Commercial Accountant

A leading organisation based in Manchester is looking for a dedicated Commercial Accountant to join their team. The business has undergone wholesale change and is now in a divisional ‘start-up’ phase for this particular area of a wider Group.

The role is expected to last for at least 6 months, but has a very high chance of being extended for the right candidate.

The Role

The Commercial Accountant will support the Finance Director and a small project team who have been set up to accelerate all systems, processes, governance, accounting and other commercially related aspects of a 'start-up' business.

The key accountabilities will include:

• Supporting planning process, owning financial models and underpinning new strategic plans and forecasts
• Stakeholder management with subsequent influencing skills relating to strategy
• Delivery of financial and MI reporting, providing full commercial and financial analysis with subsequent recommendations to support stakeholders
• Other Ad-hoc project work to support decision making and reporting to senior management (including support of cost centre managers with budgeting, reporting and variances)
• Hands on involvement to assist with financial control framework including regulatory reporting requirements

Candidate Requirements

The successful Accountant is likely to have:

• A formal accountancy qualification
• Advanced Excel skills for modelling purposes
• Experience working within a regulated service (ideally Financial Services)
• The mindset and capability to be very hands on in this start up environment
• Strong commercial acumen
• Excellent communication and business partnering skills

Contract and Salary

• Temporary contract - Initial 6 month basis (with potential for extension)
• £400 - £450 per day

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