At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver high-quality financial insights and support strategic decision-making.
- Company: Join Smart DCC, a leader in transforming Britain's energy network.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, hybrid work, annual bonuses, and flexible benefits.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on the future of smart energy and sustainability.
- Qualifications: Qualified accountant with strong management accounting experience.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
- Senior Commercial Finance Analyst / Hybrid Location: London
- Closing date 20th August 2026
Are you a commercially minded qualified accountant looking to take the next step towards Finance Business Partnering?
Do you enjoy moving beyond reporting numbers to understanding the commercial drivers of a business, influencing stakeholders and providing meaningful insight?
Join Smart DCC's Commercial Finance team and play a key role in supporting a significant proportion of the organisation's cost base.
This role offers exposure to senior stakeholders, major supplier contracts, long-term financial planning and strategic decision-making across a business at the centre of Britain's smart energy network.
About the DCC
We're powering Britain's smarter, greener future. Today. Tomorrow. Together.
Today, we're deeply invested in building a resilient, sustainable smart energy network that drives transformation. Our success is driven by curiosity, ambition, and tenacity.
Tomorrow, we see vast opportunities for growth and development, contributing to decarbonisation and the Net Zero mission.
We'll continually develop Smart DCC to fulfil our obligations to consumers and achieve even more with our customers, partners and each other.
Join us and gain access to development programmes, specialist learning, industry experts and exposure to senior stakeholders.
Together, we embrace change, unite in our shared passions and support each other.
Working as one team and across our industry, we rise to the challenge to shape Smart DCC, and the future.
A career at Smart DCC means being part of something bigger: a dynamic organisation that's not just helping transform energy but also shaping the future.
We offer a unique, fulfilling environment where you can thrive today, develop for tomorrow, and achieve together
- How you will contribute to transforming the smart energy network and shaping the future
- Deliver high-quality management accounting, month-end activities, forecasting and reporting for a substantial area of the DCC cost base.
- Partner with Contract and Supplier Management teams to understand cost drivers, challenge assumptions and support commercial decision-making
- Support annual budgets and long-term financial planning, helping to build financial forecasts and strategic business insights.
- Review and challenge financial models, contract proposals and supplier cost forecasts to ensure robust commercial outcomes.
- Build trusted relationships across Finance and the wider business, providing financial insight to internal and external stakeholders, including regulatory bodies where required.
- What you need to bring
- Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent).
- Strong management accounting experience with the ability to interpret financial performance and communicate key insights.
- A commercial mindset with the confidence to challenge assumptions and understand the business drivers behind the numbers.
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills, with experience working collaboratively outside of Finance.
- Curiosity, adaptability and a genuine interest in understanding operational, contractual and commercial activities that influence financial outcomes.
While our mission is ambitious, we also prioritise balance, offering flexibility and support to help you thrive both personally and professionally.
At DCC we reward fairly and recognise fully because our continued success depends on our people.
We offer a competitive hybrid working policy of 8 office days per month for most roles, alongside competitive salaries, annual bonus opportunities linked to personal and company performance, pension contributions, generous annual leave, private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits that can be tailored to your needs.
As a Disability Confident member, DCC is committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
If you require any reasonable adjustments, need a copy of this advert in an alternative format, or have any questions before applying, please contact
Steph Owen, Recruitment Lead .
Join Smart DCC, a dynamic organisation where every day brings a chance to make a difference.
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Senior Commercial Finance Analyst employer: Smart DCC
Smart DCC is an excellent employer, offering a dynamic work environment where innovation meets security governance. With a focus on employee growth and a balanced work-life approach, team members are encouraged to develop their skills while contributing to the future of the UK's smart metering network. Located in vibrant Manchester or London, employees enjoy competitive benefits and the opportunity to lead impactful transformation programmes.
