Commercial Accountant
- Recruiter
- Marks Sattin
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Leeds
- Salary
- £34000 - £45000 per annum + quarterly bonus and other bens
- Posted
- 18 Jan 2017
- Closes
- 25 Jan 2017
- Ref
- STL16880669
- Contact
- Stephen Linley
- Job Title
- Finance Business Partner
- Category
- Manufacturing / Engineering
- Experience Levels
- Newly Qualified
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTANT
NEWLY CREATED POSITION | MULTI AWARD WINNING BUSINESS
£34,000 to £45,000pa + quarterly bonus and other benefits
South Leeds, Head Office
Marks Sattin are recruiting for this exciting Commercial Accountant opportunity on an exclusive basis for our rapidly expanding, multi award-winning manufacturing client based just south of Leeds City Centre. Our client are a privately owned family business that is extremely proud of the high quality products and strong brand heritage they have built. Truly a Yorkshire success story, this is a rare and exciting opportunity.
The main purpose of the role is to work within this fast-paced environment to maintain and improve reporting to enable performance management of the business. You will use advanced excel skills to interrogate large amounts of data to gain insights into business performance and help to identify & improve systems & processes both within Finance and the business as a whole.
The position of Commercial Accountant is newly created and will consist of the following responsibilities:
- Management of a small team, involved in setting objectives, helping with recruitment, mentoring and performance reviews
- Assisting in and reviewing weekly and period end close including P&L and Balance Sheet for 3 companies, including providing commentary to variances
- Forecasting Sales, GP & OP. Identifying gaps and partnering brand teams to try close them
- Profit mix, margin & discounts analysis
- Maintenance of ERP permissions, period ends and involved in projects to improve system integrity
- Assisting with budget preparation
- Setting up a formal process for detailed Overhead reviews with department heads
- Working with BI team to implement KPI's to drive sales performance
- Support annual business planning & budgeting cycle
- Other ad-hoc financial and commercial duties to support the business as well as providing support to the Head of Finance
Please apply below if you can display a minimum of 3 years experience in a similar environment and role and are a qualified CIMA/ACCA Management Accountant with Commercial experience.