Commercial Accountant

LIBERTY Steel Group; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Commercial Accountant to enhance financial decision-making and control. This role will involve managing trade debtors, cash flow forecasting, and product costing analysis while collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with strong Excel skills and a drive to improve processes. Join a dynamic team that values your contributions and offers career development opportunities, including a generous pension contribution and employee assistance programs. If you're ready to make a positive impact, this is the role for you.

Benefits

35 Holiday Days

Up to 16% pension contribution

Access to Free Parking

Career Development and Training

Employee Assistance Programme

Life Assurance & Income Protection

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing environment is essential.
• Qualified or part qualified accountant with strong Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage trade debtors and ensure seamless reconciliation.
• Lead cash flow forecasting and monthly surcharge processes.
• Prepare statutory accounting adjustments and financial reports.

Skills

Trade Debtors Management

Cash Flow Forecasting

Product Costing Analysis

Strong Excel Skills

Working with ERP Systems

Financial Reporting

Statutory Accounting Adjustments

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACCA / CIMA)

Part Qualified Accountant

Job description

We have an opportunity for a Commercial Accountant to join our team.

This role has finance responsibility to support commercial decision making, generation of the commercial result and to implement and maintain robust controls of customer debtor accounts for SSUK.

Benefits of the Commercial Accountant

• 35Holiday Days
• Up to a combined 16% pension contribution
• Access to Free Parking
• Career Development and Training
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance & Income Protection

The Role of the Commercial Accountant

• Trade Debtors Management: Conduct regular reviews of trade debtors, ensuring seamless reconciliation between the billing and finance systems. This includes accurate allocation of invoices, credit notes, and payments, reconciliation of customer prepayments, prompt resolution of discrepancies, and the establishment of appropriate provisions for doubtful debts.
• Cash Flow Forecasting:Take ownership of the weekly cash receipts forecast for trade debtors, preparing and presenting the forecast to Finance Heads for strategic review and alignment.
• Surcharge Process Ownership:Lead the monthly energy and raw material surcharge process, providing detailed calculations and insightful variance analysis to ensure accurate cost tracking.
• Product Costing Analysis:Manage end-to-end product costing, from single one-off costings to complex multi-year opportunities, ensuring timely ROI assessments and comprehensive variance analysis.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration:Work closely with colleagues across commercial, technical, and operational teams to fully understand product costing routes and their implications. Ensure the costing model's master data is continuously updated and remains accurate.
• Tolling Fees and Intercompany Transfers:Oversee the preparation of weekly tolling fees, intra-company transfers, and related adjustments, ensuring accurate and timely financial processing.
• Financial Reporting:Prepare and post turnover-related entries, as well as commercial provisions, to management accounts, while ensuring comprehensive reconciliation of balance sheet accounts.
• Statutory Accounting Adjustments:Take charge of preparing and posting statutory accounting adjustments at year-end, aligning them with the management accounting scope to ensure smooth financial reporting.
• Business Improvement Projects:Play an active role in driving business improvement projects, ensuring that financial needs are met and supporting the broader business objectives.
• Financial Controls and Compliance:Ensure strict adherence to key financial controls and procedures, continuously identifying opportunities for process improvements to enhance operational efficiency.
• Support & Deputisation:Provide support to the Commercial Finance Manager as needed, stepping in and taking full responsibility during their absence to maintain continuity.

Requirements of the Commercial Accountant

• Experience working in a manufacturing environment
• Qualified accountant (ACCA / CIMA), Part Qualified considered in final stage of qualification
• Strong Excel skills
• Experience of working with ERP systems
• Desire and ability to question and challenge current ideas and processes in a constructive way
• Driven and ambitious personality with a desire to make positive changes
• Desire and ability to build strong relationships across the business with key stakeholders