Commercial Analyst / Financial Contract Admin

Elevate Everywhere; London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in the UK is seeking a Commercial Analyst to support key financial processes, manage costs, and liaise with suppliers. The ideal candidate will have strong commercial and financial understanding, excellent Excel skills, and relevant qualifications. This full-time role offers a competitive salary and a hybrid work model.

Benefits

Company Pension Scheme

Sickness insurance

Private Health Insurance

CPD opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of data privacy standards.
• Proven experience in similar roles is required.
• Ability to work independently and use own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Monitor job costs and expenditures.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities.
• Maintain accurate filing and admin duties.

Skills

Strong commercial and financial understanding

Excellent Excel knowledge

Good communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Formal qualifications in Quantity Surveying or accountancy

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Title: Commercial Analyst

Location: London - Hybrid

Salary: 28,000 - 35,000 depending on experience

Job Type: Full-time, Permanent

Elevate Everywhere Ltd is one of the UK's market leaders in delivering centralised community energy projects. As a result of our continuing success, we are experiencing rapid and extensive growth in all business sectors; as such we have an exceptional opportunity for a Commercial Analyst / Finance Contract Admin based in the London area.

We are looking for a proactive person with strong commercial and financial understanding and with a good eye for detail. Someone who is motivated and hardworking, a team player with excellent communication skills.

You'll need to be a good problem solver and keen to develop new and improve existing systems and processes.

This is a pivotal supporting role who will be in charge of key financial processes from quotation to financial completion with regular interaction across internal teams and external partners.

About you

• Formal qualifications in Quantity Surveying, accountancy or similar technical training and/or experience in similar roles would be valued and looked for in this role
• Strong commercial and financial understanding
• Excellent Excel knowledge and skills (PivotTables, VLOOKUPs)
• Ability to communicate with all levels of staff and management, including direct contact with our clients
• Understanding of data privacy standards
• Be diligent and accurate in your work
• Be adaptable and able to develop your skills in line with the company's development
• Proven Experience
• Ability to use own initiative

Key Responsibilities

Cost Control

• Monitor job costs and expenditures, track variations, and assist in the preparation of job costing
• Identify cost-saving opportunities
• Reviewing costs against estimated budgets

Suppliers Management

• Identify cost-saving opportunities
• Liaise with new potential suppliers, manage existing accounts
• Reconcile collection notes against purchase orders
• Ensure that billable material/parts are invoiced upon job completion to facilitate stock monitoring
• Assist Managers with job costing and quotations
• Maintain accurate filing

Valuations/Invoicing

• Actively Identify completed jobs ready to be financially closed to be costed and added to the batch
• Update Clients portal based on information/evidence required upon financial completion of jobs
• Reconcile Clients portals against Internal Systems
• Actively track/ check purchase orders to allocate costs accordingly
• Engage with the clients and internal team when fees have been remeasured or rejected to facilitate gathering of missing evidence
• Assist in the evaluation and preparation of claims, as well as participate in dispute resolution processes, such as negotiations and mediation

Admin

• Maintain accurate filing.
• Ensuring all Admin duties are kept up to date.

The Package

• Competitive salary (depending upon experience)
• The working week will be 37.5 hours
• Full Time, permanent role
• Company Pension Scheme
• Sickness insurance
• Death in Service
• 24 Days not including bank holidays

After successful completion of probation:

• CPD opportunities
• Private Health Insurance
• Third party Mortgage advice

Please click the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of: Contracts Administrator, Finance Administrator, Cost Analysis, Finance Admin Trainee Project Surveyor, Project Quantity Surveyor, Quantity Surveyor, Project QS, Estimator, Trainee Quantity Surveyor, Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Trainee QS, Project Estimator, Project Finance Controller, Project Controller, Financial Controller, Assistant QS will also be considered for this role.