Commercial Finance Analyst (UK Remote)
Birmingham - UK
Job Summary
Sitting within the FP&A function this role will play a critical role across many of our key reporting and insights activities. You will undergo the calculation of commissions and one off incentive payments provide financial insight across various areas and support the implementation of company wide dashboards through various tools predominantly Pigment & Tableau.
Business Partnering is a key element of the role both across the wider FP&A team and extended to the rest of the business where appropriate. You will be providing key commentaries and analysis to support strategic decision-making and assisting the Finance Leadership team to drive profitable growth. You will also ensure consistency and sharing of data insights across business streams working closely with sales operations and regional teams.
This role will allow the successful candidate to be a part of a growing business with deep financial operational and commercial exposure. You will add value through supporting sales performance maintaining incentive plan accuracy and delivering on both short- and long-term commercial initiatives focussing on turning data into analytics and insight.
It is imperative that the successful candidate has recent experience working as a commercial analyst or senior finance analyst with strong data visualization skills especially through Tableau (required) and Pigment (desirable).
Responsibilities:
- Provide a high-quality end-to-end financial partner service to the business offering expert financial advice and challenging the business to support decision-making that sustains the delivery of strategic and operational revenue planning.
- Build maintain and optimize interactive dashboards in Tableau to democratize financial data and provide real-time actionable performance metrics to sales leaders and executives.
- Manage the end-to-end computation validation and reporting of complex multi-tiered sales commission and incentive structures ensuring absolute accuracy and alignment with commercial contracts.
- Provide value-adding financial insight support and challenge by building effective working relationships at all levels including senior sales managers and other cross-functional departments in the business.
- Administer and enhance specialized sales incentive platforms (SPIFF) to streamline payouts model new plans and improve visibility for the sales team.
- Continually identify and implement improvements to business processes to increase efficiency and ensure all commercial data is captured accurately and in an effective manner.
- Support ad hoc requests for analysis and information from the FP&A Team Senior Managers & Executives within the business.
- Be comfortable with defining and owning what should be part of the role and communicating effectively to leadership where a process or output should sit under a different team to make us as operationally effective as possible.
Qualifications :
- 5 years of relevant work experience in a commercial finance revenue analysis or FP&A department.
- Proven experience in a revenue-focused role with strong exposure to revenue recognition principles and sales pipelines - critical for understanding our commissions process.
- Advanced Tableau skills (essential) with hands-on experience manipulating large complex datasets and building executive-level dashboards.
- Direct experience calculating and managing complex sales commissions and multi-tiered incentive schemes.
- Strong system savvy with experience using modern sales incentive platforms (e.g. Spiff CaptivateIQ Xactly) highly desirable alongside solid Excel skills and CRM tools (e.g. Salesforce).
- CIMA/ACCA/ACA Qualified Part-Qualified or equivalent experience is preferred/a bonus but not essential.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills with a high attention to detail accuracy and resourcefulness.
- Self-starter with the ability to work cross-functionally as well as independently in a remote environment.
- Strong team player with the ability to learn quickly and manage tight deadlines in a fast-paced commercial environment.
Additional Information :
Total Rewards @ Turnitin
At Turnitin we believe Total Rewards go far beyond pay. While salary bonus or commission are important theyre only part of the value you receive in exchange for your work.
Beyond compensation youll experience the intrinsic rewards of unleashing your potential and making a positive impact on global education. Youll also thrive in a culture free of politics surrounded by humble inclusive and collaborative teammates.
In addition our extrinsic rewards include generous time off and health and wellness programs that provide choice flexibility and a safety net for lifes challenges. Youll also enjoy a remote-first culture that empowers you to work with purpose and accountability in the way that suits you best all supported by a comprehensive package that prioritizes your overall well-being.
Our Mission is to ensure the integrity of global education and meaningfully improve learning outcomes.
Our Values underpin everything we do.
- Customer Centric: Our mission is focused on improving learning outcomes; we do this by putting educators and learners at the center of everything we do.
- Passion for Learning: We are committed to our own learning and growth internally. And we support education and learning around the globe.
- Integrity: Integrity is the heartbeat of Turnitinit is the core of our products the way we treat each other and how we work with our customers and vendors.
- Action & Ownership: We have a bias for action. We act like owners. We are willing to change even when its hard.
- One Team: We strive to break down silos collaborate effectively and celebrate each others successes.
- Global Mindset: We consider different perspectives and celebrate diversity. We are one team. The work we do has an impact on the world.
Global Benefits
- Remote First Culture
- Health Care Coverage*
- Education Reimbursement*
- Competitive Paid Time Off
- Self-Care Days
- National Holidays*
- 2 Founder Days Juneteenth Observed
- Paid Volunteer Time*
- Charitable contribution match*
- Monthly Wellness or Home Office Reimbursement/*
- Access to Modern Health (mental health platform)
- Parental Leave*
- Retirement Plan with match/contribution*
* varies by country
Seeing Beyond the Job Ad
At Turnitin we recognize its unrealistic for candidates to fulfill 100% of the criteria in a job ad. We encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of the requirements because we know that skills evolve over time. If youre willing to learn and unleash your potential alongside us join our team!
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Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
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