Commercial Finance Manager

Commercial Finance Manager

Pinpoint Resourcing are working with an exciting and rapidly growing Construction Company based in Chelmsford to source a Commercial Finance Manager on a permanent basis. This role will directly support the Head of Finance. The position is heavily remote and only requires someone to be in the office for 1 day per week.

Divisional Forecasting

· Main holder of the divisional profit and cashflow sheet investigating potential issues

· Update sheet with project specific information below

· Update sheet with general non-project related information such as overheads and non-project income

· Report on variances to forecast when results actualise

· Exposure to executive management who will be directly receiving the output from this role

Project Forecasting

· Attend regular meetings with the commercial teams building a relationship to facilitate information flow

· Awareness of detail surrounding individual project working capital

· Understanding of process surrounding projects, the sales pipeline and reporting on programme

· Update project forecasts on a regular basis adjusting profile of costs/revenues and margin where necessary

· Challenge forecasts made by the operations teams

· Report on any significant variations to project returns detailing the drivers of the issue

· Update & maintain the WIP on a monthly basis in line with the deadline

· Ensure monthly simPRO(ops system)/xero reconciliations agree to xero and are correctly loaded onto WIP file

· Liaise with sales ledger staff to summarise any late applications or certificates outstanding and load onto WIP report

· Ensure any invoices for Service/Smallworks/Remedial are in the correct place in the WIP file

· Resolve and discrepancies between the WIP sheet & the certificates, liaising with Finance Team & Project Managers as required

· Ensure subcontractor and client retentions reconcile between the WIP file & Xero

· Review outstanding debtors/creditors ledger with appropriate finance team members to ensure the correct actions are followed and project profiles reflect this

New Acquisitions

· Build relationship with relevant commercial resource within the acquired business becoming familiar with their operations

· Work with FD & HoF to quickly understand how existing information captured within the business can be harvested to translate into profit/cash forecast

· If insufficient, recommend who/what information must be collected

Other Duties

· Support the HoF/FD with any financial analysis as required

· Generally assist HoF with complex issues/tasks at month end

· Produce quality and timely reports as requested

· Streamline and drive continuous improvement within the finance function

· Develop, maintain and enforce appropriate financial policies, procedures and controls. Meet and liaise with team members to ensure these are embedded into daily/monthly procedures

· Other ad-hoc reports/duties as required

Requirements:

• Strong relationship skills

• Commercially astute with strong financial analysis experience

• Ability to think strategically as well as manage the detail

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or potentially qualified by experience)

• Experience partnering with and challenging "non-finance people"

• Clear communicator

• Self-starter

Salary : £60000 - £65000 DOE

Hybrid working : 4 Days from home, 1 in the office

Due to the anticipated high volume of applications for this advertisement, it is with regret that we may only be able to contact those applicants successful in being shortlisted. However, your application for this or any further roles, may mean that we are able to contact you when additional vacancies become available. Should you not want this to be the case, please feel free to contact us directly to ensure we are aware of your wishes.

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