Commercial Accountant

• Commercial Role
• Supporting organisational growth

Otto James Consulting have been engaged in a Search and Selection Process for one of the North Wests fastest growing organisations.
  
The role of Commercial Accountant has been created by expanding on the current scope of the teams skill, and parachuting in a more senior level reporting directly to the Finance Director.
The remit of the role is viewed as growing out the role into a next career step while spreading “value add methodologies” and organisations best practice across the business.
  
This is a role which will give you an all-encompassing view of internal business optimisation and external market growth.
  
The Role
  
This is a role which is positioned to take you away from “The Numbers” and have you engaged in the businesses growth strategies for the future.
My client is a £185million turnover business with a growth strategy across 2023 which will see them achieve unprecedented growth. This growth will be supported through a twofold strategy of mergers & acquisitions and cash investment through LVC.
  
The nature of my clients business is such that they have a real growth opportunity, which requires the input of an accounting professional, who understands that this growth will require a foundation of solid accounting practices and procedures which will enable a robust framework to support the commercial and technical upskilling of the teams.
  
Key Aspects Within the Role:

• Commercial Management Reporting Pack
• Identifying future acquisitions
• Due Diligence 
• Budgeting and Forecasting
• KPI creation for Sales & Operations
• Competitor Analysis and Pricing Structure
• Management Accounts – taking variances and action point to stakeholders
• Marketing Rationalisation – Cost to Return ratio’s
• Project Management
• Ad-hoc Reporting

You will be responsible for the creation and delivery of a reporting suite which will be to a senior stakeholder group, who are not all from a finance background. Therefore, your communicative skills will be utilised here.
  
The Company
  
Growth is a key aspect to the organisation; however they have stressed that this growth can only be supported through a solid finance foundation. This is why my client wants to recruit a qualified accounting professional, who sees the opportunity that this role brings.
  
Salary & Benefits
  

• c£53,120 to c£60,750 Base Salary
• 25 days paid holiday plus bank holidays
• Personal and company performance bonus
• Quarterly cash incentive
• Annual company trip performance reward
• Training & development budget
• Monthly wellness budget
• A generous and inclusive parental leave policy