Commercial Accountant

Posted 13 July 2022
Salary £40000 - £50000 per annum
LocationLondon
Job type Permanent
Discipline Accounting & Finance
ReferenceSASR_1657744189
Contact NameSherine Rose

Job description

  • 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