Senior Decision Support Analyst

RELX

Financial Analyst providing financial planning, budgeting, and decision support for LEGAL CRM at RELX. Partnering with teams to influence stakeholders and manage financial results.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeDayton • New York, Ohio • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $65,100 - $130,300 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Oracle

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes , ensuring assumptions are robust, clearly understood and aligned with business strategy.
Provide insightful monthly performance analysis, explaining key movements in revenue, cost, margin, pipeline and other relevant business drivers.
Partner with product, sales, marketing and operations teams to understand performance, challenge assumptions and support delivery of financial targets.
Identify, quantify and communicate risks and opportunities , recommending actions to improve financial and operational outcomes.
Support pricing, discounting and deal structure decisions , ensuring commercial proposals are financially sound and aligned with strategic objectives.
Develop business cases for investment, product development, go-to-market initiatives and other strategic opportunities, including clear assessment of financial returns and key sensitivities.
Maintain and improve financial processes, models, dashboards and reporting tools to support timely, accurate and data-led decision-making.
Use generative AI, automation and analytical tools to streamline recurring finance processes, enhance variance analysis, improve reporting narratives and identify trends or anomalies more efficiently.
Translate complex financial information into clear insight for non-finance stakeholders, enabling effective commercial decisions.
Identify and monitor key performance indicators , including forward-looking metrics, providing early warning of issues and highlighting opportunities to accelerate growth.
Work closely with the wider finance team to ensure accurate reporting, strong financial controls and alignment with group finance processes.
Support ad hoc analysis, scenario modelling and strategic projects as required by senior management.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Degree or equivalent experience required; MBA, advanced business degree or professional finance qualification desirable.
3+ years of experience in a finance, FP&A, decision support or commercial finance role, ideally within a large matrix organization.
Strong understanding of sales performance, revenue drivers, P&L metrics, forecasting and management reporting.
Strong knowledge of financial and management accounting principles, processes and systems.
Demonstrated ability to deliver results, manage competing priorities and provide high-quality insight under tight timelines.
Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to challenge assumptions, interpret performance and influence business decisions.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex financial information clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
Experience with Hyperion and Oracle Fusion preferred.
Experience using AI-enabled tools such as Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT or Claude to improve productivity, analysis and insight generation preferred.
Experience within LexisNexis, a comparable industry, or a subscription-based B2B organization would be advantageous.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Wellbeing initiatives
Shared parental leave
Study assistance

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial planningbudgetingforecastingperformance analysisP&L metricsfinancial accountingmanagement reportingscenario modellingvariance analysisdata-led decision-making

Soft Skills

commercial acumencommunication skillsability to challenge assumptionsability to manage competing prioritiesability to deliver resultsability to explain complex informationinsight generationcollaborationproblem-solvinganalytical thinking

Certifications

MBAadvanced business degreeprofessional finance qualification