Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)

Commercial Accountant

£55,000-60,000 plus excellent benefits and hybrid working. 

Resourcery Group are working with a brilliant £100m turnover multi-site business as they look to hire a Commercial Accountant. This is a brilliant opportunity to join a market leading business at a time of significant growth and expansion. The Commercial Accountant will work closely with the FD and senior leadership team on FP&A and M&A activity in what is a genuine value adding role from day one. The Commercial Accountant will have strong Financial Modelling and Excel skills and will be responsible for delivering robust financial analysis and forward looking insight that supports operational and strategic decision making. 

Our client has modern offices near Skelmersdale but has also embraced hybrid working. This role would require the successful candidate to be in the office for 2 days per week as a minimum. 

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain robust financial models that translate operational drivers into revenue, cost, EBITDA, cash and balance sheet outcomes.
• Produce scenario analysis and sensitivities to support decisions
• Partner with operational and senior stakeholders including understanding underlying cost drivers
• Support acquisition activity through financial appraisal, valuation support, due diligence analysis, review of historic performance, identification of key risks and opportunities, and post acquisition performance tracking.
• Coordinate and enhance budgeting, re-forecasting and longer term planning processes
• Prepare high quality management information, insight and commentary for the Financial Controller, CFO and wider leadership team
• Provide flexible support to the wider finance function, adding analytical resource to forecasting, reporting packs, business cases, month end support and finance process improvement activity where needed

Key Requirements

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, or qualified by experience with strong relevant commercial finance capability.
• Advanced Excel skills, including strong financial modelling capability
• Comfortable handling large data sets and turning them into clear analysis
• Experience in FP&A, commercial finance or business partnering role.
• Building financial models and scenario analysis that support decision making.
• Budgeting and forecasting in a multi site or operationally complex environment.