Your new company

Hays Accountancy & Finance is recruiting a Commercial Accountant for a well-established and highly successful organisation in Northern Ireland.This is an excellent opportunity for a newly qualified accountant who wants to move beyond traditional financial reporting and develop their career within commercial finance and finance business partnering.Working within a large, fast-paced business, you will have real exposure to senior stakeholders and play an important role in improving commercial performance, profitability and strategic decision-making.You'll join a collaborative finance team with excellent opportunities for career progression, professional development and commercial exposure.

Your new role

As Commercial Accountant, you will work closely with finance, commercial and operational teams, using financial data and insight to influence business decisions. Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing commercial finance insight and financial analysis to support key business decisions.
• Building strong relationships with senior finance, commercial and operational stakeholders.
• Identifying opportunities to improve profitability, margins and business performance.
• Analysing financial and operational data to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning.
• Preparing and reviewing product costings for existing and new product ranges.
• Improving management information, financial reporting and commercial decision-making.
• Challenging business performance and providing meaningful recommendations.
• Supporting continuous improvement and finance transformation initiatives.
• Working collaboratively across the organisation as a trusted finance business partner.

What you'll need to succeed

This opportunity could suit a Newly Qualified Accountant or someone already working as a Finance Business Partner or Commercial Accountant, or an ambitious Management Accountant looking to take the next step into a more commercially focused position.You will ideally have:

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA, ICAI or equivalent qualification, either fully qualified.
• Experience within commercial finance, management accounting, FP&A or finance business partnering.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to understand the wider business behind the numbers.
• Excellent financial analysis, modelling and data analysis skills.
• The confidence to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• A proactive and inquisitive approach with the confidence to challenge constructively.
• The ability to work within a fast-paced environment and manage competing priorities.

What you'll get in return

This is an opportunity to develop your career in a genuinely commercial finance role, with exposure across the organisation and the ability to influence business performance.You will receive:

• 25 days' annual leave plus statutory holidays
• Company pension contribution
• Flexible working opportunities
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits
• Wellbeing support
• Excellent career progression and development opportunities
• Supportive and collaborative finance team
• Significant exposure to commercial and operational stakeholders

If you are an ambitious accountant looking for your next move in Commercial Finance, Finance Business Partnering, FP&A or Management Accounting in Northern Ireland, this is an excellent opportunity to broaden your commercial experience and make a visible impact within a successful business.

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