Job Description
Senior Commercial Finance Analyst
Location: Sheffield HQ and Hybrid
Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 depending on experience
Contract: Permanent
Hiring Manager: Head of Financial Planning and Analysis
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Job Overview:
Are you a dynamic, commercially savvy financial expert with a passion for driving growth through data and insights? We are seeking a talented and ambitious Commercial Finance/FP&A Analyst to play a pivotal role in shaping the financial trajectory of a fast-growing, global business. Your expertise in financial modelling and commercial strategy will be critical in accelerating Twinkl’s expansion and supporting high-stakes decision-making.
This role offers extensive visibility across the organisation, partnering with key stakeholders to refine strategic initiatives and lead business intelligence efforts. By delivering real-time financial and commercial insights, you’ll directly influence decisions that drive both performance and innovation.
If you have experience across SaaS, technology, consumer, or education sectors—and thrive in both high-growth and corporate environments—this role offers an exciting opportunity to elevate your career.
Key Responsibilities:
* Own and refine the Group’s financial models—from Budget to long-range planning (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow). You’ll dive deep into key drivers like pricing, unit economics, and margin optimisation, identifying growth opportunities and risks.
* Provide strategic financial insights by collaborating with the Management Accounts Team, delivering impactful commentary on performance trends and opportunities.
* Act as a financial partner to leadership teams—including content, product, data, and C-suite—guiding business decisions that shape Twinkl’s continued expansion and evolution.
* Enhance business intelligence systems, working alongside Finance, Data Science, and IT to drive continuous improvements in Management Information.
* Lead scenario modelling and business case development to forecast outcomes and inform critical decisions.
* Champion process improvements and help develop internal controls that drive efficiency, accuracy, and operational excellence.
Requirements:
* Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA etc) with proven experience in a fast-paced FP&A environment.
* Master of financial modelling—with extensive experience in Excel and other financial modelling tools, you’ll deliver accurate and actionable insights.
* Strong commercial acumen—you understand the big picture and have a natural talent for influencing stakeholders and driving strategic initiatives.
* A proven ability to manage budgeting, forecasting, and scenario analysis for complex international businesses.
* Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills—able to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable strategies.
* A passion for innovation and continuous improvement, with a knack for spotting process efficiencies and implementing them effectively.
* Experience with financial tools such as Excel, Tableau, Sage; SaaS or technology experience a plus.
If you require a reasonable adjustment to the application/selection process to enable you to demonstrate your ability to perform the job requirements please include this at the foot of your covering letter. This will help us to understand any modifications we may need to make to support you throughout our selection process.
Benefits:
In return for everything you can bring, we can offer you an exciting role in a fast-growing and dynamic business, with plenty of career opportunities.
Here are a couple of the things that make Twinkl a great place to be:
* A friendly, welcoming and supportive culture. We believe work should be fun and always put people before process
* Diversity, inclusion and belonging - our Employee Network Program includes working groups for LGBTQ+, People of Colour, Disabilities (visible and invisible), Women in Tech and Working Parents.
* From day 1 - Westfield Health, 29 annual leave days per year plus up to four additional days that may be awarded each year by the company, flexible working policy with opportunities to work from home, Twinkl subscription
* After probation - company sick pay and cycle to work scheme
* Long term service rewards - Life insurance, enhanced pension contribution, enhanced maternity pay, enhanced adoption pay and enhanced paternity pay.