Decision Support Senior Analyst

Would you like to join a team that is an integral part of decision making? Are you eager to use your financial skills to influence stakeholders? Our team, Lexis Nexis Legal & Professional, serves customers in more than 150 countries and is part of RELX, a global provider of information‑based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.

This role provides financial stewardship, commercial insight and decision support for the full P&L of Inter Action, the only Legal CRM featuring exclusive Lexis Nexis content. Acting as a trusted finance business partner to product, commercial and operational leaders, the position is responsible for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, performance analysis and translating financial results into clear, actionable insight. It also champions smarter ways of working, including the responsible use of generative AI and automation to improve the efficiency, quality and depth of financial analysis and insight.

• Lead the financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring assumptions are robust, clearly understood and aligned with business strategy.
• Provide insightful monthly performance analysis, explaining key movements in revenue, cost, margin, pipeline and other relevant business drivers.
• Partner with product, sales, marketing and operations teams to understand performance, challenge assumptions and support delivery of financial targets.
• Identify, quantify and communicate risks and opportunities, recommending actions to improve financial and operational outcomes.
• Support pricing, discounting and deal structure decisions, ensuring commercial proposals are financially sound and aligned with strategic objectives.
• Develop business cases for investment, product development, go‑to‑market initiatives and other strategic opportunities, including clear assessment of financial returns and key sensitivities.
• Maintain and improve financial processes, models, dashboards and reporting tools to support timely, accurate and data‑led decision‑making.
• Use generative AI, automation and analytical tools to streamline recurring finance processes, enhance variance analysis, improve reporting narratives and identify trends or anomalies more efficiently.
• Translate complex financial information into clear insight for non‑finance stakeholders, enabling effective commercial decisions.
• Identify and monitor key performance indicators, including forward‑looking metrics, providing early warning of issues and highlighting opportunities to accelerate growth.
• Work closely with the wider finance team to ensure accurate reporting, strong financial controls and alignment with group finance processes.
• Support ad hoc analysis, scenario modelling and strategic projects as required by senior management.

• Degree or equivalent experience required; MBA, advanced business degree or professional finance qualification desirable.
• 3+ years of experience in a finance, FP&A, decision support or commercial finance role, ideally within a large matrix organization.
• Strong understanding of sales performance, revenue drivers, P&L metrics, forecasting and management reporting.
• Strong knowledge of financial and management accounting principles, processes and systems.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results, manage competing priorities and provide high‑quality insight under tight timelines.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to challenge assumptions, interpret performance and influence business decisions.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex financial information clearly to finance and non‑finance stakeholders.
• Experience with Hyperion and Oracle Fusion preferred.
• Experience using AI‑enabled tools such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT or Claude to improve productivity, analysis and insight generation preferred.
• Experience with in Lexis Nexis, a comparable industry, or a subscription‑based B2B organization would be advantageous.

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $65,100 – $108,500. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates. For New York, the base pay range is $71,600 –…