The Role

Commercial Finance Manager - Permanent

Location: Kildare (Hybrid after probation)

Our client is  seeking a highly motivated and qualified accountant to join our team. The successful candidate will work closely with our commercial team to ensure efficient management of project budgets, sub-contractor administration, and financial reporting. This role requires a dynamic professional with strong financial acumen, attention to detail, excellent communication skills and an interest in construction

Management of Project Budgets
• Ensuring the project budget is agreed in advance with the Commercial and Accounts team and uploading onto the ERP system to enable project performance tracking
• Project performance monitoring and reporting variances against the project's budget
• Liaising with Quantity Surveyors on each Project to ensure that their Cost Value Reconciliations 'CVR' reports are reconciled against the original project's budget.
• Reviewing the project budget on a continuous basis with the Quantity Surveyors ensuring that their CVR reporting matches the financial reports for each project's contract and profits recognized are in line with the expected project profitability
• Liaising with the accounts department in respect to Payment Applications in circulation on different projects and ensuring invoicing is complete once the Applications have been agreed by the Commercial Team.
Sub-contractor Administration
• New Sub-contractors set up and on-boarding - ensuring all necessary documentation is in place before commencement of works.
• Ensuring all associated subcontracts entered into by the company are properly registered on ROS and sub contracts are correctly recorded on the accounts system.
• Review and track the sub contracts on a monthly basis in conjunction with the project commercial team
• Liaising with the Commercial team and the Accounts Payable team in respect to payment schedules and monthly cashflow projections for sub-contractor payments
• Monitoring retention release dates and liaising with commercial team in respect to scheduled settlement dates
Financial analysis and reporting
• Assist in the preparation of PQs on the accounts system and ensuring the associated sign offs are in place.
• Issuing of POs on behalf of the commercial team.
• Interaction with the Company's procurement personnel in respect to delivery requirement date on behalf of the commercial team
• Matching of supplier invoices to the appropriate PO on the accounts system following commercial team agreement.
• Liaising with the management accountant to ensure that all associated materials procured for the projects are allocated to the respective contracts.
• Review 'GRN' at the end of each month and informing the accounts team of the associated accruals & provisions to be made in respect to these materials/services for month end reporting.
• Liaising with the accounts payable team in relation to month end close procedures - supplier statement reconciliations.
• Balances sheet management, understanding all associated project costs and liabilities and reconciling on a monthly basis and working collectively with the commercial and accounts team in trying to minimize both WIP & Debtor days on projects.
• Other ad hoc projects

The Person

• Qualified Accountant (ACA,ACCA,CIMA,CPA)
• Minimum 5 years PQE
• Experience of working in a busy finance or commercial department in a construction company
• Strong academics, minimum 2.1 degree

The Package

• Pension plan
• Bonus
  • Life assurance - 4 times your annual salary
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Maternity pay
  • Ample free on-site parking
  • Employee discounts - on hotels, gyms, electronics and more
  • Educational assistance
  • Career progression opportunities?
  • Long Service Awards