Commercial Finance Analyst

• FUEL THE FUTURE: Commercial Finance Analyst
• Employment Eligibility: Must have full right to work in the UK
• About Perfect Ted

Perfect Ted is on a mission to fuel the future of energy with clean, matcha-powered products.

As Europe’s leading matcha brand and one of the UK’s fastest-growing energy drink companies, we’re redefining what modern energy looks and feels like.

• We’re looking for a
• Commercial Finance Analyst to join our growing Finance team, reporting directly into our

Senior Commercial Finance Manager .

You’ll work closely with them to strengthen commercial finance across the business, supporting forecasting, reporting, commercial P&Ls and decision-making while partnering day-to-day with our Sales, Marketing and E-commerce teams.

This is a role for someone who doesn’t just want to report the numbers. We want someone who understands why they’re moving, challenges assumptions and helps decide what we should do next .

• What You’ll Be Doing
• Support the Senior Commercial Finance Manager with the rolling forecast, commercial reporting and wider planning process.
• Own and improve commercial forecast files and monthly SKU-level forecasts.
• Produce MTD reporting, track sales phasing and provide clear commentary on risks and opportunities.
• Feed commercial forecasts into the wider company cash flow forecast.
• Be a key day-to-day Finance partner for the Sales team across forecasting, profitability and investment.
• Support the Senior Commercial Finance Manager in challenging commercial performance and identifying opportunities to improve profitability.
• Turn financial information into clear, actionable recommendations for non-finance stakeholders.
• Profitability & Investment
• Build and analyse customer and commercial P&Ls.
• Create commercial P&Ls for NPD launches and track performance post-launch.
• Analyse pricing, promotions, trade investment and customer profitability.
• Partner with Marketing on accruals, spend and ROI tracking.
• Accruals & Process Improvement
• Own and improve the commercial accruals process, including running monthly meetings with account managers.
• Support accurate month-end reporting across commercial and Marketing investment.
• Work alongside the Senior Commercial Finance Manager to improve processes, controls and the quality of commercial insight as Perfect Ted scales.
• Play a role in ERP implementation and explore opportunities to use AI and automation across Finance.
• What We’re Looking For
• 2–4 years’ experience in Commercial Finance, FP&A or Financial Analysis.
• AAT qualified minimum, ideally studying or looking to study towards ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with financial modelling.
• Strong understanding of P&Ls, forecasting, accruals and prepayments.
• Excellent communication and business partnering skills.
• Commercially curious, analytical and confident challenging assumptions.
• Comfortable working with imperfect data and creating structure from scratch.
• Resilient and able to manage tight deadlines and competing priorities.
• FMCG, consumer goods, DTC or retail experience is a strong plus.
• Experience with retailer trade terms and deductions is a bonus.
• Full right to work in the UK.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary + EMI options scheme
• Shoreditch office at the Tea Building

The opportunity to work closely with our Senior Commercial Finance Manager and develop quickly as the Finance function and wider business scale

• TL; DR
• Perfect Ted is scaling fast and we’re looking for a

Commercial Finance Analyst who can turn numbers into action .

Reporting into our Senior Commercial Finance Manager, you’ll help drive forecasting, reporting and commercial analysis while partnering with teams across the business to make smarter, faster decisions.

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