Commercial Finance Assistant

inploi; Catterick Garrison; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm seeks a Commercial Finance Assistant to support financial processing and administration across multiple sites in the UK. Responsibilities include managing applications, supporting cash collection, and maintaining various databases. The ideal candidate will have finance experience, strong attention to detail, and a full UK driving license due to travel needs. Benefits include a pension scheme, generous leave, and personal development opportunities.

Benefits

Pension with employer contribution

25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Flexible benefits including Gym Memberships

Qualifications

• Experience in finance or commercial administration, preferably in utilities or construction.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in financial processing.
• Full UK Driving Licence due to required travel.

Responsibilities

• Support the CESC contract through accurate financial processing.
• Assist with application dispute resolution.
• Maintain the fleet database and monitor monthly costings.
• Processing timesheets in line with month-end deadlines.

Skills

Finance experience

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Excel competency

Stakeholder coordination

Job description

Commercial Finance Assistant

Location: Multi-site (travel across 3 offices required)
Salary: Up to £31k + Car Allowance + Flexible Benefits

Freedom has an opportunity for a Commercial Finance Assistant to support the CESC contract through accurate financial processing, application management, and effective commercial administration. You’ll help ensure compliant submissions, reliable reporting, and smooth month-end operations.

Some of the key deliverables in this role will include:

• Accurate conversion of all applications on the CESC contract and supporting cash collection from NPg.
• Assisting with the application dispute resolution process.
• Weekly collation of the NPg CSV application file.
• Daily updating of the Application Tracker.
• Maintaining the fleet database and monitoring monthly costings.
• Allocating the monthly holiday accrual.
• Processing timesheets in line with month-end deadlines.
• Recharging FPNs and defect notices to subcontractors.
• Ensuring all jobs have correct client CRM order numbers.
• Supporting the collation of large works applications and associated documentation.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience in finance or commercial administration (utilities or construction experience beneficial).
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Good communication and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Competent in Excel and data management.
• Full UK Driving Licence (travel between offices required).

Development:

• AAT study support provided, with potential progression to CIMA.

Benefits:

• Pension with a leading provider and up to 8% employer contribution
• 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
• Salary sacrifice car scheme (Hybrid/Electric Vehicle)
• Personal Wellbeing and Volunteer Days
• Private Medical Insurance
• Free 24/7 365 Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible benefits including Dental Insurance, Gym Memberships, Travel Insurance, Tax Free Bikes
• Personal development programme

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 are 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.