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Commercial Accountant

Accountable Recruitment
Posted 10 hours ago, valid for 9 days
Location

Prenton, Merseyside CH43 3ET, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position reports to the Commercial Finance Manager and involves providing financial support to the UK Sales Team, Site Planners, and Procurement teams.
  • Candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience and a qualification such as CIMA, or be qualified by experience.
  • Key responsibilities include analyzing profitability, maintaining reporting models, preparing P&L statements, and enhancing business reporting using tools like Power BI.
  • The role offers a salary of £40,000 to £50,000, along with benefits such as hybrid working, a quarterly bonus, and 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays.
  • The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, advanced Excel capabilities, and experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably within the FMCG sector.

Reporting to the Commercial Finance Manager you will be responsible for providing financial support to the UK Sales Team, Site Planners and Procurement teams.

Responsibilities Include:

  • Provide financial business support to non-finance managers.
  • Analyse, interpret and provide timely information and recommendations to facilitate fact-based decision-making.
  • Maintain and develop reporting models, including monthly management packs and weekly sales documents.
  • Continually monitors business, customer and product profitability and flag key issues and performance drivers.
  • Prepare, analyse and control P&L making recommendations to improve margins.
  • Ensures pricing and rebates are controlled.
  • Stimulate and lead execution of plans/targets by reacting to results and projections and implement measurements and action as required.
  • Understand the impact on UK P&L of short and long-term commodity moves to ensure the business reacts appropriately.
  • Perform costing runs monthly and on an ad-hoc basis as and when required.
  • Control of monthly stock provision process for finished goods and raw materials.
  • Enhance reporting of the business using advanced tools such as power BI.
  • Reports include monthly P&Ls analysis, weekly sales report, forecasting models and variable Profit bridge and analysis.

Key Skills & Experience:

  • Qualified, Part Qualified or qualified by experience (preferably CIMA)
  • Advanced Excel skills including Power BI
  • Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
  • Strong manufacturing experience, preferably obtained in a FMCG
  • Working knowledge of SAP
  • Self-starter with a challenging personality but able to operate easily within a team environment

Benefits:

  • Hybrid and flexible working
  • Quarterly bonus
  • Pension
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Free parking

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.