Commercial Finance Analyst

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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
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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
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• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

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.