Senior Commercial Finance Analyst

CHEP helps move more goods to more people, in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets, crates and containers. We employ approximately 13,000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model, the world’s biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently, safely and with less environmental impact. 
What does that mean for you? You’ll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere, and small enough to get you there sooner. You’ll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. You’ll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through our Hybrid Work Model.

Job Description

The Senior Commercial Finance Analyst ensures that commercial decisions across Europe are made using consistent, robust, and governed profitability logic, while enabling a scalable governed decision-support capability.

This role sits at the heart of the European Commercial Finance Decision Support. The objective is to own, operate and evolve profitability and pricing models used to support strategic pricing, customer negotiations and governance decisions across Europe.

The role acts as a bridge between finance, commercial and analytics, ensuring cost logic integrity, decision readiness and scalability.

Key Responsibilities May Include:

• Conduct comprehensive financial analysis, including profitability reviews, variance analysis, and financial modelling, to support business decisions and optimize performance.
• Prepare and manage monthly, quarterly, and annual budgets and forecasts, ensuring accuracy and alignment with strategic business goals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (e.g., supply chain, commercial, sales) to provide actionable insights that enhance financial decision-making and operational outcomes.
• Provide analytical support for business case development, cost analysis, and evaluation of strategic initiatives to ensure informed decision-making.
• Drive process improvements by supporting the implementation and optimization of financial tools, automation efforts, and standardized processes.
• Perform post-investment reviews to assess the performance of strategic initiatives and recommend corrective actions where needed.
• support efforts to improve reporting, forecasting, and financial data quality, ensuring timely and accurate consolidation of financial information.
• Support ad-hoc financial analysis and special projects, including pricing strategies, cost savings initiatives, and performance tracking, to drive business improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Govern and evolve profitability & costing logic, ensuring alignment with P&L, cost architecture, and approved cost‑to‑serve principles.

• Identify risks, gaps or inconsistencies and implement strengthened, compliant methodologies.

• Enable teams through training and guidance, improving understanding of cost drivers, KPIs, and model usage.

• Support the design and implementation of a unified European Sales Model with controlled, auditable changes.

• Own business logic in Commercial Finance tools and drive digitalization to reduce manual work and improve robustness.

• Partner with Cost Clarity leadership to embed cost‑transparency principles across Europe.

 

Profile & Skills:

• 5+ years in profitability, costing, pricing, or financial governance roles within complex multinational environments.

• Strong analytical skills and advanced financial modelling; Excel required, Power BI/VBA desirable.

• Ability to maintain and defend governed financial logic with strong stakeholder management.

• Commercial acumen, problem‑solving ability, and rigor in high‑impact financial environments.

• Comfortable working autonomously within structured governance frameworks.

 

Qualifications & Languages:

• Bachelor’s in Finance/Accounting or similar; Master’s or professional qualification a plus.

• Fluent English; an additional European language is a plus.

Remote Type

Hybrid Remote

Skills to succeed in the role

Adaptability, Budget Management, Business Case Development, Cost Analysis, Empathy, Experimentation, Financial Advising, Financial Analysis, Financial Forecasting, Financial Modeling, Financial Reporting and Analysis, Process Improvements, Taking Ownership, Teamwork, Understand Customers, Variance Analysis

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly, with respect, and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.

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