An excellent opportunity for a Senior Commercial Finance Analyst to join BES Utilities based in Fleetwood. The role plays a crucial part in supporting the Head of Commercial Finance with financial planning and forecasting, along with review and commentary on results and performance of the business. This role will offer you fantastic exposures, along with ongoing development and progression within the business and play a key senior member to the company. Roles and Responsibilities (but not limited to) Portfolio Management & Profit Improvement Producing margin & ROI analysis to support sales management and new customer acquisition Developing existing customer portfolio analysis to support the management of profitability and retention strategies Generating and analysing daily, weekly, and monthly reports of: Gas and Electricity wholesale markets Industry / regulatory indicators New customers and sales channel performance Existing Customer portfolio performance Supporting the Finance team in business planning & forecasting, as well as monthly management reporting and board routines Partnering the Commercial team in pricing & product development, strategy and processes Supporting the Operations team in customer, department and staff performance Provide accurate and timely insight, including working to tight deadlines Strategic & Operational KPIs Work with senior management to develop and produce appropriate KPIs / dashboard reporting for group and individual business line board / management meetings Support Operational management within BES Utilities in the development of departmental KPIs to support decision making, performance management, planning & forecasting and controls Develop an MI reporting function that can support the business by providing automated regular KPI reports, as well as ad hoc support Managing and supporting Portfolio Analysts x2 Competencies, knowledge and skills Attention to detail Be naturally curious with a problem-solving mentality Keen to develop and willing to learn new skills Highly numerate with strong commercial awareness Able to communicate reports & findings to operational colleagues Able to adapt to new systems IT literate Experience Required Exceptional analytical skills Strong technical and problem solving skills Competent EXCEL user, with higher skills preferred (e.g. VBA, database management, SQL or equivalent) Experience of delivering key insights from complex and sometimes incomplete data Qualifications and Education Requirements Minimum GCSE Maths, English (A-level preferred) Analytical or Reporting qualifications beneficial Degree educated in a relevant discipline Part Qualified / Recently Qualified ACCA or CIMA What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV. Please note if successful you will be required to attend an interview with the hiring manager within 1 week of the closing date.