Pearson
Advanced Specialist, Commercial Finance
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Remote - US
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Full-Time
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$115K - $135K
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Finance
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July 5th, 2026
Tableau
Edtech.com's Summary
Pearson is hiring an Advanced Specialist, Commercial Finance. This role supports commercial decisions by building financial models, developing pricing strategies, and optimizing deals in a fast-scaling business, partnering closely with Deal Desk, Finance, and other stakeholders to enable data-driven decision-making and maintain financial rigor across commercial operations.
Highlights
- Build and maintain detailed financial models for new business, renewals, and complex deals.
- Analyze key financial performance drivers such as margin, revenue per student, pricing, and cost base.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, Deal Desk, Sales, and Operations to support deal progression and alignment.
- Manage deal lifecycles, coordinate inputs, test assumptions, and facilitate approvals.
- Develop pricing scenarios and support commercial strategy for new and existing products.
- Enhance product costing frameworks and margin infrastructure with Deal Desk leadership.
- Provide ongoing reporting on pricing performance, deal outcomes, and profitability trends.
- Support non-standard pricing requests and complex commercial structures.
- Identify and implement process improvements to scale Deal Desk operations efficiently.
- Required qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or related field, 3-6+ years experience in pricing, deal desk, or commercial finance, and strong financial modeling skills using Excel.
- Experience with data visualization or workflow tools such as Tableau or Alteryx is advantageous.
- Compensation range is $115,000 to $135,000 with eligibility for an annual incentive program.
Advanced Specialist, Commercial Finance Full Description
Job Title - Advanced Specialist, Commercial Finance
Description - Support high-impact commercial decisions through financial modelling, pricing strategy, and deal optimisation within a fast-scaling business; this role aligns to industry level titles such as Pricing Analyst, Commercial Finance Analyst, Deal Desk Analyst or Revenue Analyst.
About the role
As Pearson Virtual Schools (PVS) continues to grow, the Advanced Specialist, Commercial Finance will play a critical role in evaluating, optimising, and supporting commercial opportunities across the business.
Partnering closely with the Deal Desk, Finance, and cross-functional stakeholders, this role will own financial models, support pricing strategy, and enable data-driven decision-making needed to balance growth, profitability, and long-term sustainability.
You will act as the analytical backbone of the Deal Desk function, bringing financial rigour to deal processes while enabling high-impact strategic opportunities across new business, renewals, and complex commercial scenarios.
This role sits at the intersection of finance and commercial operations, requiring both strong analytical capability and the ability to influence stakeholders through clear, structured insights.
What you'll do
- Build, evaluate, and maintain detailed financial models supporting new business opportunities, renewals, and complex commercial deal structures
- Analyse key performance drivers including margin, revenue per student, pricing structures, and cost base to assess overall financial sustainability
- Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Deal Desk, Sales, and operational stakeholders to support deal progression and alignment
- Manage deals throughout the full lifecycle, coordinating inputs, pressure-testing assumptions, and ensuring timely movement through approval stages
- Develop and model pricing scenarios for both new and existing products, supporting commercial strategy and decision-making
- Partner with Deal Desk leadership to build and enhance product-level costing frameworks and margin infrastructure
- Deliver ongoing reporting and insights related to pricing performance, deal outcomes, profitability trends, and key financial drivers
- Evaluate ad-hoc pricing requests and support non-standard or complex commercial structures
- Identify and implement process improvement initiatives to enhance Deal Desk scalability, governance, and operational efficiency
- Own the integrity and accuracy of deal inputs and outputs, ensuring consistency and alignment with pricing frameworks and commercial policies
- Support Deal Desk reviews by synthesising insights, modelling scenarios, and presenting risks or considerations to stakeholders
- Develop recurring reporting across deal pipeline, deal volume, turnaround time, pricing trends, and operational performance metrics
What we're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field
- 3-6+ years of relevant professional experience, including exposure to pricing, deal desk, or commercial finance environments
- Strong financial modelling capability, with the ability to independently build and maintain models in Excel
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced, cross-functional environment
- Strong analytical and commercial mindset, with a high level of attention to detail and data accuracy
- Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders such as Sales, Finance, and Operations
- Ability to translate complex financial data into clear, structured insights and recommendations
- Experience working with large or complex datasets, and structuring models to support ongoing analysis
- Exposure to tools such as Tableau, Alteryx, or other data visualisation/workflow tools is advantageous
- Strong problem-solving capability and proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement
Location & working pattern
This role offers a flexible Remote working model, with expectations aligned to business and team needs. You will work closely with global stakeholders and cross-functional teams across the organisation.
Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:
The minimum full-time salary range is between $115,000 - $135,000.
This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here .
Applications will be accepted through July 17th 2026. This window may be extended depending on business needs.
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.
If you are an individual with a disability and are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our career site as a result of your disability, you may request reasonable accommodations by emailing [email protected].
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