Commercial Management Accountant

Whitaker Smith Recruitment; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Study support if required

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

A recruitment firm is seeking a Commercial Accountant in Manchester, offering a salary up to £50k plus benefits. This pivotal role in their finance function involves providing financial insight to support various areas of the business, business partnering, and managing reporting and analysis. Candidates should be part qualified in ACCA/CIMA/ACA, with a focus on management accounts and commercial skills. Opportunities for growth into Finance Manager/Controller positions are available.

Qualifications

• Part qualified or finalist on ACCA/CIMA/ACA.
• Experience in revenue from any industry beneficial.
• Essential management accounts and general finance knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial insight for sales and pricing decisions.
• Partner with sales and customer services for delivering analysis.
• Create ad-hoc reports for CFO and board.
• Manage revenue recognition processes.
• Involve in continuous improvement across financial processes.
• Support board reporting packs and commentary addition.
• Assist in budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Conduct variance and revenue analysis.

Skills

Management accounts knowledge

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA part qualified or finalist

Job description

Overview

Co-Founder & Specialist Finance Recruiter - Recruiting finance professionals across the North West

Commercial Accountant

Salary: up to £50k + study (if required) + benefits + progression

I am working with a fantastic, rapidly expanding PE backed SME entering an exciting period of growth & change over the next 2-3 years. This is a newly created role to shape their commercial finance function where you will play a key role in delivering insightful financial reporting and supporting decision-making across the business. There is a great opportunity to progess to future Finance Manager/Financial Controller in a well-rounded role as the business grows

Responsibilities

• Providing financial insight to support multiple areas of the business including sales, commercial, pricing decisions and margin improvement ideas
• Business Partnering with sales, customer services, SLT, wider business in all areas delivering financial analysis
• Providing ad-hoc reports to the CFO and board to drive commercial decisions
• Working with billings/commercial running revenue recognition processes across recurring, billing cycles, customer changes and more
• Continuous improvement involvement across processes & becoming a super-user on the newly implemented finance system
• Supporting board reporting packs adding commentary
• Assisting with budgeting & forecasting processes working with stakeholders
• Variance analysis, revenue analysis and hitting month-end close deadlines
• Assisting with and month end duties when required

Experience

• ACCA/CIMA/ACA part qualified or finalist.
• Revenue experience from any industry beneficial but not essential
• Management accounts & general finance knowledge essential

This could be a great role for a management accountant with commercial acumen, strong communication skills and attention to detail to make the move to a commercially focused role

Please send your CV for immediate consideration!

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Accounting/Auditing

Industries

Technology, Information and Media

Location: Manchester area, United Kingdom