Interim Change & Cost Analyst (Commercial Finance)

Interim Change & Cost Analyst (Commercial Finance) | Manchester | Up to £450pd


A fast-paced, operationally complex business is looking for a Change & Cost Analyst (Commercial Finance) to support a major cost change exercise. You'll work closely with finance, operations and commercial teams to unpick what's driving cost movements, build a clear commercial argument, and help prepare a significant change request during a critical period for the contract.

Responsibilities

  • Analyse labour, maintenance and fleet related costs, producing clear month-on-month bridges.
  • Review payroll, utilisation, maintenance logs and operational data to identify the true cost drivers.
  • Build simple, logic driven models to support a compensatory change request.
  • Produce clear narrative that explains complex operational issues in a structured, commercial way.
  • Challenge internal assumptions, validate data, and turn ambiguity into evidence based conclusions.

About You

  • ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified OR QBE with strong commercial analysis experience.
  • Confident analysing high volume operational cost data and identifying underlying drivers.
  • Able to simplify complex situations into clear, logical financial arguments.
  • Strong Excel capability with experience modelling scenarios, assumptions and cost impacts.
  • Curious, analytical and comfortable challenging what you're being told.
  • Strong communicator who can produce concise narratives and partner across finance and operations.


This is a great opportunity to step into a high impact commercial role where you'll have real ownership, visibility, and the chance to shape a critical business case. If you enjoy making sense of messy data, building commercial logic and telling the story behind the numbers, this role will suit you well.

If you're interested, please apply or email your CV to Jamie.Miller@markssattin.com.

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