Assistant Commercial Manager

Sewell Group; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable facilities management company is seeking an Assistant Commercial Manager to support day-to-day commercial activities, manage invoicing, and assist with financial performance monitoring. The ideal candidate will have strong numerical skills, excellent organisational abilities, and a positive approach to customer service. This role offers benefits such as competitive salary, annual bonus opportunity, and 25 days holiday, rising with service.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Annual Bonus opportunity

25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays)

Staff discounts

Bike 2 Work Scheme

Technology Scheme

Qualifications

• Positive and professional attitude with a smart appearance.
• Ability to prioritise a variety of tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Flexibility and a positive approach to learning and development.

Responsibilities

• Assist with invoicing and schedules for reactive works.
• Manage purchase ledger and queries related to invoicing.
• Execute and renew subcontract orders.
• Monitor financial performance of contracted works.

Skills

Strong numerical skills

Excellent organisational skills

Customer service orientation

Strong attention to detail

Computer literacy (Outlook, Word, Excel)

Job description

Location: Sewell Group Head Office, Geneva Way, Leads Road, Hull, HU7 0DG

Hours: 37.5 per week, worked flexibly around 8.30am – 5.00pm, Monday to Friday

Salary: £25k-£27k

Period: 12 months fixed-term contract

Role Overview

Reporting to the Facilities Management (FM) Commercial Team Lead, the Assistant Commercial Manager will be responsible for day-to-day commercial activities within the business, relevant to their portfolio of Sewell customers. They will work closely with the wider commercial and operational teams, as well as our Group Finance Team, providing commercial support to help enable the delivery of a world-class customer service while maintaining a profitable and sustainable environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Raising and issuing of invoicing and schedules for reactive works
• Raising and issuing contractual invoices
• Cash collection
• Purchase ledger – Coding, approval of invoices and managing queries
• Credit card reconciliation and allocation
• Issuing quotations, management of approvals and client follow up expired quotations
• Maintenance Team timesheets and coding
• Maintenance Team expenses – Authorisation & Job coding
• Journals of costs incorrectly posted
• Pegasus customer/job number set up and amendments
• Involvement with Supply Chain Management including
• Subcontract order execution and renewals
• Subcontractor market testing
• Record contractor feedback and performance monitoring
• Assist Commercial managers reviewing and monitoring financial performance of reactive and contracted works

Requirements

As well as exhibiting our company behaviours of being Positive, Professional, Customer Focused, a Team Player and Doing the Right Thing, the successful candidates will have the following:

Essential

• Strong numerical skills
• Positive and professional attitude and be smart in appearance
• Strong belief in delivering great customer service
• Excellent organisational and communication skills and the ability to prioritise a variety of tasks
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent levels of computer literacy and be comfortable with Microsoft packages in particular Outlook, Word and Excel
• The ability to work as a team member in a busy and fast paced working environment
• A positive approach to learning, development and progression and a flexible working attitude
• Have a flexible outlook towards hours worked

Desirable

• Full Driving Licence, valid in the UK and own transport
• Formal accountancy/finance training and/or qualifications
• Previous experience of providing commercial/finance services
• Previous experience providing service and work quotations

Sewell Group is an equal opportunities employer, recruiting within the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to the promotion of diversity and equal opportunity, as an employer and in the delivery of our products and services.

As a committed safe employer, an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check will be carried out for the successful candidate of this role.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary, Dependent on experience
• Annual Bonus opportunity
• 25 days holiday (plus Bank Holidays), rising with length of service to 30 days
• Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates
• Auto Enrolment pension
• Staff discounts
• High Street & Retail discount schemes
• Bike 2 Work Scheme
• Technology Scheme
• Paid Parental Leave and Sickness Absence schemes