Senior Commercial Analyst

About the Business
Nigel Wright is delighted to be partnering with an instantly recognisable financial services business in their search for a highly educated Senior Commercial Analyst to join its commercial investment team. This opportunity offers exceptional exposure to investment appraisal, portfolio performance, strategic decision-making and stakeholder engagement within a fast-paced, data-driven environment.The successful candidate will support senior leaders by transforming complex data into meaningful commercial insights, helping to shape investment decisions, assess new opportunities and identify potential risks across a diverse investment portfolio.

The Opportunity

• Analysing investment performance and supporting commercial decisions across multiple portfolios and investment strategies.


• Work closely with senior stakeholders across finance, investment, portfolio management and specialist leadership teams.


• Develop sophisticated financial models used to support strategic and commercial decision-making.


• Gain exposure to investment appraisals, portfolio analysis, forecasting, valuation and performance monitoring.


• Play a key role in enhancing modelling capability, business intelligence reporting and the future adoption of AI-driven analytical tools.


• Support a wide variety of strategic projects in a highly visible and commercially impactful environment.

• Build, maintain and enhance complex financial models to support investment decisions.


• Analyse financial performance, returns and profitability across a range of investment strategies.


• Conduct forecasting, scenario modelling, sensitivity analysis and stress testing.


• Monitor portfolio performance, identify trends and provide actionable recommendations.


• Support evaluation of new investment opportunities through detailed financial analysis.


• Present findings and explain outputs to senior stakeholders across the business.


• Contribute to ongoing improvements in analytical frameworks, reporting processes and technology solutions.

• Degree educated from a top tier university within a quantitative discipline such as Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Accounting or a STEM subject.


• Strong financial modelling capability and advanced Excel skills.


• Solid understanding of accounting and finance principles.


• Experience gained within a corporate finance, consulting, investment, commercial finance or analytical environment.


• Naturally inquisitive with excellent numerical and problem-solving skills.


• Highly organised with exceptional attention to detail.


• Motivated by working in a fast-paced environment where insight and analysis influence business strategy.

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