Commercial Accountant

The role of Commercial Accountant is a hybrid role.

Job purpose

To provide high-quality commercial and management accounting support across the business delivering insightful analysis accurate reporting and effective business partnering. The Commercial Accountant will play a key role in driving margin visibility supporting the Contract Management and Sales functions and providing timely financial intelligence to support commercial decision-making.

You will be a part-qualified (CIMA / ACCA / ACA) with a strong commercial mindset excellent analytical skills and the ability to communicate financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders. Experience in a fast-paced operationally driven environment is essential as is a passion for process improvement and data-driven insight.

Principal duties and responsibilities

1. Weekly Flash Reporting Produce and distribute weekly flash reports by client and dimension ensuring timely visibility of financial performance across the business. Cover provided by Financial Accountant as required.
2. FP&A Support to Contract Managers Act as the primary finance business partner to the Contract Management teams delivering detailed margin analysis by client identifying leakage and working proactively with CMs to understand and address variances.
3. Revenue & Cost of Sales Support Head of Finance with revenue and COS customer analysis and the posting of revenue and COS WIP journals at month end.
4. Fixed Assets Margin Analysis Own and maintain the fixed assets margin analysis schedule ensuring accuracy and alignment with the wider management accounts. Build a schedule of all Assets / revenues / margins achieved.
5. Expenses Analysis Prepare and distribute the monthly expenses analysis covering credit cards staff expenses and Premier Inn card spend.
6. 13-Week Rolling Cash Flow Provide ad-hoc support to the cash flow model maintained by the Finance team.
7. Cost Allocation Support the allocation of Cannock costs by client in collaboration with the Financial Accountant.
8. Strategic & Ad-hoc Projects Contribute to strategic initiatives including ERP improvements / upgrade Dimensions implementation and service line profitability reviews
9. Business Partnering Build strong working relationships with the Sales and Contract Management teams translating financial data into clear actionable insight to support commercial decision-making.

Permanent

We are a leading waste management company who specialise in recycling and total customer waste management.

Our mission is to be a trusted partner in waste prevention guiding our customers to make informed data-driven decisions.
We aim to set new industry standards and re-engineer waste to reduce environmental impact and cost.

Our staff are our most important asset. We pride ourselves in being a friendly professional and supportive company that champions internal promotion and progression. We employ over 200 employees in a variety of positions across the UK.