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Help shape the financial performance of one of Europe's leading holiday rental businesses. Join our Commercial Finance team and play a key role in driving cost performance, delivering operational insight, and partnering with senior leaders across Awaze. Your mission As our new Cost Analyst, you'll play a pivotal role in supporting the financial performance of NOVASOL's Property Managed Services (PMS) division. You'll combine commercial thinking with strong financial analysis to provide meaningful insights into operational performance, helping the business make informed decisions that improve efficiency and deliver sustainable cost performance. Working as part of the Commercial Finance team, you'll partner closely with operational and finance stakeholders across Europe, turning complex financial and operational data into actionable recommendations. This is a hands-on role where you'll thrive by balancing strategic planning with a deep understanding of day-to-day operations. What you'll be doing Own the monthly reporting, analysis and forecasting of PMS overheads and operating costs, providing clear variance analysis and commercial insight. Monitor and analyse key operational drivers, including cleaning volumes, cost per clean, and internal versus external cleaning performance. Partner with budget owners to improve cost visibility, challenge spend where appropriate, and support proactive cost management. Lead the cost planning elements of the annual budgeting process and quarterly reforecasts across all PMS cost functions. Develop and enhance financial models to support forecasting, scenario planning and strategic decision-making. Work closely with senior stakeholders, including the Operations Director and Director of Owner Success & Growth for NOVASOL, providing financial guidance and performance insights. Support strategic business initiatives such as cost efficiency programmes, organisational changes and commercial negotiations with robust financial analysis. Collaborate with the wider Commercial Finance team to produce dashboards, reporting and ad hoc cost analysis across the broader business. Continuously identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting tools and forecasting methodologies while driving greater operational efficiency. Who we're looking for You'll thrive in this role if you're commercially curious, enjoy solving complex problems through data, and are equally comfortable analysing detailed operational performance as presenting insights to senior stakeholders. We're looking for someone who brings: Solid experience in finance business partnering, management accounting or commercial finance, with a strong focus on cost analysis and overhead management. Strong Excel modelling skills alongside experience using planning and reporting tools such as Power BI, SAP or Oracle PBCS. Excellent analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills with a pragmatic, operational mindset. Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and challenge constructively at all levels. A collaborative, proactive approach and the ability to work effectively across finance and operational teams. Bonus points if you have A professional accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA or ACA), or you're close to qualifying. Experience within travel, hospitality, leisure or another consumer-facing industry. Knowledge of payroll, workforce planning or staff cost modelling. Experience leading or supporting cost efficiency initiatives. Practical experience using AI tools to improve finance processes and reporting. How you'll make an impact Deliver accurate, insightful financial reporting that enables better operational decision-making. Improve visibility of key cost drivers and operational performance across the PMS division. Strengthen forecasting accuracy through robust financial model