Your new company
Bristol based business

Your new role
A genuinely unusual opportunity has opened within the global commercial finance team of a major multinational, supporting a business unit that operates across Europe, Asia and the Americas. This is partnering daily with colleagues across Germany, Italy and wider international markets.If you're a commercially minded analyst who thrives on data, insight and global collaboration, this is a career-shaping move.The OpportunityYou'll join a high-performing commercial finance function within a complex, matrixed global organisation. The team supports a business specialising in advanced engineered materials used across critical industries - from clean energy and industrial efficiency to transportation, infrastructure and life-saving technologies.Your work will directly influence commercial decision-making, profitability and strategic planning across a worldwide customer base.

What You'll Be Doing

• Commercial partnering with senior leaders, providing analysis that challenges assumptions and drives performance
• Supporting initiatives to improve revenue, EBITA, margins and working capital
• Ensuring high-quality, IFRS-aligned reporting across global sites
• Delivering monthly P&L, Balance Sheet, Cashflow and performance insight
• Building scenario and sensitivity models to assess risks and opportunities
• Coordinating commercial finance requests across multiple regions
• Driving continuous improvement in reporting, systems, tools and data quality
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and wider finance transformation activity

What Success Looks Like

• Timely, accurate and decision-ready insight
• Improved working capital and commercial processes
• Strong governance, consistency and data integrity
• Trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across multiple countries

What you'll need to succeed

• Strong analytical judgement and a passion for data analytics
• Advanced Excel and Power BI (or similar)
• Experience in FP&A, commercial finance or financial analysis
• Ability to operate confidently in a global, matrixed environment
• Clear, credible communication style and cultural awareness
• Continuous improvement mindset - someone who challenges the status quo

Qualifications:

• Degree educated (preferred)
• ~5 years' relevant finance experience
• Professional qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) or active studier
• IFRS experience within a listed or international group is desirable

What you'll get in return

• £45,000 salary
• Up to 10% bonus
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• 37.5-hour week
• L&G salary sacrifice pension (up to 8% employer contribution)
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Study support
• Full remote-working equipment
• Specsavers VDU vouchers
• Sharesave scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Virtual GP
• Online learning platform
• 1 DAY IN OFFICE A WEEK

What you need to do now

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