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ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
Join our Commercial Finance team as a Commercial Finance Analyst supporting the
Commercial Software function. You’ll partner directly with the Global CTO and
leadership team, turning financial, investment, and performance data into
actionable insights that shape business decisions. This is a highly visible role
where you'll influence investment priorities, drive financial performance, and
help create greater transparency across a growing technology environment. If you
enjoy combining commercial thinking, financial analysis, and stakeholder
partnership, this is an exceptional opportunity to make a real impact.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Partner with the Global CTO and leadership team as the primary finance
contact, translating financial information into actionable business insights.
• Own budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes for the
Commercial Software teams.
• Deliver month-end reporting, variance analysis, and commentary on actual
versus budget and forecast performance.
• Monitor and report on key software commercial KPIs, including headcount,
cloud spend, SaaS licensing, and project profitability.
• Develop financial models, investment appraisals, and business cases to
support strategic decision-making.
• Support capital expenditure and operating expenditure classification and
development cost capitalisation activities.
• Constructively challenge cost and investment decisions to maximise business
value and returns.
• Improve reporting processes, data quality, and operational efficiency through
the use of BI tools and best practices.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and commercial support for initiatives, contracts,
and pricing decisions.
• Contribute to a safe, inclusive, and accessible work environment where all
Flighties feel welcomed, respected, and supported to thrive.
EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
* 3+ years PQE.
• Proven experience in Commercial Finance, FP&A, or business partnering roles.
• Strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills.
• Advanced Excel skills including complex formulas, lookups, and pivot tables.
• Strong financial modelling capability.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Commercially minded with strong analytical capability.
• Experience supporting Commercial Software, Product, Engineering teams, or
senior technology leaders.
• Understanding of development cost capitalisation and SaaS revenue/cost
metrics.
• Experience in a technology or SaaS business preferred.
• Power BI or similar BI/reporting tool experience preferred.
• Comfortable using AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT.
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