Commercial Accountant

Robert Half Finance and Accounting are recruiting for a Commercial Accountant to work for a Media business based in London for 3 months.

Responsibilities:

Commercial Partnering

• Work with the client teams on all job/billing matters and collaborating with WIP manager to action.
• Partner with team to ensure ambitious, but realistic revenue forecasting, coupled with accurate associated resource planning.
• Management of net working capital across your portfolio of clients.
• Ensure regular catch-up with the client project managers to understand the latest scopes, staffing, capacity planning and job progress on clients.
• Review of scopes and providing approval from a margin perspective.
• Working closely with Project Managers to ensure jobs are accurately reconciled on a timely basis.
• Liaise with client leads on day-to-day client procurement.
• Help client leads build a margin improvement plan and monitor progress against it.

Financial Reporting

• Attending meetings with client leads to finalise monthly revenue and documentation in accordance with IFRS15 requirements, including preparation of revenue minutes.
• Updating the revenue tracker and ensuring it is kept up to date and matches to Maconomy reporting each month-end.
• Update the rolling and quarterly forecast trackers, as well as associated reporting requirements.
• Prepare revenue accrual or deferral journals in a timely manner for month-end reporting.
• Providing monthly commentary for aged Accrued Revenue and aged Deferred Income balances.
• Ensuring timely reporting in adherence with internal timetables.

Compliance

• Ensure compliance with ICFR regulations in relevant areas, particularly revenue recognition.
• Assist in any ICFR, Internal and External audits, including client audits.
• Understand client contracts and ensure all are aware of and adhere to key contractual points.
• Preparation and maintenance of IFRS15 assessment and contract summaries for client portfolio.

Details:

• Immediate start
• 3 months
• Inside IR35
• Media experience would be preferred
• £275-£375pd umbrella

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