Commercial Assistant – Utilities & Estimating Support

Last Mile Group; Blantyre; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Discretionary bonus

EV and ULEV salary sacrifice scheme

Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme

Up to 7% employer pension contribution

Life assurance (x4 annual basic salary

Retail, travel and leisure discounts

Refer a friend incentive

Stream – Financial wellbeing platform

Employee assistance programme

Flexible start and finish times

Private medical insurance

Company sick pay

Job summary

Last Mile is seeking a Commercial Assistant to support the commercial team with accurate financial, contractual and administrative activity across multiple projects. You will be involved in procurement, cost control and reporting while gaining experience in subcontract management and variations.

We are looking for someone with finance support or commercial administration experience and confidence using Excel.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance support, commercial administration or a similar role.
• Confidence using Excel and basic data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Raise purchase orders and work orders, maintain accurate commercial data and keep key databases up to date.
• Produce reports, manage commercial trackers and provide information to support monthly reporting.
• Support the commercial shared inbox, change control processes and the preparation of construction variations.
• Assist with subcontract management, including liabilities, accruals, applications for payment, approvals and payment notices.
• Support customer variation tracking, budget updates in the ERP system and wider commercial team activity as required.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Last Mile is seeking a Commercial Assistant to support the commercial team with accurate financial, contractual and administrative activity across multiple projects. You will be involved in procurement, cost control and reporting while gaining experience in subcontract management and variations.

We are looking for someone with finance support or commercial administration experience and confidence using Excel.