PXC

Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

Salford Quays, Manchester Full time

We are PXC, the UK’s largest provider of wholesale connectivity. Our vision is to be the UK’s #1 wholesale platform, a one-stop shop provider of connectivity, voice, cloud and security underpinned by the UK’s most robust, secure, resilient and reliable network.

Born from the combination of Virtual1 and TalkTalk’s wholesale services and national network business, we operate across our 3 core sites (Salford, London and Skopje, North Macedonia).

Our mission is clear, to be the UK’s best company to work for and best to work with. We believe this success is driven by the power of our employees. We empower our people to become true experts in their field who embody our values every day: we care; we challenge; we commit.

About the Role

Reporting into the Senior Commercial Manager FP&A, in the Commercial Finance function for Trading you will work across Business and Consumer wholesale Finance with a key focus on Supply & Partnerships. You will be tasked with supporting the business in key strategic decisions and providing governance across commercial activity.

Supply & Partnerships

Responsible for tracking contractual performance for our suppliers of
connectivity, with a robust understanding of the metrics used for measuring
performance in line with contracts. Taking accountability and ownership of
reporting accurately and reflecting business plans.
Ownership of contractual financial models with inputs from the wider business and external suppliers.
Lead the budgeting & rolling forecasting process in terms of KPI
consolidation, feeding back the implications for S&P contractual commitments
and short to medium term opportunities & risks, presenting back to senior
Finance and S&P stakeholders.

Bringing Financial Information to Life

Uses a range of tools and communication techniques to convey key drivers of
financial performance.
Offers commercial insight and advises on key causes of deviations in
performance and any suitable corrective actions identified.
Provides follow up information and responds to ad hoc queries as required to
add interpretation.
Builds commercial awareness through a detailed understanding of the
business area, its activities and products to enable the translation of non-
financial information into financial outputs that drive business performance.

Data Analysis and Modelling


Model large volumes of data through a combination of specialist finance
applications and Excel to produce budgeting and forecasting models.
Actualises outputs and analyses KPIs, variances and trends using familiar
operations such as pivot tables and look up functions to identify anomalies
and opportunities.
Adopts emerging technologies such as Power Query, Power Automate and
Power BI to improve processes, efficiency, and quality of outputs.
Operates controls over data inputs, processing of data and analysis outputs to ensure accuracy of deliverables.

What do you need to be successful in this role?

• Qualified/Part qualified ACCA/CIMA
Analytical, quick to grasp the fundamentals the business needs
Communication and relationship building skills to enable you to interact and
interpret information with a wide variety of stakeholders
Strong Excel and financial modelling skills
Clear, easy to interpret written and presentation skills
Ability to manage a high-volume workload in a fast-moving and changeable
environment
Previous experience in Telecoms or equivalent setting would be beneficial,
but is not essential
Flexible to change

 

How we look after our employees

  • Our brand new “PXC Flex” benefit launched in January 2025, which includes Flex30, an additional 30 hours* of leave every year for you to use how you wish

  • Our hybrid working policy offers you flexibility to work from home 40% of the time, with the other 60% connecting with your colleagues in one of our accessible and collaborative office spaces

  • A starting holiday allowance of 25 days* holiday and up to 10 extra days* leave via our holiday purchase scheme

  • Free private healthcare for all employees, competitive pension scheme and the opportunity to earn bonus

  • Free broadband for all employees plus gifts for major life events such as marriages and births

  • Flexible salary sacrifice scheme including dental, gym and much more, plus a huge range of shopping and leisure discounts so you can save even more cash

  • A range of inclusive employee networks to help integrate employees into life at PXC

At PXC, we know that diversity means success and innovation. We want our workplace to reflect the communities and customer we serve. Being inclusive is part of our DNA; we are all 100% human, and we create a culture where you can truly be yourself.

 

We’re also not your usual 9-5. We are a dynamic workplace and we want to talk to you about how you like to work.