Senior Deal Analyst

Senior Deal Analyst

Up to £35,000 dependent on experience

Hybrid working - 2/3 days on site

Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site (Perks at Work)

• Aviva DigiCare+ – Employee Annual health check, Digital GP, Mental Health Consultations, Nutritional Consultations, Second Medical Opinion
• Free meals when on site
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Holiday Purchase scheme

We have an exciting new opportunity for an experienced Senior Deal Analyst to join our team in Foodbuy supporting individual businesses to drive the overall synergies and performance.

The Senior Deal Analyst will undertake the creation and supervision of commercial analyses for a wide range of workstreams to support business decision making, new business/retention proposals & organic growth proposals for both Internal and external stakeholders. 

As Senior Deal Analyst you will be responsible for

• Providing analytical support to the business in developing, influencing and executing Foodbuy strategy
• Developing strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, including procurement, commercial and Finance teams
• Managing, tracking and reporting of procurement benefits (synergies) across the project
• Understanding available data sources and how these integrate with each other
• Understanding and modelling complex commercial rebate & pricing structures – summarising findings for varying audiences
• Understanding supply chain mechanisms, accommodating variability in analysis & pricing, demonstrating impacts of varying client distribution profiles
• Scenario Modelling, delivering summaries to support & expedite business decision & sign off process
• Delivering initiative-taking ad-hoc financial analysis to support business decision making
• Understanding the business commercial model & how our procurement deals integrate with it
• Monitoring & auditing team workings / outputs for accuracy and relevance
• Line managing and developing a team

The successful Senior Deal Analyst will have proven analytical skills with a keen eye for detail, deploying automation and standardisation. They will be an initiative-taking individual, with great commercial acumen, a resilient leader, technical capability, and high integrity. In addition they will

• Possess strong Microsoft Excel, numeric and analytical skills
• Be comfortable developing and working with complex spreadsheets
• Have previous line management experience
• Be experienced in business partnering senior stakeholders with the ability to challenge, influence and persuade at all levels.
• Have the confidence to make decisions, recommendations and advise the team.
• Demonstrate commercial finance experience of improving business results and adding value
• Have excellent communication skills - ability to communicate oral and written information concisely and logically
• Be able to analyse, evaluate and present information concisely
  • Drive innovation and continuous improvement

Desirable:

• Experience of operating within a procurement/food & non-food service / pricing organisation
• Understanding of the Foodservice marketplace