Commercial Analyst

Grafton Banks Finance are looking for a commercially minded Commercial Analyst to join a fast-paced, contract-driven environment, supporting contract costing, profitability analysis and sales insight. This is a great role for someone who enjoys working closely with Sales/Operations, improving margin visibility, and building robust Excel models to drive better decisions.You''ll be hands-on with data, supporting pricing and contract performance, and producing clear analysis that stakeholders can act on.Key ResponsibilitiesBuild and maintain contract costing models to support pricing, tenders and renewalsProduce sales and margin analysis (customer/contract/channel), highlighting trends and opportunitiesTrack profitability and performance across contracts, identifying risks and recommending actionsSupport budgeting/forecasting for commercial areas and maintain key assumptionsImprove reporting packs and dashboards (Excel-based; Power BI a plus)Partner with Sales/Operations to ensure commercial performance is visible, measurable and improvingMaintain data accuracy and provide ad-hoc analysis to support decision-makingWhat We''re Looking ForExperience in contract or service costing, pricing, margin or contribution analysisStrong sales analysis capability (revenue/margin/volume/customer performance)Advanced Excel skills: pivots, lookups (XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP), logical formulasComfortable working with large datasets and explaining insights clearly to stakeholdersPeople management ..... full job details .....