Commercial Accountant

• Consultancy business based in London- Role will be hybrid working 3 days per week in the office and 2 days from home
• This role will suit a recently qualified or finalist candidate from a large complex business
• Role will be a combination of accounting and analysing
• Excellent company culture, bonus and progression

The role:

• Manage the recurring monthly accounting tasks to accurately record revenue & costs and ensure timely close month end - including posting accruals and prepayments
• Review centrally posted numbers such as payroll, 3rd party costs and perform reconciliation work to ensure in-line with expectations / correct as appropriate
• Manage all inter-company and external invoicing to ensure that revenue and costs sit in the correct legal entities, departments and teams.
• Own the annual budgeting process, ensuring targets are built with full granularity and buy-in from the Product Owners.
• Assist in the production of consolidated group accounts where partnership income is relevant
• Assist in the tracking and reporting on investments including calculations affecting Partners
• Own the data integrity for the business-critical tools and systems, including partnering with IT, Accounting, and Operations Support to implement system enhancements and ensure accuracy of data
• Work with Group Financial Control to ensure technical matters, such as accounting treatment, are accurately recorded in the monthly financial results.

Commercial

• Support commercial activity (such as revisions to reseller/referral agreements) with scenario modelling and profitability analysis to make informed recommendations to the Product Owners.
• Support the monthly forecasting cycle, working with budget holders to provide short and longer term accurate forecasts underpinned by robust data and trend analysis.
• Assist in the preparation of the monthly reporting package for FD review. Assist with weekly and monthly reporting and become a point of contact for questions from managers on analysis and questions.
• Provide monthly walks (variance analysis), flash, revenue analysis and margin analysis as well as monthly sales to target reporting