Senior Commercial Analyst in Plymouth

Ventro, a national leader in fire safety, passive fire protection, and building compliance, is recruiting a Senior Commercial Analyst to drive commercial performance across multiple high-value projects. This is a senior, high-impact role for someone with strong commercial leadership, advanced financial analysis, and proven experience improving profitability, margins, and cost control within a construction or compliance environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a commercial team (Junior Analysts + Commercial Administrator), ensuring capability growth, accountability, and high performance.
• Own project profitability across fire compliance works, including GP management, cost control, commercial governance, and financial accuracy.
• Manage subcontractor sourcing and negotiation, securing competitive rates across fire stopping, fire doors, passive fire protection, and associated trades.
• Produce and oversee budgets, Bills of Materials, and detailed commercial cost reports for Project Managers.
• Lead commercial negotiations on uplifts/extras with a target of 10% improvement.
• Identify, manage, and escalate commercial risks, variances, and red flags in line with Ventro’s reporting thresholds.
• Oversee cash flow, debtors, and commercial compliance to strengthen financial performance across the Business Unit.
• Achieve and maintain target Contribution Margins (48% Go-Live, 5% improvement).
• Prepare and issue monthly valuations and invoices, ensuring billing aligns with contract requirements and is completed by month-end.
• Ensure invoices are issued promptly post-month-end to reduce accrued income (target 80%).
• Review, challenge, and validate forecasts, ensuring accurate and reliable commercial reporting.
• Manage senior-level HR responsibilities including 1-1s, leave approval, performance management, and coaching.
• Resolve escalated commercial issues within the team to maintain workflow and avoid escalation to senior leadership.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong commercial leadership experience within construction, fire compliance, or project-based environments.
• Advanced financial analysis, forecasting, and commercial modelling skills.
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of project-based financials.
• Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills, ideally with subcontractor exposure.
• Ownership mindset with the ability to take control of complex commercial challenges.
• Assertive communicator with the confidence to challenge constructively.
• High attention to detail and accuracy in reporting.
• Honest, trustworthy, and committed to delivering high-quality commercial outcomes.

Why Join Ventro?

• Senior role with direct influence on commercial strategy and profitability.
• Opportunity to shape and grow a commercial function within a national fire compliance leader.
• Fast-paced environment with strong career progression.
• Be part of a company committed to life safety, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence.

Ventro Group values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Note: Ventro Group prefer to hire directly, and we will be in touch with our PSL Agencies if this role is eligible. We do not accept speculative CVs, and no fee will be applicable if sent.

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