Commerical Accountant Permanent NEW

Commercial Accountant, PE Backed Financial Services, London, up to £65k + bonus

Newly qualified ACA and looking to build your commercial finance experience?

Cedar is partnering with a part of an acquisitive, PE backed, global group, to recruit a Commercial Finance Analyst. Backed by leading institutional investors, this business provides an entrepreneurial setting with international scale.

This is a broad role combining financial control, FP&A and commercial analysis. You’ll strengthen your accounting foundations while gaining exposure to business performance, senior leadership reporting and acquisition integration.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting month-end, journals and balance sheet reconciliations, investigating variances and strengthening financial controls.
• Business Partnering with divisional Managing Directors
• Contributing to budgets, forecasts and longer-term financial planning.
• Analysing revenue, EBITDA and working capital to identify risks, opportunities and the drivers behind performance.
• Building financial models and producing clear management reporting and commentary for senior leadership.
• Supporting acquisition accounting, opening balance sheet reviews and finance integration where required.
• Improving reporting, processes and the quality of financial insight across the business.

What you’ll bring

• Newly qualified ACA from a top 10 practice firm
• Confident Excel skills and the ability to turn financial data into clear, useful analysis.
• Curiosity, initiative and the confidence to question how things are done.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage deadlines in an evolving business.

Why consider it?

Build experience across both accounting and commercial finance, understand what drives an acquisitive business, and contribute to the analysis behind its decisions.