Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

Some people hate month end. This role doesn''t have one.A multi-site leisure group on the south coast has created a Senior Commercial Finance Analyst position to work out what''s driving performance across its sites and put that in front of the people who run them. No journals, no close. Reporting, forecasting, business partnering and a heavy CAPEX side, with several seven-figure development projects live or in planning.Reporting isn''t automated yet and the BI capability in the ERP hasn''t been switched on, so you''d shape how the business reports rather than inherit someone else''s set-up. The brief is simple: finance needs to answer "why", not just "what".You''ll report to the Financial Controller, work closely with the FD and operational leaders, and spend time on site to understand what actually happens beyond the numbers. It suits a management accountant ready to step out of month-end as much as an existing analyst or business partner.What will the Senior Commercial Finance Analyst role involve? Produce commercial and financial reporting by site and revenue stream, highlighting trends, risks and opportunities across occupancy, pricing, yield, margin and costOwn the budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning process, testing assumptions with site and department headsBusiness partner operations, infrastructure, property and central teams, providing insight and challengeBuild scenario, pricing and margin analysis to support commercial decisionsCreate and run a ..... full job details .....