Job description
General information
Job Title
Senior Commercial Analyst - Optimisation
Ref #
8251
Location
Edinburgh
Department
Commercial Optimisation and Planning
Business Area
Commercial Optimisation and Planning
Working time
Full-Time
Date Published
09-06-2023
Serving our customers, communities, and planet a little better every day.
Senior Commercial Analyst
Permanent
Edinburgh or Glasgow – flexible working available
Up to £54,000 DOE & Benefits
What we’ll offer
We’re embracing an agile way of working; this Senior Commercial Analyst position will help build, automate, and present new reporting across Tesco Bank. The position is within the Commercial Optimisation & Planning team who are responsible for commercial performance, reporting, cost management and pricing. The role is pan-banking covering loans, cards, savings and money services products.
The team are evolving, and this position will provide analysis and reporting across banking products working closely with senior management to optimise business performance.
Our colleagues are the heart of our business. Quite simply, Tesco Bank is nothing without them. We love the unique characteristics, experiences, and background every single person brings to work. And we’re fully committed to building an inclusive workplace that reflects the brilliantly diverse communities and customers we serve.
What you’ll bring
We don’t expect you to tick every box, and if you feel you hit most of the brief, it’s worth exploring to further develop your career here with us at Tesco Bank.
Reporting to the Senior Commercial Manager, Strategic Performance & Planning.
You will have
- Strong Commercial Acumen: Applying an understanding of the business environment and objectives to develop solutions.
- Previous experience in production of Reporting and ability to provide technical guidance when required on creating relevant, reasoned, and effective reports.
- Strong Data Collection and Analysis skills: Experience making sense of complex data sets and trends to use in reports to help guide decision making.
- Advanced Excel/VBA Skills
- Experience using BI and reporting tools - Power BI is desirable
- Experience within retail banking is desirable
- SAS skills desirable – willingness to complete a SAS course if this is not a current skill
- Ensure Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments.
The Role
- Data reporting: Producing reports for senior management and making recommendations based on the data.
- Data Collection and analysis: Conduct research using primary and secondary data sources and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
- Commercial Management: Interpret commercial results and provide insights and recommendations on commercial trends. Help managers make effective decisions based on the data, and ensure they are clear on the implications.
- Business Insight: Applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance Tesco Bank’s goals. Monitors business news and market changes for impact on the business or on own expertise area; uses this to shape decisions.
- Market Research and Analysis: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on using research and analysis to develop a comprehensive understanding of market conditions in order to facilitate the success of a brand, product or service.
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How to apply
We value our people and diverse teams and believe the variety of backgrounds and experiences make us stronger to achieve our goals.
Our colleagues are working hybrid, taking time to meet with colleagues in our offices for moments that matter, such as team catch ups, planning meetings and more. If you’re interested in finding out more about what a career at Tesco Bank looks like, click apply to find out more!
Why Tesco Bank?
We’re also a little obsessed with the future. Your future. Our future. That’s why we take development seriously; we want to help you thrive and evolve in your career. Tesco Bank is a place to get on, all colleagues have access to LinkedIn Learning and Abstract, from day one.
It’s important to us that we make sure you’re supported by your team and colleague networks every day, celebrating when it matters and helping you to be the best version of yourself. The people make Tesco Bank, and we take pride in what we achieve together.
All that hard work? Come and see it turned into something real, usable, and important to customers’ and colleagues’ everyday lives. At Tesco Bank, our products make things a little better for everyone.
It’s important to us that we make sure you’re supported by your team and colleague networks every day, celebrating when it matters and helping you to be the best version of yourself. The people make Tesco Bank, and we take pride in what we achieve together.
All that hard work? Come and see it turned into something real, usable, and important to customers’ and colleagues’ everyday lives. At Tesco Bank, our products make things a little better for everyone.