Financial and Commercial Officer

1 month ago

Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen, United Kingdom Assystem GmbH Full time
Job Description

This role provides Financial and Commercial leadership and support across the Defence and Decommissioning (D&D) business.

Working with P&L leads, take ownership of Budget / Forecasts templates and help Operational teams to ensure the data held within them is accurate, complete, and delivered to required deadlines.

Consolidate & make preliminary review of budget & Forecast for Senior Business Unit Director, D&D leadership team and CFO. This includes understanding key commercial and financial assumptions, variances against the previous forecast and risk/opportunity analysis.

Review the P&L monthly to understand the key variances to forecast, the key drivers underpinning that forecast, and the key risks and opportunities for future performance.

Challenge and validate a rolling 3 month headcount and P&L projection against recruitment expectations and sales pipeline.

Ensure robust financial and project control within D&D. Monitoring the following project financial KPIs and ensure PM support in resolution of any issues relating to:

  1. Ensuring there is adequate Customer PO cover for project and follow up with PM on issuance of the Advance Authorization when required.
  2. Regular review of Account receivables and follow up of overdue items (Aging Balance).
  3. Support on any audit activities (customers, government, external financial auditors, internal quality audit).

Work in conjunction with P&L leads and project managers to ensure maximum profitability. For example, by challenging project performance and understanding the underlying commercial constructs.

Work closely with the finance team to ensure the quality and usefulness of financial data and analytical reporting.

Drive the financial closure of projects.

Commit to maximizing efficiency at all levels without compromising quality.

Take the lead on developing cost models and sales rate generation in support of bid/proposal submissions for all usual contract types, particular NEC 4.

Take the lead in commercial/financial model development in support of supply chain partnerships (JV's/uJV's/SPV's and the like) in support of large scale bid/proposal generation.

Key Responsibilities

Financial and Commercial leadership and support across the Defence and Decommissioning (D&D) business

Ownership of Budget / Forecasts templates and ensuring data accuracy and completeness

Consolidation and review of budget and forecast for Senior Business Unit Director and CFO

Review of P&L and identification of key variances and risks

Challenge and validation of headcount and P&L projection against recruitment expectations and sales pipeline

Robust financial and project control within D&D, including monitoring of project financial KPIs

Work in conjunction with P&L leads and project managers to ensure maximum profitability

Development of cost models and sales rate generation in support of bid/proposal submissions

Commercial/financial model development in support of supply chain partnerships

Requirements

ACCA/CIMA Qualified (or equivalent) or qualified by experience

Proven experience of financial and/or project controls

Experience of computerised accounting systems necessary; knowledge of IFS will be valuable but is not essential

Strong Microsoft Excel skills and experience in data manipulation

NEC4 Contract (or similar) Training would be desirable

Softer Skills

Ability to communicate complex finance information clearly and concisely to a non-finance audience

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. Skills, talent, and our people's ability to dare are the only things that matter. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.

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