Commercial Accountant

Stokenchurch | Competitive salary, study support & good benefits | Hybrid working

Are you a commercially minded, part-qualified accountant looking for a role where your analysis genuinely shapes business decisions?

We are seeking a proactive Commercial Accountant to join an established and growing finance team in Stokenchurch. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious AAT, CIMA, or ACCA studier to take ownership of meaningful commercial reporting, work closely with operational and client-facing colleagues, and develop within a collaborative, fast-paced environment.

You will sit at the centre of financial performance, helping to protect profitability, improve commercial visibility and turn financial data into clear, practical insight for stakeholders across the business.

The opportunity

Reporting to the Commercial Accounting Manager, you will support the delivery of accurate management information and robust financial control across revenue, cost of sales, gross profit, and client or business-unit performance.

This is not a purely transactional accounting position. You will be encouraged to question, investigate, identify opportunities, and communicate the story behind the numbers to non-financial stakeholders.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare and review monthly management accounts, including revenue, cost of sales, gross profit, accruals, prepayments, and balance-sheet reconciliations.
• Analyse client, project, cost-centre, and business-unit performance, identifying key variances, commercial risks, and opportunities.
• Partner with internal teams and clients to prepare budgets, ensuring assumptions are robust and profitability is protected through appropriate inflationary and rate-card adjustments.
• Support forecasting and financial-planning activity with accurate data and commercially focused analysis.
• Produce clear, concise financial commentary for senior stakeholders to support informed decision-making.
• Maintain strong financial controls and ensure compliance with internal policies, accounting standards, and audit requirements.
• Support month-end, year-end, statutory reporting, and external audit processes.
• Identify and deliver improvements to reporting, processes, controls, and the quality of commercial insight.
• Undertake ad-hoc analysis and finance projects in line with changing business priorities.