Commercial Officer

Job Description

About UsWe’re an award-winning innovative tech consultancy - a team of creative problem solvers. Since 1993 we’ve been finding better, more sustainable ways to solve complex technology problems for some of the world’s leading organisations and delivered solutionsthat millions of people use every day.In the last 30 years we won several awards, including a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for our Enterprise Agile delivery approach.Operating from 26 locations across the world, we bring together teams of creative experts with diverse backgrounds and experiences, who enjoy working and learning in our collaborative and open culture and are committed to world-class delivery.We want to continue to grow our team with people just like you!About the RoleIn support of our ambitious growth plans, we’re investing in expanding our BJSS Operations team to support, collaborate and ensure we find the right projects for our talented technologists from all walks of life.As part of our Client Operations team you will be responsible for supporting and managing the commercial responsibilities across a number of our clients.Key responsibilities include:

• Contract Management: Draft, review, and negotiate complex commercial contracts (including MSA’s and SOW’s) with clients, suppliers and other stakeholders, ensuring compliance with legal and company standards
• Financial Reporting: Track, challenge, report and communicate all key commercials to appropriate stakeholders on a weekly basis
• Opportunity Reviews: Work with BJSS and client stakeholders to ensure all business opportunities are reviewed and updated weekly
• Financial & Risk Analysis: Conduct financial analysis and risk assessments for both existing and potential business opportunities, providing insights and recommendations to support decision making
• Stakeholder Management: Manage senior stakeholder (Directors, C-level) expectations and communicate the status of any contracts or opportunities under review. Build and maintain strong relationships with both client and internal teams tofacilitate effective communication and collaboration. Ability to discuss complicated commercials and issues with clients
• Facilitation of Meetings: Regularly attend and facilitate internal account team meetings and client commercial meetings
• Compliance: Ensure adherence to all relevant laws, regulations, and company policies in all commercial activities

About YouWere looking for someone who’s:

• Possesses a commercial background and an understanding of consultancy contractual arrangements
• A proven track record of handling complex contracts in a similar commercial environment
• Demonstrable ownership of projects from initial stages through to completion
• Awareness of public sector procurement legislation
• Demonstrable experience of project management, stakeholder engagement, commercial and presentation skills

Above all, you’ll be a people person’ with a positive attitude, happy to roll up your sleeves to get things done either unsupervised or as part of a team. You’ll also bring your:

• Strong organisational and time management skills
• Ability to work effectively to meet tight deadlines and respond positively to changing demands
• Confidence and gravitas to build relationships and understand the needs of a range of stakeholders
• Adaptability, resilience and enthusiasm

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!Some of the Perks

• Flexible benefits allowance - you choose how to spend your allowance (additional pension contributions, healthcare, dental and more)
• Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - we partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individuals need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support, and other
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working - Our roles are not fully remote as we take pride in the tight knit communities we have created at our local offices. But we offer plenty of flexibility and you can split your time between the office, client site and WFH
• Discounts - we have preferred rates from dozens of retail, lifestyle, and utility brands
• An industry-leading referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals
• Flexible holiday buy/sell option
• Electric vehicle scheme
• Training opportunities and incentives - we support professional certifications across engineering and non-engineering roles, including unlimited access to O’Reilly
• Giving back - the ability to get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from diverse backgrounds into tech
• You will become part of a squad with people from different areas within the business who will help you grow at BJSS
• We have a busy social calendar that you can choose to join- quarterly town halls/squad nights out/weekends away with families included/office get togethers
• GymFlex gym membership programme