Rotheram Carrington Recruitment Group are pleased to be supporting a key Client based in the Cheshire/Crewe area in the recruitment of a Commercial Finance Analyst. This role would report to the Commercial Manager.
The purpose of this role is as follows:
Your primary function will be to maintain and prepare commercial information, analysis and reconciliation to support the strategic decision-making process. These tasks include but are not limited to producing periodic forecasts for revenue/profit/stock, supporting monthly/weekly reconciliations, maintaining business performance trackers, KPI’s & preparing monthly open book P&L statements.
Support the Commercial Manager in providing timely and accurate information to the senior leadership team to support decision-making. You will need to be able to deputise for the Commercial Manager with key business stakeholders.
The key responsibilities would include:
* Prepare daily & weekly performance reports for Management and additional teams.
* Perform such in-period reconciliations between key Sales & Materials systems as may be required to support the Finance team in improving process effectiveness, efficiency and reliability.
* Prepare accurate and timely reports.
* Support the Commercial Manager in ensuring that financial issues arising are escalated efficiently and effectively.
* Work with the transactional teams to ensure ledger accounts are accurate and up to date.
* Support the Group Management in communicating and achieving margin and working capital targets.
* Support Commercial Manager in the preparation of timely and accurate month end reporting – including but not limited to – paid claims reconciliations, supplier rebate calculations, as well as other month end activities.
* Provide variance analysis on the month end results to support understanding of actual performance and forecast in the Management Accounts.
* Work with stakeholders to identify and report on business trends and value opportunities, assisting in the delivery and measurement of the value delivered.
* Provide operational input to support day to day tasks within the Finance department and ensure tasks are completed to a high standard.
* Support in the delivery of robust financial control procedures, maintaining appropriate process and policy documentation.
* Working with the wider Finance team – to recommend, participate in and as appropriate, lead Finance process, systems or tooling transformation activity.
* Where necessary, assist with annual audit, preparation of statutory accounts and tax planning/compliance activities.
* To carry out any other reasonable duties defined by the Company to ensure business objectives/requirements are met.
Skills/Experience
* Part-qualified CIMA or ACCA or relevant Degree/HND educated with minimum 2 years’ experience or QBE with minimum of 4 years’ experience in a similar environment.
* Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
* Excellent numeracy and analytical skills – working with high volumes of data.
* Experience of designing & implementing sustainable Excel, SaaS or database models would be an advantage.
* Strong analytical skills.
* Excellent attention to detail.
* Results focused.
* Happy working as a sole-contributor and able to work effectively in a cross functional team.
* Ability to work under pressure, to react fast to changes & meet tight deadlines.
* Superb communication (both verbal and written) and interpersonal skills.
* Clear thinking, with sound understanding of calculating profitability on deals and able to make recommendations from data.
Salary/Benefits
* up to £45,000 per annum (possibly higher dependent on experience).
* Onsite working – full time hours.
* Parking.
* Excellent employee benefits.
* Easily commutable from Crewe, Northwich and Nantwich areas.
If you are a Commercial Finance Analyst who wants to be part of a great company and supportive team, then this is the role for you and please apply.
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