Job Title: Commercial Management Accountant
Reporting To: Business Partner Manager
Location: Glasgow Head Office (hybrid working environment)
Weekly Hours: 37 5
Salary: Competitive
Working within the Finance team of City Facilities Management (UK) Ltd, part of City Facilities Management Holdings Ltd, this role is based at our Glasgow Headquarters
CFM (UK) Ltd has responsibility for the Facilities Management at circa 700 Sites in the UK for our major retail client Our I T systems include Sun 6, Sun Q&A, and Mercury (City bespoke system)
Job Purpose:
Working within the Operational Finance team you will report into the Business Partner Manager supporting managed contract portfolio delivering specialist services across Retail and Distribution sites This commercial focused role is providing business partner support to Managed Contract team and responsible for preparation of management accounts and financial reporting
The key purpose is providing analysis and insight of operational cost variances across portfolio of c100 specialist suppliers with spend of c£25m per annum
Principal Tasks & Responsibilities:
- Preparation of monthly management accounts for key business areas
- Ensuring all month-end tasks are completed to agreed schedule and relevant deadlines are met
- Business partnering with Managed Contracts and commercial colleagues building variance analysis of delivery against budgets
- Establishing regular review meetings with business colleagues, tracking actions, follow ups and closing points
- Building an understanding of the key operational drivers within key contracts
- Key involvement in annual budget process
- Maintaining control over balance sheet accounts
- Weekly and monthly reporting, developing capabilities in Power BI
- Assistance with ad-hoc/project work as required by the team
Experience, Skills & Qualifications:
- Previous experience in a finance environment required , ideally commercially focused experience
- Ideally studying for professional accountancy qualification (support provided)
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Good IT skills (current systems Sun 6, Sun Vision, DEPM and Epoch (City bespoke system)
- Experience in a high-volume transaction environment
- Commitment to multiple deadlines
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Proactive approach to process improvement within team including future opportunities from Microsoft 365
