Assistant Accountant
- Recruiter
- Princes Group
- Location
- Liverpool, UK
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 30 Sep 2019
- Closes
- 01 Nov 2019
- Ref
- 1280787409
- Job role
- Assistant accountant
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
Job Purpose
To support the business in providing a comprehensive financial support service to commercial and operational management in order to maximise short and long term profitability for the assigned SBA's.
As a key member of the Finance team you will be required to liaise with various levels of personnel to ensure that the commercial information that is produced is done so on a sound basis, and in accordance with the requirement to make sound business decisions accordingly.
Principal Responsibilities
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
To support the business in providing a comprehensive financial support service to commercial and operational management in order to maximise short and long term profitability for the assigned SBA's.
As a key member of the Finance team you will be required to liaise with various levels of personnel to ensure that the commercial information that is produced is done so on a sound basis, and in accordance with the requirement to make sound business decisions accordingly.
Principal Responsibilities
- Production of costing tender information, including NPD-type costings, to commercial management teams.
- Periodical updating of standard costs via SAP and related support processes.
- Monthly Customer and Product Profitability analyses.
- Provision of monthly Marketing costs analysis to allow clear control of same by Marketing Director and Managers, in support of budget control in that area.
- Assisting the Commercial Accountant with the production of budget information for product costs and commercial and financial information to statutory budget packs.
- Assisting the Commercial accountant with the production of weekly and monthly forecasts.
- Working with commercial teams to assist with costings and provision for other information for the completion of major tenders, updating of joint business plans, etc.
- Quarterly review of selling prices, and age thereof, in order to ensure the timeliness and viability of same to avoid loss or low margin contracts.
- Post analysis of customer tenders.
- Development work, particularly Excel-related, in other areas to assist in the provision of timely information.
- Ad hoc investigations and analysis.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- To be studying for ACMA / ACCA qualification.
- Excel proficiency, and in particular, pivot tables and look-ups.
- SAP experience - costing and capex.
- MS office.
- The ability to work to tight deadlines.
- To be able to demonstrate a commercial approach to costings and ad hoc work
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