Senior Commercial Analyst

Senior Commercial Analyst

 
Do you enjoy diving into the numbers & uncovering opportunities? Want to drive the business forward using smart data-backed decisions? 

 
If you answered yes to either of these, we have an exciting role for you to join EDF as a Senior Commercial Analyst 

The Opportunity…

The Commercial & Performance team is the nerve centre of the Retail organisation.  Doing amazing things with data is in our DNA and allows us to sense and surface key insights that both enable our operational teams to deliver outrageously good service and drive our commercial performance.  

As a Senior Commercial Analyst, you will a crucial role as a key commercial specialist, bringing strong business acumen to our metering market. You will possess a deep understanding of the drivers of value within our metering operating expenses (OPEX) and be adept at conducting complex commercial analyses. Your insights and recommendations will help strike the right balance between commercial objectives and operational needs. 

 
You will thrive in data-driven environments, working closely with teams such as Smart Metering Field Operations, Finance, and Retail to provide foundational commercial analytics that support informed decision-making across the business. 

Your role will involve leading commercial analysis across various scenarios, including future contracts, regulatory changes, and the entire asset lifecycle. By developing actionable scenarios, you will guide Retail teams in making optimal commercial decisions that safeguard our OPEX position and drive business success. 

 Pay, benefits and culture

Alongside a starting salary of £45,000 (depending on experience), potential to earn 5% bonus, 28 days holiday plus bank holidays and a market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits to support our people across all aspects of their lives.

Your rewards package includes a choice of benefits, such as electric vehicle leasing, enhanced parental leave, health insurance, discounts and employee pricing.

Flexible working means you can work from home (if you wish) and we’ll provide a suite of IT equipment to ensure that you can work remotely comfortably and effectively. Location for this role is flexible with travel as and when required to meet business stakeholders or colleagues at our office in Hove.

At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and supporting social mobility.

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application, making adjustments as you need.

We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.

What you’ll be doing

• Strategic development – investigate potential impacts on OPEX across a range of topics, developing strategic business cases to be recommended to and agreed by the Exec team stakeholders 
• Be the key commercial analysis interface within Retail and beyond – providing commercial business partnering across the wider Retail team and Finance in key areas, analysing potential risks and opportunities and providing mitigation or capitalisation recommendations 
• Contract modelling – Analyse the commercial impacts of contract negotiations, supporting the supply chain process and contract implementation 
• Cost recovery – monitoring and implementing the recovery of our metering operating expenses via our cost recovery framework 
• Policy reviews – be the key commercial expert on regulatory changes, providing insight to support a business response to consultations and ensure any impact of any potential changes are modelled and included in forecasts 

Who you are

We are looking for someone with an all-hands-on deck attitude, someone who is willing to do what is required to provide the best possible experience for our customers and have a proven track record of consistently achieving and exceeding performance targets and goals.  

You will inspire others to do amazing things, constantly seeking to deliver high-quality results and step forward to own and lead the delivery of output yourself, whilst demonstrating a growth mindset and development focus with a commitment to continuous learning.  

Be comfortable in challenging the status quo and be a positive disruptor with a desire to find new and better approaches as we respond to the challenges our market presents.

Our team are committed to continuous development and all roles provide pathways for continuous learning and development. We would be particularly interested to hear from candidates with skills in these areas.

Skills required to be successful:

• Setting commercial visions & strategy 
• Scenario building and recommendation modelling that aid decisions 
• Commercial modelling and structing across multiple cost elements 
• Senior stakeholder management with ability to influence 
• Proactive engagement with peers and stakeholders  
• Confident in presenting recommendations to a variety of stakeholders at all management levels 
• Communication and displaying complex information clearly  
• Market and regulatory context within which we operate 
• Knowledge sharing and upskilling peers 

Our team are committed to continuous development and all roles provide pathways for continuous learning and development. We would be particularly interested to hear from candidates with skills in these areas.

If you’re excited about this opportunity but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Your skills and experience may be a great fit for the role! 

Closing date for applications: 20/01/2025

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