Assistant Commercial Accountant
Posted Today by CareTech
£35,000 Per year
Undetermined
Remote
Uxbridge, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Assistant Commercial Accountant role is a permanent position based in Uxbridge, requiring remote work with occasional travel between offices. The successful candidate will support the Head of Finance in achieving financial targets and gain hands-on experience in a multi-site organization. Key responsibilities include assisting with month-end processes, preparing financial reports, and ensuring timely approval of invoices. The role emphasizes precision, growth, and impact within the commercial finance team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Closely support Head of Finance and front line operational functions with all financial matters.
- Assist Head of Finance in Month End process & review monthly schools Gross profit and EBITDA.
- Prepare fee breakdowns and review fees to ensure that pricing is appropriate.
- Maintain occupancy reports.
- Support the bottom up budget process.
- Assist in improving processes regarding communication and recognition of Pupil Premium/Grants/ESFA.
- Develop new financial reports and update existing ones with pivot tables, power queries and lookups.
- Work with Accounting Service Centre & Operations to ensure that Accounts Payable invoices are approved in a timely manner & that Accounts Receivable debts are promptly paid.
- Perform any other duties requested from time to time, as might reasonably be required, commensurate with the role.
- Occasional travel to site(s) to meet with team and front line operations – (travel costs reimbursed).
Key Skills:
- Experience in commercial finance or accounting.
- Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Proficiency in financial reporting and analysis tools, including pivot tables and power queries.
- Ability to work collaboratively with operational teams.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Understanding of budgeting processes and financial management.
Salary (Rate): £35,000 per annum
City: Uxbridge
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Location Uxbridge Contract Full Time Role Type Permanent, Contract Working hours per week 40 Salary Up to £35,000 per annum Job title: Assistant Commercial Accountant Location: Remote Working, Travel will be required between offices and to services across the Division Contract: Permanent Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum Hours of work: 9.00am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday A fantastic opportunity for an ambitious individual to join the commercial finance team. Reporting to the Head of Finance for Education, support in the delivery of financial targets for the organisation. The role will provide a key support to the existing commercial finance team and allow the successful applicant to gain more hands-on experience interacting with front line operations of a large multi-site company.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
- Closely support Head of Finance and the front line operational functions with all financial matters.
- Assist Head of Finance in Month End process & review monthly schools Gross profit and EBITDA.
- Prepare fee breakdowns and review fees to ensure that pricing is appropriate.
- Maintain occupancy reports.
- Supporting the bottom up budget process
- Assist in improving processes regarding communication and recognition of Pupil Premium/Grants/ESFA.
- Developing new financial reports and updating existing ones with pivot tables, power queries and lookups
- Work with Accounting Service Centre & Operations to ensure that Accounts Payable invoices are approved in a timely manner & that Accounts Receivable debts are promptly paid.
- Any other duties requested from time to time, as might reasonably be required, commensurate with the role.
- Occasional travel to site(s) to meet with team and front line operations – (travel costs reimbursed).
Come and join us, be part part of a team that values precision, growth and impact. Caretech is committed to Safeguarding and protecting the young people and service users within our care. All candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and reference checks. Caretech is an equal opportunities employer. Caretech will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.