Commercial Analyst

The Company

Secure Cloud+ specialises in providing fully managed secure ICT services to the UK's Defence and Security sectors, as well as other government departments with complex and demanding security requirements. Secure Cloud+ prides itself on its successful track-record of delivering real benefits to its customers, but also on its ethos of investing in its employees’ personal and professional growth.

The Commercial Analyst sits within the Commercial Services function and supports the link between Commercial Services and Finance. The role provides structured analysis, reporting support, and coordination across both the pre-contract and in-delivery phases of the contract lifecycle.

• Receive and review BoM data provided by Supply Chain and Procurement, helping to translate component-level cost detail into structured commercial cost models for review by Commercial Services and Finance.

• Support the integration of resource forecasts, third-party costs, and other commercial inputs into a single model, ensuring assumptions are documented and source data is clearly referenced.

• Apply Finance-defined rates, overhead assumptions, margin guidance, and standard cost structures under guidance from Commercial Services and Finance.

• Help identify key cost drivers, movements, and variances within the model, escalating areas that require review or clarification.

• Maintain version control across cost model updates, ensuring changes are recorded clearly and previous versions can be traced when required.

• Where BoM inputs appear incomplete, inconsistent, or unclear, raise structured queries with Supply Chain, Procurement, Commercial Services leads, or relevant stakeholders to support timely resolution.

• Support the translation of approved cost models into pricing structures using Finance-set criteria, margin guidance, and agreed commercial templates.

• Assist with basic scenario and sensitivity analysis, such as modelling the impact of changes in volume, scope, resource mix, or supplier cost.

• Highlight where changes to assumptions may affect the commercial position, escalating potential risks or sensitivities for review by more senior stakeholders.

• Help identify and document any deviations from standard pricing structures, including the reason for the deviation and the potential commercial impact where this can be quantified.

• Support the preparation of pricing schedules, cost breakdowns, and supporting commercial narratives required for internal review and contract award activity.

• Act as a coordination point for model updates and Finance queries during the pre-contract phase, ensuring responses are tracked, evidence is gathered, and updates are reflected accurately in the model.

• Support the finalisation of the commercial model at contract award by helping reconcile the model against agreed scope, pricing, and contractual assumptions.

• Help prepare a clean baseline version of the commercial model for use as the reference point during delivery reporting and future variance analysis.

• Document key assumptions, cost inputs, pricing decisions, and supporting information in a clear and accessible format.

• Track changes made to the commercial model between initial submission and final contract award, ensuring these are visible to Commercial Services and Finance for review.

• Support the completion of financial and commercial handover documentation, helping ensure that the delivery reporting cycle begins with a clear and agreed baseline.

• Maintain the Bill of Materials as the core source of component-level commercial information, ensuring entries are current, accurately categorised, and consistent with the latest agreed position.

• Collate BoM updates from budget owners, delivery teams, Supply Chain, Procurement, and other internal stakeholders on a regular reporting cycle.

• Check and reconcile BoM submissions to ensure components are accounted for, recorded consistently, and ready to support commercial and Finance reporting.

• Act as a central coordination…