Senior Commercial Analyst
| Posting date: | 17 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £60000-65000 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 November 2025 |
| Location: | Hook or London, RG27 9UY |
| Company: | Serco Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 305630-43787656 |
Summary
Serco Limited
Hybrid / Attached to Hook or London
- Twice a week Full Time | Permanent Up to £65,000 + Benefits
- Company Car, Bonus, Private Healthcare Help shape the future of public services and drive commercial excellence.At Serco, we deliver essential services that touch lives every day
- from protecting the public and supporting vulnerable people, to keeping transport networks moving and enabling world-class healthcare. As a Senior Commercial Analyst, you’ll play a key role in helping us secure the contracts that make all this possible.This is your chance to influence high-profile bids across Justice & Immigration, Healthcare, Transport, Defence and Citizen Services. You’ll bring commercial clarity, financial insight and strategic challenge to some of our most important opportunities.
If you thrive on high-impact work, complex problem-solving and meaningful collaboration, this is a role where you can truly make your mark. What you’ll be doing
You’ll sit at the heart of our bidding activity, working closely with operational, commercial and financial leaders to shape winning, sustainable solutions. In this role, you will:
- Analyse customer requirements and translate them into commercially sound financial responses
- Build and review sophisticated financial models that inform pricing and strategy
- Prepare, reconcile and present key financial submissions directly to customers
- Help craft compelling business cases demonstrating value for money
- Engage with customers to explain Serco’s commercial approach
- Collaborate with specialist teams (Tax, Treasury, Insurance, Group Finance) to ensure complete, accurate inputs
- Provide insightful reporting, visualisations and recommendations for governance forums
- Support broader commercial analysis, including benchmarking and service credit modelling
- Mentor colleagues and contribute to strengthening commercial capability across the business
What you’ll need to succeed
We’re looking for someone who combines commercial sharpness with curiosity, collaboration and a proactive mindset:
- Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent commercial/financial expertise
- Strong, proven financial modelling skills (advanced Excel essential)
- Experience supporting competitive bids — ideally within public services or an outsourcing environment
- Knowledge of TUPE, pensions, people-cost modelling and commercial governance
- Ability to simplify complex financial information and influence stakeholders with confidence
- A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic, team-focused environment
What we offer
- Company car
- Private healthcare
- Bonus scheme: 5% on target / 10% for exceeding targets
- Flexible working
- 6% employer pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Clear and supported routes for career progression
- The chance to contribute to innovation and improvement across public services
Why Serco?
When you join Serco, you join a company with purpose at its core. We’re trusted to deliver services that matter
- and your work will directly help shape how those services are secured and delivered.Here’s what you can expect:
- Work that matters – your contribution helps keep our people and systems connected and compliant.
- Opportunity to develop your data and analytical expertise in a global organisation.
- A collaborative, supportive culture that values accuracy, improvement, and service excellence.
- Flexible working arrangements and a focus on work-life balance.
Hybrid / Attached to Hook or London
- Twice a week Full Time | Permanent Up to £65,000 + Benefits
- Company Car, Bonus, Private Healthcare Help shape the future of public services and drive commercial excellence.At Serco, we deliver essential services that touch lives every day
- from protecting the public and supporting vulnerable people, to keeping transport networks moving and enabling world-class healthcare. As a Senior Commercial Analyst, you’ll play a key role in helping us secure the contracts that make all this possible.This is your chance to influence high-profile bids across Justice & Immigration, Healthcare, Transport, Defence and Citizen Services. You’ll bring commercial clarity, financial insight and strategic challenge to some of our most important opportunities.
If you thrive on high-impact work, complex problem-solving and meaningful collaboration, this is a role where you can truly make your mark. What you’ll be doing
You’ll sit at the heart of our bidding activity, working closely with operational, commercial and financial leaders to shape winning, sustainable solutions. In this role, you will:
- Analyse customer requirements and translate them into commercially sound financial responses
- Build and review sophisticated financial models that inform pricing and strategy
- Prepare, reconcile and present key financial submissions directly to customers
- Help craft compelling business cases demonstrating value for money
- Engage with customers to explain Serco’s commercial approach
- Collaborate with specialist teams (Tax, Treasury, Insurance, Group Finance) to ensure complete, accurate inputs
- Provide insightful reporting, visualisations and recommendations for governance forums
- Support broader commercial analysis, including benchmarking and service credit modelling
- Mentor colleagues and contribute to strengthening commercial capability across the business
What you’ll need to succeed
We’re looking for someone who combines commercial sharpness with curiosity, collaboration and a proactive mindset:
- Professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent commercial/financial expertise
- Strong, proven financial modelling skills (advanced Excel essential)
- Experience supporting competitive bids — ideally within public services or an outsourcing environment
- Knowledge of TUPE, pensions, people-cost modelling and commercial governance
- Ability to simplify complex financial information and influence stakeholders with confidence
- A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic, team-focused environment
What we offer
- Company car
- Private healthcare
- Bonus scheme: 5% on target / 10% for exceeding targets
- Flexible working
- 6% employer pension contribution
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Clear and supported routes for career progression
- The chance to contribute to innovation and improvement across public services
Why Serco?
When you join Serco, you join a company with purpose at its core. We’re trusted to deliver services that matter
- and your work will directly help shape how those services are secured and delivered.Here’s what you can expect:
- Work that matters – your contribution helps keep our people and systems connected and compliant.
- Opportunity to develop your data and analytical expertise in a global organisation.
- A collaborative, supportive culture that values accuracy, improvement, and service excellence.
- Flexible working arrangements and a focus on work-life balance.
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