# Senior Commercial Finance Analyst - Media

**Company**: Future
**Location**: Bath, England
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £34,000 - £42,000
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Media

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## Description

We create trusted, expert content that helps millions of people discover more about the things they love, need and care about.

The Team You'll Join Our B2C Commercial Finance team supports Future's revenue-generating units, specifically media ads revenue and licensing across iconic global brands. Based in Bath or London on a hybrid basis (2–3 days per week), we maintain financial reporting integrity, accurate forecasting, and insightful commercial analysis.

What you'll do Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager in Bath, you'll act as a key commercial finance partner supporting Future's Media functions. You'll bridge the gap between complex datasets and commercial insights to give Media and Finance teams a clear view of trading performance.

Responsibilities:

- Act as a trusted commercial finance partner to Media functions, delivering weekly and monthly revenue analysis.

- Develop semi- or fully-automated financial models to evaluate trading performance, revenue streams, and margin trends.

- Support forecasting and budget cycles by building consolidated views across revenue types, verticals, and quarters.

- Calculate and model financial exposure for different commercial scenarios and strategic growth initiatives.

- Partner with Commercial Systems and BI teams to leverage Salesforce, Looker, and Operative One for combined analytics.

- Identify process improvements to streamline reporting, reduce manual data entry, and enhance data clarity.

What you’ll bring

- Demonstrable experience in commercial finance, data modelling, or financial analysis within a commercial environment.

- Part-qualification or active progress toward an accounting qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) or equivalent practical experience.

- Proficiency in data modelling using Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Power BI, or equivalent analytics software.

- Strong communication skills with an ability to present clear analysis and build relationships across teams.

- Ability to bring clarity to complex datasets and evaluate commercial assumptions.

- Collaborative mindset with a focus on process automation and continuous reporting improvements.

Minimum Requirements

- Commercial finance experience or background analysing revenue, margin, or complex commercial datasets.

- Experience building financial models or working with tools like Excel, Google Sheets, Looker, or Power BI.

- Ability to collaborate with stakeholders from our Bath or London offices on a hybrid basis (2–3 days per week).

- Practical understanding of financial forecasting, budget modelling, or month-end analysis.

What we offer

- Uncapped leave

- Enhanced parental leave

- Discounted rates with Dental care and Private Medical care

- When we hit our targets, enjoy a share of our profits with a bonus

- Refer a friend scheme - with payment following the successful hire.

- Well-being support with access to our Colleague Assistant Programmes

- Opportunity to purchase shares in Future, with our Share Incentive Plan

- Salary sacrifice Pension scheme up to 5% match

- Free drinks and snacks in our offices

## Skills

### Required
- commercial finance
- data modelling
- financial analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- Google Sheets
- Power BI

### Nice to have
- accounting qualification
- Salesforce
- Looker
- Operative One

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