Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

About Teads

Teads is a leading omnichannel advertising platform focused on driving outcomes for brand and performance advertisers across screens. With a focus on meaningful business outcomes for branding and performance objectives, Teads drives value by leveraging predictive AI technology to connect quality media, beautiful brand creative, and context\-driven addressability and measurement. Teads is directly partnered with more than 10,000 publishers and 20,000 advertisers globally. The company is headquartered in New York, New York with a global team of around 1,700 people in 30\+ countries.

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About the opportunity

We are looking for a highly analytical and commercially minded Senior Commercial Finance Analyst to join our Finance team supporting the DACH \& Netherlands region.

Reporting directly to the Head of Finance, this role sits at the intersection of Commercial Finance, Financial Reporting and Finance Transformation. You will support commercial decision\-making across a portfolio of more than 15 legal entities by translating financial data into actionable business insights, strengthening regional commercial finance capabilities and continuously improving reporting quality and financial processes.

The role acts as the analytical extension of the Head of Finance, increasing the Finance team's capacity to support commercial stakeholders while strengthening local ownership of commercial finance, reporting and decision support. Working closely with the Head of Finance, you will become a trusted analytical partner supporting senior commercial and financial decision\-making.

You will also be expected to embrace emerging technologies, including AI, to improve reporting efficiency, strengthen analytical capabilities and maximise the value Finance delivers to the business through automation and smarter ways of working.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex business problems, working with large datasets, improving finance processes and collaborating with stakeholders across multiple countries and business functions.

What will you do?

Commercial Finance \& Business Partnering

• Act as the primary analytical support to the Head of Finance for commercial business partnering across the DACH \& Netherlands region, enabling timely decision\-making and increased stakeholder capacity.


• Analyse commercial performance across the region, identifying trends, risks and opportunities.


• Prepare financial analyses, recommendations and decision support for discussions with Managing Directors, Sales Leadership and other senior stakeholders.


• Support the Head of Finance in commercial decision\-making relating to pricing, profitability, customer performance, rebates and other strategic initiatives.


• Prepare profitability analyses across customers, products, pricing models and revenue streams.


• Perform pricing analyses and support commercial pricing decisions.


• Support financial planning through business cases, ad hoc commercial analyses and scenario modelling.


• Proactively investigate financial trends by working with stakeholders across Finance, Sales, Commercial Operations and Product teams throughout the region.


• Build strong working relationships across countries and functions to improve responsiveness and local market understanding.


• Translate commercial developments into financial analysis, reporting and actionable recommendations, ensuring Finance remains a trusted partner to the business.


• Support strategic initiatives through robust financial analysis and commercial insight.

• Support monthly financial close through analytical P\&L and Balance Sheet reviews.


• Support the Head of Finance in operating the regional sales commission process, including preparation of calculations, data validation, analytical review, stakeholder coordination and month\-end accrual support.


• Prepare agency rebate calculations, provisions, reconciliations and commercial deal tracking throughout the financial year.


• Prepare detailed month\-end variance analyses against Budget, Forecast and Prior Year.


• Perform commercial reviews of revenue, margins and profitability movements to identify significant business drivers.


• Prepare analytical files and supporting documentation for management review.


• Work closely with the Finance Manager to ensure commercial accuracy of financial results and continuously improve analytical close processes.


• Support the regional Finance organisation by translating commercial developments into financial analysis, reporting and local process ownership between the business and central Finance functions.

• Own the preparation of monthly regional management reporting packages.


• Prepare detailed Budget vs Forecast vs Actual variance analyses using Planful and Microsoft Dynamics 365\.


• Develop meaningful management commentary explaining key business drivers, financial trends and commercial performance.


• Develop expertise in the regional Planful reporting structure and complex revenue mappings.


• Maintain KPI dashboards, target tracking and commercial reporting files.


• Own KAM, STA and other regional performance reporting.


• Support local budget tracking and performance monitoring throughout the financial year.


• Ensure reporting accuracy and consistency across multiple reporting systems.

• Drive automation, standardisation and the effective use of AI and emerging technologies to improve reporting quality, analytical capabilities and Finance processes.


• Redesign and improve complex Excel models using modern modelling techniques and best\-practice financial modelling principles.


• Build scalable reporting solutions based on structured data principles.


• Support reporting developments and reporting configuration within Microsoft Dynamics 365\.


• Continuously improve reporting efficiency by leveraging automation, AI and best\-practice process design while maintaining appropriate financial controls.


• Maintain structured finance reporting models and ensure robust documentation and version control.


• Evaluate new technologies, including AI, and recommend practical applications that improve Finance processes, reporting and business partnering.


• Challenge existing processes and proactively identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

Must\-Have:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field.


• Approximately 3\-4 years of experience in Commercial Finance, Finance Analysis, Business Controlling, Audit or Financial Controlling.


• Strong understanding of financial statements, commercial business drivers and financial analysis.


• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including Power Query, dynamic arrays, PivotTables and financial modelling.


• Excellent analytical, problem\-solving and organisational skills.


• Experience working with ERP systems (Microsoft Dynamics 365 is an advantage).


• Experience working with financial planning systems (Planful or similar is an advantage).


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and German.

• Experience within an international and matrix organisation.


• Experience supporting commercial finance, profitability analysis and management reporting.


• Experience with commission calculations, rebate accounting and commercial performance reporting.


• Experience supporting month\-end close processes.


• Passion for process improvement, automation and building scalable reporting solutions.


• Demonstrated curiosity for leveraging AI and emerging technologies to improve Finance processes, reporting and analytical capabilities.

Within your first 12 months you will:

• Become the primary owner of regional commercial reporting and analytical deliverables.


• Independently prepare monthly management reporting, Planful variance analysis and management commentary.


• Become the operational lead for the regional commission calculation and agency rebate processes, supporting governance by the Head of Finance.


• Build trusted working relationships with regional stakeholders and become the first point of contact for analytical support.


• Significantly improve the quality, structure and automation of Finance reporting files.


• Become a trusted analytical partner to the Head of Finance, increasing Finance's capacity to support commercial decision\-making.


• Identify and implement automation and AI\-enabled improvements that reduce manual effort, enhance analytical capabilities and increase the value Finance delivers to the business.

We are looking for someone who is naturally curious and enjoys understanding the story behind the numbers.

You are someone who:

• Asks "why" rather than simply reporting results.


• Enjoys solving complex analytical problems.


• Takes ownership and works independently.


• Is highly organised and structured.


• Enjoys improving existing processes rather than accepting the status quo.


• Can translate financial data into clear commercial insights and actionable recommendations.


• Is comfortable working with stakeholders across different countries and functions.


• Has high attention to detail while maintaining a strong commercial mindset.


• Is proactive, self\-motivated and enjoys taking responsibility for complex analytical topics.


• Is curious about emerging technologies and enjoys leveraging AI and automation to improve the way Finance supports the business.

• Head of Finance DACH \& Netherlands.


• Finance Manager DACH \& Netherlands.


• Regional Managing Directors.


• Sales Leadership.


• Commercial Operations.


• Product Teams.


• Central FP\&A.


• Accounting Teams across the region.

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