Junior Commercial Finance Analyst

Birchwood

£32,000 - £35,000

An exciting opportunity to build your career across Finance, Sales & Commercial Strategy

Operating in one of the UK's newest and most exciting environmental markets, our client is looking for a bright, commercially curious individual to join their growing team.

The Opportunity

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with 1-2 years' post-graduate experience who enjoys working with numbers but also wants to get involved in the commercial side of a growing business.

Working closely with the Finance Director and Sales Manager, you'll gain hands-on experience across pricing, sales analysis, market research, financial reporting and business development.

You'll help turn data into meaningful insights that influence real business decisions, from identifying new sales opportunities to understanding profitability and tracking the

What You'll Be Doing

This is a varied role where no two days will look quite the same. Your responsibilities will include:

• Pricing & Profitability: Helping prepare customer quotations, analyse pricing and understand the profitability of different sales opportunities.
• Sales Performance: Working with the Sales Manager to track sales activity, conversion rates, developer opportunities and commercial performance.
• Market Research: Exploring planning applications, competitor activity and industry data to identify new business opportunities and support pricing decisions.
• Stock Reporting: Helping build and develop a new reporting system to track available biodiversity units and future site opportunities.
• Financial Analysis: Monitoring site budgets, expenditure and profitability, highlighting trends and areas requiring attention.
• Dashboards & Reporting: Creating clear, engaging reports for Finance, Sales, management and landowners.
• Improving How We Work: Finding smarter ways to analyse data, automate reports and develop new tools as the business grows.

They are seeking someone in the early stages of their career who has gained some practical experience and is now ready to broaden their skills in a more varied, commercially focused role.

Ideally, you'll bring:

• A relevant degree in finance, business, economics, mathematics or a related field, with ideally 1-2 years' post-graduate experience in a finance, analytical or commercial role.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with confidence using Excel.
• An interest in how businesses make money and how commercial decisions are made.
• Great attention to detail and a natural curiosity for understanding data.
• Good communication skills and confidence working with different teams.
• A proactive, organised approach and willingness to take ownership of projects.
• Enthusiasm to learn, develop new skills and contribute ideas.

If you've gained your first year or two of experience and are looking for an exciting next step that combines finance, sales and commercial insight, we'd love to hear from you.