Deal Desk Analyst

Are you a sharp, analytical professional looking to apply your skills at the heart of a busy commercial team?

Equifax is seeking a detail-oriented and commercially-minded Deal Desk Analyst to join our team in either Leeds, Nottingham or London. This is a key role where you will support our commercial success by providing essential analysis, structure, and process management for our most important deals.

This is a position where your analytical skills and attention to detail are vital, ensuring our deals are profitable, compliant, and efficiently processed. You will be a central point of contact, helping our Sales team navigate the deal cycle from quotation to signature. If you are a talented analyst ready to apply your skills in a fast-paced, commercial environment, we want to hear from you.

What You'll Do

• As our Deal Desk Analyst, you will be a vital operational hub for our deal-making process. You will work within our commercial framework to ensure all deals are structured for success. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Deal Analysis and Structuring: Work closely with the Sales team to analyse deal requirements, applying established pricing models to structure quotes that are commercially sound and profitable.

• Commercial Guidance: Serve as a key point of contact for pricing and deal structure, providing guidance to the sales team in line with company policy.

• Financial Modelling: Utilise and maintain financial models to assess the commercial impact of pricing decisions and ensure margins are met.

• Governance and Approvals: Manage the day-to-day internal deal approval process, ensuring all requests are compliant, documented, and submitted correctly for sign-off.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Sales, Finance, Product, Legal, and Operations to ensure a smooth and efficient deal lifecycle.

• Tender & Bids Support: Provide accurate and timely pricing and commercial input for responses to formal tenders (RFPs, RFIs, and RFQs).

• Process Improvement: Help to identify and implement improvements to our pricing tools, systems, and deal-desk processes for greater efficiency.

What Experience You Need

• A strong academic background (2:1 or First Class degree) or equivalent professional experience.

• Current experience in a role such as Deal Desk Analyst, Pricing Analyst, Commercial Analyst, Sales Operations Analyst, or Financial Analyst.

• Exceptional analytical skills with a proven ability to interpret complex data and apply it to commercial scenarios.

• Proven experience working effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders.

• Strong commercial acumen and an excellent eye for detail.

• Excellent project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple deals simultaneously.

What Could Set You Apart

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex commercial data.

• Experience working within a regulated environment (e.g., financial services).

• A natural collaborator who excels in supporting a fast-paced, cross-functional team.

• The ability to translate data into clear, actionable information for sales and leadership.

• A proactive, detail-oriented individual focused on delivering accurate results and solving commercial queries efficiently.