal and supplier-facing discussions by confidently explaining data outputs and commercial implications.
8. Leveraging technical expertise in Power BI to build dashboards, automate reporting, and improve data-driven decision-making.
9. Acting as a champion for analytics tools and systems, supporting the wider business through training and adoption initiatives.
Base location – Hybrid – Clear Water Court, Reading.
36 hours a week.
What you should bring to the role
To succeed in this role, you will bring:
10. A degree in a numerical or analytical discipline such as Finance, Accountancy, Mathematics, Economics, or Business.
11. Proven experience in a similar analytical or commercial role, ideally within a complex organisation or supply chain environment.
12. Strong understanding of how commercial functions operate, including exposure to procurement, sourcing, cost management, and supply chain dynamics.
13. A solid finance background with the ability to interpret financial data and translate it into commercial insight.
14. Advanced technical capability in Power BI for data visualisation and reporting
15. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work with large datasets and derive meaningful conclusions.
16. Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the confidence to present to senior audiences.
17. The ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality outputs in a fast-paced environment.
18. Advanced Excel skills, including Visual Basic (VBA) and macro development.
What’s in it for you?
19. Salary of up to £50,000 per annum, depending on experience.
20. Annual Leave - 26 days holiday per year, increasing to 30 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
21. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets.
22. Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
23. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance.