Commercial Analyst, East Midlands Railway

 

We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers, doing the right thing and putting customers at the heart of our sustainable railway for the East Midlands. With over 2,600 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful and our Commercial team make a crucial contribution to this. 

Nine times accredited as a Top Employer and Gold accredited for Inclusive Employers Standards, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. 

At EMR we want to proactively embrace diversity across our workforce and recognise that we are under-represented in some areas. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture and we welcome applications from everyone to help us better represent our communities.

We have an exciting opportunity to join #TeamEMR as a Commercial Analyst on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract. 

This role reports to the Lead Commercial Insights Manager and is based in our head office in Derby. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has strong analytical skills and a drive to make a measurable difference in achieving financial targets. Utilising a range of skills and systems, you will play a key role in helping the business to develop a greater understanding of our customers and identifying opportunities for revenue growth.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Help to shape and deliver the commercial analysis and insights strategy to guide our commercial approach as a business and drive revenue growthProvide regular and ad-hoc revenue reporting and analysis, generating insights into our customers and markets and presenting findings to a wide range of stakeholders including senior level executivesSupport research projects, providing input to market research proposals and capturing the learnings of research to improve internal analysisConduct financial modelling to evaluate the expected revenue benefits of business cases and analyse the observed impacts once projects are delivered to assess whether benefits are being realisedSupport with the production of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts, helping to increase forecast accuracy and ensuring all forecasts are realistic but challengingBe an expert on revenue performance for the rest of the business, helping other departments to understand what drives revenue performance and making sure commercial impacts are considered in all business initiatives

Key Skills & Experience

Educated to at least degree level or equivalent experienceHighly skilled in numerical analysis, with the ability to undertake detailed analysis, financial modelling, forecasting and reportingHigh level of ability with analysis and reporting systems, particularly Microsoft Excel but experience with Tableau and Power BI would also be beneficialStrong commercial acumen, with the ability to accurately assess the factors influencing performance and make recommendations to optimise commercial resultsExcellent ability to interpret business requirements and deliver coherent responses to requests, using strong communication skills to tailor your approach to the audienceAbility to visualise, present and communicate complex issues in a clear and concise mannerSelf-motivation, positivity and determination to deliver high quality outcomes in your work, both individually and as part of a teamAbility to grasp and solve complex issues and systems quickly and independently

As well as a competitive salary, we’ll also offer you:

32 days annual leave (including bank holidays), rising to 34 days after 2 years of serviceFree travel on East Midlands Railway and other train companies operated by Transport UK75% discount on other national rail train companies, including for partners and dependantsDiscounted friends and family tickets on the EMR networkVarious personal development and progression opportunities

EMR has a hybrid working policy which is applicable for this role. This means the role can be based at home 2-3 days per week and in the office 2-3 days per week. Should you wish to work full time in the office this is also an option.

We are open minded to applications from people who wish to have flexible working. Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

Interviews will tentatively be held in the week commencing 5th May 2025.

Closing Date: 13 Apr 2025

Department: Managerial/Administration

Salary: circa £45,000, dependent on experience