Senior Decision Support Analyst

Role Overview

• 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.

Requirements

• 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 within LexisNexis, a comparable industry, or a subscription-based B2B organization would be advantageous.

Tech Stack

• Oracle

Benefits

• Wellbeing initiatives
• Shared parental leave
• Study assistance