Commercial Administrator

Freedom; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a detail-oriented Commercial Administrator to join their dynamic team in Wakefield. This role involves managing the administration of building and civil contracts, ensuring timely job completions, and processing invoices. The ideal candidate will have a background in finance administration and excellent communication skills, working collaboratively with franchisees and subcontractors. Embrace the opportunity to grow and develop within a supportive environment that values respect and individual contributions. Join a company with a rich history and a commitment to fostering talent through training and development.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance administration roles is preferable.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure all jobs are raised, scheduled, assigned, and completed.
• Process all completed works and compile monthly reports.

Skills

Finance Administration

Customer Service

Communication Skills

Work Management Systems

Procurement

Education

Experience in Finance Roles

Tools

Freedom Works Management System

Job description

Permanent – Full Time (37 hours per week)

Freedom's Networks Services now has a vacancy for a Commercial Administrator to join our delivery team in Wakefield. The main purpose of the role will be to work within a dedicated team on the building & civil contract to ensure all franchisees and subcontractors undertake scheduled work activities and allocations whilst ensuring all completions are captured and presented in line with the framework, whilst making sure all invoices are raised in a timely manner in conjunction with agreed targets.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Working with our Freedom Works Management System and the administration team to ensure that all jobs are raised, scheduled, assigned and completed.
• Value and process all completed works within the period as well as compiling and presenting monthly reports.
• Review and process all returned documentation received from clients to ensure accurate job completions on the work management system.
• Support commercial and financial month-end position.
• Raise Purchase Orders where applicable.
• Effective communication with various levels of personnel working on the framework.
• Working with Freedom’s delivery team managers on the procurement and ongoing management and engagement of Franchisees & Subcontractors.
• Assist with Cost Value Reconciliations. Post-audit of works commercially completed.

Minimum Requirements:

Previous experience in a finance administration (payroll/accounts payable/credit control/finance assistant) role is preferable; however, purchasing and procurement type backgrounds would also transfer well into this role.

Other beneficial traits and experiences include:

• Experience dealing with high volume workloads.
• Excellent Customer Service and Communication skills.
• Prior experience using work management systems would be advantageous, preferably in a construction/engineering environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of processing and managing Purchase Orders.

Next Steps:

As a business, we’re on a journey to build on our culture where everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. This starts with recruitment and how we bring people into the organisation.

We’ll do our best to outline the recruitment process to you ahead of time with plenty of notice. If you require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure your needs are met.

About Us:

Freedom is part of the NG Bailey Group, one of the leading independent engineering and services businesses in the UK. Founded in 1921, with a turnover of £500m and 3000 employees, we are proud of our history of developing great people through our investment in training.

You will be working as part of a team where we are committed to creating a culture where we treat each other fairly and with respect, recognising everyone as an individual.

Progression is something we value and we will make sure that when you join us you have a clearly defined development path, supported by regular reviews, training and ongoing support to enable you to be the best you can be.