Our client is a well-established and successful privately-owned business based in the outskirts of Maidstone, who are looking for a commercial accountant to join the team on a 12 x month fixed-term contract. The person in this role will ideally be able to gain a thorough understanding of the business through building working relationships at all levels within the company.
Key responsibilities :
- Creation of financial models and templates for product analysis throughout the business
- Understand and challenge data sources and assumptions to ensure reporting is robust, consistent, and supportable
- Build costing models to gain as much value from non-finance data as possible
- Prepare weekly P&Ls for the business, with detailed variance analysis.
- Ensuring the consignment tracker reconciles to the finance system and packing sheets.
- Ad hoc projects and duties as required.
The ideal candidate :
Will be fully qualified – ACA, ACCA or CIMA (candidates qualified by experience will be considered)The ideal candidate will have a commercial background and be used to working with non-finance stakeholdersYou will be an excellent communicator and be able to positively influence peers and build rapport and relationshipsThe ideal candidate will be highly analytical and inquisitive by natureAdvanced Excel SkillsAbility to work to tight deadlinesAbility to multi-task and manage multiple deliverablesAbility to work well in a team