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Commercial Finance | Large, Complex Org | Up to £375 DailyRate | 6-9Month Contract | 2x Opportunities | Hybrid Your new company You will be joining a large, complex, contract-led infrastructure business, operating across major long-term frameworks. The organisation is PE-backed, commercially driven, and continues to invest heavily in its finance and commercial capability as its portfolio grows. Due to internal change and an expanding senior leadership remit, the business is now seeking 2x additional interim commercial finance support to ensure continuity and robustness across key contracts. Your new role As an Interim Commercial Finance Analyst, you will play a pivotal role supporting one of the organisation’s largest and most commercially complex contracts. Reporting into the Head of Commercial Finance, you will act as a key link between finance, operations, and commercial teams. This is a highly hands-on role, requiring someone who can hit the ground running, quickly understand contract mechanics, and work comfortably with detailed operational and financial data. Key responsibilities will include: • Producing weekly and monthly P&L reporting, using operational and commercial data to drive insight, • Ownership of forecasting, variance analysis, and rolling reforecasts, ensuring forecast accuracy and transparency, • Detailed margin analysis, revenue recognition, and contract performance tracking, • Managing accrued income and WIP, ensuring accurate balance sheet treatment and cashflow forecasting, • Supporting month-end close with robust commentary and variance explanations, • Working closely with non-finance stakeholders, including Quantity Surveyors and operational leads, to translate financial performance into operational actions What you'll need to succeed To be successful in this role, you will be a commercially minded finance professional with strong contract exposure and the confidence to operate independently. You will ideally bring: • Experience in Commercial Finance, Finance Business Partnering, or Contract Finance roles, • Strong understanding of contract mechanics, revenue recognition, and margin drivers, • Proven capability across forecasting, P&L ownership, and cashflow, • Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to manipulate and analyse large, complex datasets, • Experience working in PE-backed, fast-paced, or operationally complex environments, • Strong stakeholder engagement skills, particularly with operational and commercial teams, • A day rate of £300-£375, depending on experience, • A 6-9 month interim assignment with potential for extension, • Hybrid working, with two days onsite per week, • Exposure to high-profile contracts within a commercially sophisticated business

Leonid Group has been retained by a multinational technology corporation to appoint a Senior Trade Compliance Advisor/Senior Manager based in Bourne End, or Preston, UK (hybrid). This is a unique opportunity to shape the export compliance programs and work with a dynamic, international team, covering the EMEA region. You will oversee and focus on export control regulations of countries within the region, while also assessing the impact of US-origin export controls on local operations. You will collaborate with trade professionals in other regions to develop, implement, and maintain export compliance programs as well as manage export licenses, conduct audits, and act as the regional point of contact for trade compliance issues, providing guidance and support to regional business units. This role requires a proactive approach to monitoring regulatory changes, mitigating risks, and ensuring seamless international trade operations. Responsibilities: • Develop, implement, and oversee comprehensive export compliance programs to ensure adherence to all applicable laws and regulations., • Work closely with product business units to develop and refine the strategy for classifying products, technologies, and software under export control regimes., • Prepare and submit export license applications where applicable., • Conduct internal and external compliance audits and perform risk assessments related to export activities, including the analysis of trade sanctions and embargoes., • Provide training and guidance to employees on export compliance requirements, including deemed exports, restricted party screening, and licensing processes., • Engage with governmental authorities and industry forums to stay informed of trade policy developments and provide strategic counsel to regional teams., • Closely collaborate with regional export control teams (NALA & APAC) to ensure alignment with US regulations and local regional requirements. Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in International Trade, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field., • 12+ years of experience in export control, trade compliance, dual-use licensing, or an equivalent field., • Strong understanding of international trade sanctions., • Strong grasp of general trade compliance issues, rules, and regulations., • Understanding of dual-use technology risks, encryption regulations, IT transfer risks, and re-export risks., • Familiarity with export compliance software (e.g., SAP Global Trade Services) and restricted party screening tools., • Knowledge of high-risk regions and associated compliance challenges. Benefits: • 25 days of vacation, • Up to 32 hours paid time off per year to volunteer with a charity of your choice, • Reward & Recognition scheme, • Training and personal development in soft skills and hard skills, access to our internal learning portal and internal career opportunities within departments, • Annual bonuses based on financial results, • Yearly salary increases according to individual performance, • Pension Scheme with a matched contribution up to 7%, • Private medical and dental cover, • Access to an innovative online learning platform, • Cycle to work scheme, • Employee Assistance Program Leonid Group Corporate Governance is a talent advisory firm that specialises in the placement of Legal, Compliance, Risk, ESG and Sustainability and Audit professionals on an international scale across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. These are global disciplines with teams worldwide, and our network reflects this. We work with multinational corporations to help structure their departments with the best people, from the Global Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel to the Compliance Analyst and Trade Compliance Specialist.

A leading pharmacy chain in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Financial Analyst to contribute to financial planning and decision-making processes.This role involves budgeting, forecasting, and reporting while offering insights to enhance business performance.The ideal candidate should be CA/CPA

As the Senior BI Analyst, you will be designing interactive, user-friendly dashboards and reports to support data-driven decisions across the business, as well as maintain and enhance existing reporting suites. An exciting opportunity has opened for a Senior BI Analyst to join a growing and forward-

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Endur Business Analyst looking to expand on their knowledge and be part of a strategic programme that will revolutionise the ETRM business. Unique long term contract opportunities available for Endur Product SME/ Business Analysts to join this Globa

Technical Business Analyst Consultant / Senior Consultant. Senior Consultant Technical Business Analysts. Create business models, process maps, system documentation, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

The Senior Business Analyst will collaborate with stakeholders to analyze business needs, gather and define requirements, and optimize business processes. This is a full-time remote role for a Senior Business Analyst. Experience in defining and managing Business Processes and developing Business Req

We're looking for a Senior Business Performance & Insight Analyst to play a key role in driving improved business performance and customer outcomes across the commercial property management companies In this role, you'll lead the analysis of operational, financial and customer data to generate clear

Senior Business Performance & Insight Analyst. Acting as a trusted analytical partner to senior leaders, you'll help explain what's happening across the organisation, why it's happening and what actions are needed to deliver measurable improvement. Providing insight into performance drivers, root ca

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Extensive experience as a Business Analyst in customer‑facing roles, specialising in finance project delivery with proven track record in complex, large‑scale business transformation projects, ideally in global organisations. Extensive experience as a Business Analyst in customer‑facing roles,

A data consultancy is seeking a Senior Data Business Analyst to work on NHS data transformation projects, analyzing complex datasets using SQL. You will collaborate with technical teams and business stakeholders to translate requirements into actionable solutions, producing clear documentation and i

The Business Analyst will support the engagement team by translating business needs into clear, actionable requirements that guide strategic improvements to the client's website and pages. Through data analysis, requirements documentation, and cross-functional collaboration, the Business Analyst wor

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Business Analyst (VP level) to drive complex, strategic initiatives and act as a key interface between business, technology, production support, and Appian development teams. Build and maintain strong relationships with senior business stakeholders, technol

Senior Workforce Analyst (Open) - 12month FTC. As a Senior Analyst, you will handle modeling forecasts, discovering insights, and finding opportunities through the use of statistical, data mining and visualization techniques. This is a high impact and visibility role with meaningful interaction with

Senior Business Analyst – (CSD, CSRD, FMI Settlement & Asset Servicing) – Banking Client – London. Share ideas, drive improvements and promote best practice amongst the business analyst community across all IT and non-IT Divisions and across physical location. Counsel business stakeholders by

A leading parcel delivery network is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to enhance process optimization and project delivery.

Do you like helping small businesses grow? Do you enjoy working across organizations and scaling programs? Come join us at Amazon B2B Payments & Lending! The Amazon B2B Payments & Lending team provides invoicing, working capital and payment acceptance solutions to Amazon Business customers, sellers

LGC Group is seeking a Senior Business Analyst for a 12-month contract in the UK. This full-time remote position involves collaborating with senior members on eCommerce projects to drive business change and enhance operational efficiencies. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of business

Senior Business Analyst – Underwriting Workbench (London Market). Facilitate workshops with senior underwriting and business stakeholders. Experience working directly with senior underwriters and business leadership.

Senior Business Analyst (French Speaking) | Contract or Permanent. French-speaking Senior Business Analyst. Previous experience as a client facing Business Analyst across diverse sized projects.

A leading technology consultancy is seeking a Business Analyst to define and deliver key projects. The role involves leading workshops, performing root cause analysis, and producing detailed business specification documents.

A music licensing company in the UK is seeking a Salesforce Business Analyst/Product Owner to own problem definition and value delivery across Salesforce products. Ideal candidates will have strong Salesforce knowledge and experience in business analysis and product ownership.

By collaborating with stakeholders across compliance, risk, operations, and IT, the Business Analyst ensures that solutions are aligned with industry regulations, customer expectations, and organisational goals. Your purpose at Copper will be to play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between busine

We are seeking a Business Analyst focused on effective backlog management and delivery execution. Gather and translate business requirements into detailed features, epics, and user stories. Prioritise backlog items in alignment with business needs and delivery timelines.

A leading software solutions provider is looking for a Business Analyst with at least 7+ years of experience, ideally in Capital Markets. The role involves analyzing and designing solutions for regulatory projects while liaising with business users and the technical team.

Proven experience working as a Senior Business Analyst on digital transformation programmes. Mentor and support junior Business Analysts, contributing to capability growth and best practice. Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technol

Senior Salesforce Business Analyst. Experience supporting testing activities and validating Salesforce solutions against business requirements. You will play a key role in enabling business change through the delivery of.

The position requires strong analytical skills, ability to manage project teams, and validate business requirements.

Responsibilities include managing a team of analysts, enforcing best practices, and collaborating with senior stakeholders to define business requirements. A leading financial services firm in Greater London is seeking a Lead Business Analyst to drive business transformation and lead the BA practice

As a member of the Global Business Operations (GBO) Team, the Senior Business Analyst helps turn business questions into clear insights, reliable data, and practical improvements to how teams work day‑to‑day. Business Analyst (or similar role) delivering reporting, analysis, and operational/proc

Pearson Carter are currently working with an organisation who is expanding their delivery team with a Senior Business Analyst who can join and be part of the full process from planning to delivery. Improve the business analysis practice. Apply agile Business Analysis techniques.

Job Title: BUSINESS ANALYST L3(CONTRACT). Leveraging our holistic portfolio of capabilities in consulting, design, engineering, and operations, we help clients realize their boldest ambitions and build future-ready, sustainable businesses. Support QA team with periodic testing to ensure solutions me

As a Senior Business Change Analyst at Drax you’ll lead the delivery of complex business change and transformation initiatives by providing expert business analysis, impact assessment, and adoption leadership ensuring people, process and behavioural changes are fully understood, planned for, and e

BCT Resourcing is looking for a Senior Business Analyst for their strategic technology and business transformation project. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of experience and will excel in requirements gathering, business requirements documentation, and project management. With a salary of �

Turner & Townsend's Digital business unit are looking for a SC Cleared Business Analyst to join their team, to support and deliver digital and technology-enabled change across defence organisations and the supply chain. As part of our 2025 Vision, we are putting Digital at the heart of our business.

Senior Business Analyst (contract X 2). Recent (within the past 2 years) experience as a Business Analyst/Senior BA within UK central government. Experience translating customer needs into data logic (measures, dimensions, attributes) with business definitions and sourcing rules.

Provide mentoring and guidance to junior Business Analysts where required. Strong experience as an IT Business Analyst within enterprise environments. Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand business objectives, challenges, and operational needs.

A leading consulting firm is seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst with a strong digital background for a 14-month FTC in London.

Capgemini’s Cloud & Custom Applications business area seeks a Business Analyst to join a high‑performing team, working on digital transformation projects for UK clients. For senior roles, mentor and coach junior Business Analysts and graduates, supporting their development. Work closely with sen

A leading financial services provider is seeking a Business Analyst with over 10 years of experience focusing on financial products. You'll be tasked with gathering business requirements, creating functional specifications, and producing technical documentation.

A Business Analyst in a payments screening company faces the constant challenge of translating highly complex regulatory, technical, and operational requirements into clear, actionable product requirements documentation. The analyst must be adept at guiding customer conversations, extracting meaning

Position Overview: We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to join our team. About Verisk Specialty Business Solutions: Verisk Specialty Business Solutions, part of the global Verisk family, is a leading provider of innovative insurance and reinsurance software solutions. Business Analyst within th

RedRock Consulting is seeking an experienced Business Analyst to join a major UK Government digital transformation programme. The candidate will lead workshops and manage stakeholder relationships while ensuring alignment between business needs and technical delivery.

A leading global technology consultancy is seeking a Business Analyst with MS Dynamics experience in the Greater London area. The ideal candidate will analyze business systems, document requirements, and lead technical design.

Your role will support Invesco's risk management capabilities by providing transparency to the senior team on all investment related risks for Private Credit portfolios. Ensure the Private Credit Investment Risk strategy continuously reflects current business environment, market conditions, and lega

Senior Business Systems Analyst. As a Senior Business Systems Analyst at Neat, you will optimize and enhance our Salesforce platform. This varied, business-facing role requires excellent communication skills to liaise with all organizational levels, translate technical information, and clearly expla

A leading logistics provider in the United Kingdom seeks a dynamic Senior Finance Business Analyst to support the development of financial models and manage reporting processes. The successful candidate will produce weekly accounts, analyze financial data, and lead a team of analysts.