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Commercial Strategy Analyst
Role Overview : Weber Shandwick is seeking a dynamic and strategic Commercial Strategy Analyst to support pricing and negotiation strategies for new and existing client opportunities, both locally and globally. This role is not just about data analysis-it requires a strategic mindset to proactively interpret data, call out key insights, and contribute to client strategy and offerings. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, high-impact environment, handling multiple client requests, including urgent priorities, while working cross-functionally across various teams.
This role offers a unique opportunity to be at the intersection of finance, commercial strategy, and client development, shaping pricing structures and negotiation strategies that drive business growth. The Analyst will play a critical role in supporting business decisions and ensuring efficiency in commercial operations.
Key Responsibilities :
- Serve as a strategic business analytics partner and forward-thinking business analytics resource for new business opportunities and existing client accounts.
- Analyze financial and business data, calling out key trends and implications to inform strategic decision-making.
- Manage & analyze financial reports to support profitability and remuneration strategies.
- Aggregate financial figures from SAP and Hyperion systems.
- Handle multiple client requests, including urgent and complex pricing scenarios, with a solutions-oriented mindset.
- Collaborate with Finance, New Business Development, Project Management, Account teams, and other departments globally to align pricing strategies with client needs.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to facilitate effective dialogue with senior management and cross-functional teams throughout the organization.
- Review and assist with RFIs / RFPs, ensuring pricing and commercial terms align with strategic objectives.
- Monitor and validate rate cards, SOWs, and MSAs to ensure pricing accuracy and compliance with client agreements.
- Proactively identify rate discrepancies and opportunity for rate increases in commercial agreements and suggest strategic adjustments.
- Develop and maintain global and local data repositories, ensuring accurate and insightful reporting for decision-making.
- Complete Client-related Pricing / Reporting Templates, as required.
- Summarize data and changes to MSAs for our top 20 clients in decks to update and share with Client Finance and Local Finance teams.
- Liaise with global teams to pull financial and MSA data to identify opportunities for growth.
- Proficient in understanding Global Agency title mapping and structures.
Qualifications & Experience :
Why Join Us? This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on global, high-impact projects, collaborating with top-tier professionals across multiple business units. You'll gain exposure to executive-level decision-making and play a key role in shaping commercial strategies that directly drive business success. If you are a proactive, strategic thinker who thrives in a fast-moving, team-oriented environment, we want to hear from you!
The Weber Shandwick Collective recognizes that your health and wellbeing are a priority. This is why we offer a full suite of benefits including :
NYC Salary range : $65,000 - $80,000
Where an employee or prospective employee is paid within this range will depend on, among other factors, actual ranges for current / former employees in the subject position; market considerations; budgetary considerations; tenure and standing with the company (applicable to current employees); as well as the employee's / applicant's background, pertinent experience, and qualifications.
Weber Shandwick is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. Weber Shandwick recruits qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, ethnic or national origin, protected veteran status, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or citizenship status.
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Salary : $65,000 - $80,000
