Commercial Assistant

Job details

Establishing and building effective working relationships with clients, suppliers, other FCG teams and our subsidiary companies.
Provide effective communication and key support to the Commercial Manager and Profit Centre Managers (PCMs).
Assist in maintaining current spreadsheets, i.e. monthly invoicing, sub-contractor forecasts, sub-contractor approvals.
Project set up and maintenance.
Setting up project folders and collating project documents.
Logging incoming POs / raising POs and preparing financial documentation.
Assist with invoicing and carrying out debt chasingAssist with issuing of invoices to clients with supporting documentation.
Uploading of invoices to client portals.
Updating pipeline weekly and reflecting this in Revenue Forecast as instructed/reviewed by the Commercial Manager.
Creating and profiling jobs in Workbench following instruction from the Commercial Manager.
Forecasting revenue for single and multi-disciplinary projects.
Raising purchase orders directly on to Workbench following instruction from Commercial Manager.
Completing client applications for payments.
Drafting invoices from the revenue forecast on workbench.
Carrying out the company client pledge.
Carrying out and updating debt management through workbench.
Answering/taking calls and responding to emails.

Good general education to O’Level/GCSE (A-C) level in English and Maths is essential.
Previous financial experience is essential.
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, and Excel is a must.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, competent spelling and grammar.
Excellent knowledge of numeracy and computer literate.
Self-motivated.
Experience within a busy office/admin environment is essential to the role.
Excellent organisational and time management skills.
A professional manner.
Good all-rounder with ability to work well under pressure.
Flexible, reliable and hardworking.
Excellent timekeeping and attendance record.
Highly motivated self-starter – ability to use own initiative and take responsibility.

Frankham offer excellent benefits and initiatives, including: