ur client is seeking a Commercial Accountant to join their dynamic team in Manchester. This role offers an exciting opportunity to assist the Commercial Finance Manager (CFM) in preparing commercial financial analysis and reporting, providing financial insight to support decision-making.
This role requires a dependable individual who can work well within a team, liaising with finance, sales, and operational teams.
- Opportunity to work in a dynamic team
- Role focused on enhancing financial processes and systems
- Collaborative working environment
What you'll do:
As a Commercial Accountant, your role will be pivotal in supporting the CFM in creating a robust reporting framework around commercial and operational KPIs. You will be responsible for maintaining data integrity, ensuring that sales data architecture is robustly maintained and scalable. Your keen eye for detail will be crucial in ensuring data reconciliation procedures are rigorously maintained between various databases. You will also play a key role in producing the quarterly sales pack and contributing to the preparation of financial analyses. Your ability to work closely with various teams will ensure accurate recording of revenue and commission costs.
- Maintain and develop sales data architecture for commission rate entitlement and target monitoring
- Ensure rigorous data reconciliation procedures between Salesforce and Contract databases
- Support the Contract Authorisation team in providing commercially viable pricing/bids
- Create a framework for robust reporting around commercial and operational KPIs
- Produce quarterly sales pack and contribute to financial analyses preparation
- Assist in setting sales budgets and forecasts
- Work closely with Management Accounts team to ensure accurate revenue and commission costs recording
- Maintain continuous dialogue with Sales ledger team for contract accuracy
What you bring:
As our ideal Commercial Accountant, you bring strong analytical skills coupled with excellent attention to detail. You are a confident self-starter with commercial acumen who can work independently under pressure. Your exceptional organisational skills enable you to handle multiple tasks while meeting tight deadlines. Proficiency in Excel is essential as you'll be required to organise, manipulate, and present large volumes of data. Your strong communication skills will aid you in developing positive working relationships within the finance function and sales teams.
- Working towards ACCA/CIMA/ACA accountancy qualification
- Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail
- Confident self-starter with commercial acumen
- Ability to work independently under pressure
- Excellent organisational skills with ability to handle multiple tasks meeting tight deadlines
- Proficiency in organising, manipulating, presenting large volumes of data using Excel spreadsheets
- Strong communication skills with ability to develop positive working relationships
What sets this company apart:
Our client is renowned for its commitment towards employee growth and development. They offer a supportive work environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. Their focus on work-life balance, flexible working opportunities, and generous pensions contributions make them an employer of choice for professionals seeking long-term career growth.
Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates
