Commercial Accountant
Location: Northampton (Hybrid)
Salary: Up to £60,000 + Car allowance of £6,600 and excellent benefits
Are you a dynamic and detail-oriented accountant looking to make a significant impact? We are seeking a Commercial Accountant to join our client and take charge of the commercial aspects of their financial reporting. In this role, you will act as a business partner to the operational and management teams, ensuring the business runs efficiently and profitably.
Key Responsibilities:
- Business Partnering: Support project management teams from tender through to completion and provide insights to manufacturing teams on BOM and direct costs.
- Commercial Awareness: Collaborate with sales managers to enhance commercial awareness and review recovery rates and departmental charging mechanisms.
- Performance Analysis: Assist in developing business performance data and analysis for Directors and Managers, and develop customer profitability analysis.
- Margin Improvement: Identify and communicate opportunities to increase margins and provide clear, accurate management information on commercial performance.
- Financial Modelling: Develop cashflow modelling for projects and key business activities, and assist in sales pipeline reporting.
- Reporting & Forecasting: Work alongside FPAM and CFO to improve the quality of analysis in monthly reporting and forecast preparation.
- Problem Solving: Proactively identify business issues that hinder financial projections and prepare ad hoc financial models and business cases.
- Travel: National and international travel as required.
What We're Looking For:
- Qualifications: CIMA or ACCA qualified.
- Technical Skills: Strong intermediate Excel skills and experience with costing in a complex ERP environment, particularly SAP ERP.
- Experience: Proven experience in preparing management accounts, forecasts, and business analysis.
Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled. Interviews will take place throughout this period, therefore we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.
Tate is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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