Senior Commercial Finance Analyst in London

Immediate is home to some of the biggest and most loved consumer brands in the UK, including Radio Times, Good Food and BBC Gardeners World magazine. Our trusted, quality content reaches millions of people a month across digital, print, video, podcasts, apps and live events. We are the destination for people looking to get more from the things they love. We are here to inspire, fuel, encourage and educate.

As a Senior Commercial Finance Analyst within the Marketing & Subscriptions team, you will play a critical role in driving financial insight, performance tracking, and decision support across customer acquisition, retention, and lifetime value initiatives. Reporting to the Director of Marketing Data, you will partner closely with marketing, growth, product, and finance stakeholders to ensure rigorous financial management and a clear focus on profitable subscriber growth.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded analyst to work in a fast‐paced, data‐driven environment, contributing to strategic planning and gaining deep exposure to subscription economics.

As a Senior Commercial Financial Analyst, you will:

• Maintain and analyse the P&L for the Marketing & Subscriptions function, identifying opportunities to improve spend efficiency and contribution margin.
• Work with Management Accountants to ensure accurate reporting of revenue and profitability across the subscription portfolio.
• Produce regular management performance reporting and presentations, analysing actuals versus plan and highlighting key drivers of variance across growth metrics.
• Develop and maintain end-to-end marketing spend‐tracking, partnering with Growth & CRM teams to monitor campaign performance, customer acquisition cost (CAC) and analyse return on marketing investment.
• Evaluate and optimise subscription cost lines to improve operational efficiency and enhance subscription profitability.
• Monitor aged debt and payment flows for subscription & partner revenue, contributing to robust cash‐flow management.
• Support budgeting and forecasting across marketing and subscription activities, including acquisition spend, retention programmes, and revenue projections.
• Support revenue recognition and reconciliation processes related to subscription income, marketing vendors, and partner arrangements.
• Support incentive and commission frameworks where relevant, ensuring alignment with growth and revenue targets.
• Maintain an understanding of the product roadmap and the pipeline of new features from key software partners.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.
• Early career experience (typically 1-3 years) in commercial finance, FP&A, or analytics – ideally within a subscription, digital, or media environment.
• Strong Excel and financial modelling skills; experience working with large datasets.
• Familiarity with BI tools, subscription metrics, or financial systems is advantageous.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to translate data into clear commercial insights.
• High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Confident communicator able to work with cross‐functional stakeholders.
• Proactive, organised, and comfortable working in a dynamic environment.

Benefits:

• A relaxed working environment with regular socials including a summer festival.
• Supportive well‐being initiatives and benefits, talks & workshops, and Mental Health First aiders & Champions.
• 25 days holiday plus a day for your birthday. Our offices will be closed between Christmas and New Year's which are in addition to your annual entitlement.
• Tailored training and development through both our in‐house learning platform and LinkedIn Learning.
• A progressive and transparent culture focused on your development.
• Flexible / hybrid working plus early finish Fridays.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Enhanced Family Policies including paternity, adoption and surrogacy leave. We also provide a pregnancy loss, fertility, and carers policy.
• Competitive pension plans and Life Assurance.
• A newly renovated modern office with lots of collaborative spaces.

At Immediate, we pride ourselves on our open, inclusive, collaborative, and dynamic culture that empowers our people to thrive and give their best. We care deeply about our people, our local communities and the impact we have on the environment. Our active Diversity & Inclusion network, comprehensive well‐being programs, and clear sustainability strategies reflect this commitment.

People are at the heart of our business and creating a diverse and inclusive working environment is important to us. Immediate is an equal opportunities employer. We will never treat anyone less favourably because of their sex, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, marital/civil partnerships, sexual orientation, race, nationality, ethnic origin, age, religion or belief or disability. We are also committed to supporting applications from those who are returning to work following a career break, maternity leave or caring responsibilities.