Senior Accountant - Commercial Team
Posted 3 days ago by Outsource UK
Negotiable
Inside
Remote
Wiltshire
Job Description
Senior Accountant - Commercial Team
500- 600 per day - Inside IR35.
Mostly remote with occasional travel to Chippenham, Wiltshire.
6 months initially.
A great new opportunity has arisen for a highly commercial accountant to join this well-established client within their central new business team. This role will provide extensive and varied experience as well as exposure to high-profile projects.
Key Accountabilities
500- 600 per day - Inside IR35.
Mostly remote with occasional travel to Chippenham, Wiltshire.
6 months initially.
A great new opportunity has arisen for a highly commercial accountant to join this well-established client within their central new business team. This role will provide extensive and varied experience as well as exposure to high-profile projects.
Key Accountabilities
- Part of a cross-functional new business team that works across the business and aims to add value to the customer by clearly demonstrating the business points of differentiation.
- Working with the Business Development Managers, responsible for ensuring the financial and commercial aspects of tender responses are robust and consistent with group policy.
- You will have a proactive involvement with senior operational and financial managers in the business sectors to ensure critical financial review of all new business projects. This will cover costing, commercial risk, investment appraisal, pricing and commercials.
- Responsible for the internal financial briefing and approval process, ensuring full compliance with the company Finance Manual.
- Occasional customer interaction to support the business development teams as required, requiring effective presentation, negotiation and influencing skills.
- Support the implementation and start-up of new business activities as required by the commercial and financial needs of each project.
- We are seeking a qualified accountant who is comfortable working in a fast-paced bidding environment to support growth aspirations.
- Previous experience of working in a commercial environment is essential.
- You must have excellent numerical reasoning and analytical capability plus a strong understanding of accounting concepts (including investment appraisal).
- You will have the ability to clearly articulate key messages to senior and non-finance managers, providing the necessary insight to enable senior stakeholders to sign-off new business bids.
- Ability to convey complex financial information to a diverse audience, including non-financial managers.
- You will need to demonstrate drive, determination, innovation and flexibility to manage relationships, workloads and deadlines whilst providing diligence and ownership of the financial and commercial elements of the bid.
- Ability to challenge and offer different perspectives.
- You will be required to work both autonomously and as part of cross-functional teams.
- Be able to demonstrate a strong understanding and aptitude in how to use IT/technology to drive performance.