Pricing Analyst - 6 Month FTC

You’ve probably heard of Auto Trader, but do you know what we’re all about? We’re the UK’s leading automotive marketplace, a heritage brand, and a tech darling of the stock market. We bring together vehicle buyers and sellers to give them real choices. Cars may be what we’re best known for but we’re also the place for pretty much everything else on wheels, from e-bikes to caravans. In the automotive world, change is a constant, that’s why we take our job of untangling the complex car-buying journey very seriously. At our core, we’re all about people. We go our own way while embracing diversity and celebrating our differences. We dedicate ourselves to the idea that we work better together. Auto Trader is a beautiful, surprising and vibrant place to work. We might not be for everyone, but we could be perfect for you.

About the job: As a FTSE 100 company, we work in a fast-paced and agile environment, which means collaboration is vital. Our Finance tribe is a trusted business partner and provides insightful information and analysis to help the business make strategic and operational decisions. We’re looking for a Pricing Analyst to join us on a 6 month FTC based out of our Manchester office. Reporting to the Pricing Manager and working closely with the Senior Pricing Analyst, you’ll work as part of a pivotal team that underpins the commercial and strategic decisions within Auto Trader helping to drive revenue and strategic optimisation.

As a trusted Analyst, you will be involved in all our pricing processes to ensure we are utilising the product pricing framework whilst collecting and analysing the key information to make informed pricing decisions that support our pricing strategy overall. You will play a key role in our annual pricing strategy and review by enabling decision-making through the provision of well-thought-out analysis that considers the impacts of customer behaviours and models risks and opportunities. You’ll be able to produce analysis to prove the validity of pricing hypotheses and recommend actions as a result of the findings. You will also play a role in our Large Accounts governance process, feeding into a framework that spans across many stakeholders to ensure that all decisions made are robust and in line with our pricing principles.

You’ll gain great exposure to all areas of the business and truly be embedded across the different product teams, partnering with them to ensure that pricing and product strategies are synchronised, and we can apply our pricing framework, the principle of value-based pricing, alongside business knowledge that you will build up. Using your financial and data modelling skills you will be confident in offering recommendations for pricing and influencing product, sales and leadership teams to align on the optimum pricing decision.

What we’re looking for: This is a great opportunity for someone with Pricing experience looking to continue to develop their experience with a market leader. Similarly if you are a Finance Analyst (Commercial or FP&A) and would like to get some Pricing experience then we’d love to hear from you. Overall we’re looking for someone with the following skills/experience:

• You’ll have experience in an analytical role that utilises Excel and are able to prepare data, analyse it and summarise the results.
• You will have the ability to translate complex data into digestible information that you can then clearly communicate the storytelling of data to both finance and non-finance audience.
• You’ll demonstrate your curiosity, be motivated by finding answers and will love asking questions.
• Someone who’s motivated, detail oriented and commercially minded.
• Excellent communication skills - be able to summarise analysis, provide insight and convey findings to a wide variety of stakeholders across the business.
• Be able to influence senior stakeholders (director level).
• Good Excel and Power Point skills.

Although not essential, it would be great if you had exposure to any of the below:

• Experience of pulling data (we use Big Query and Looker), however this isn’t necessary for the role.
• Pricing background - knows about different types of commercial models and how they can be applied.
• Experience modelling with large, complex data sets.

At Auto Trader, we believe that every candidate brings a unique blend of talents. If you find yourself ticking some, but not all, of the requirement boxes, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re offering a salary of £35,000 – £42,000, depending on experience. We have employee pension contributions up to 7%, enhanced family leave provisions, a car salary sacrifice scheme, share-save options, and much more. We always want to give you the support you need and help prioritise your wellbeing, that’s why we provide access to 24/7 online GP and dentist, as well as specialist support for assisted fertility, gender dysphoria, menopause, period care plans and lots more.

On top of all that, our hybrid model, Connected Working, combines the best of both worlds – office and home working. You’ll have two fixed weekly office days for team collaboration and one more of your choice to suit your work-life balance. Additionally, during July and August, along with two weeks in December, we have our remote first periods. During these times, you can work remotely, whether that’s from another location in the UK or even from certain locations abroad.