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Commercial Accountant - 9-12 month FTC

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In-Office
London, Greater London, England, GBR
Mid level
In-Office
London, Greater London, England, GBR
Mid level
Responsible for revenue recognition, monthly reporting and quarterly forecasting for a creative agency; manage client WIP, billing and reconciliations; produce profitability reports; train client teams on commercial matters; maintain Kimble system and support implementation of a new financial system.
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Agency :

Havas London

Job Description :

Job Title: Commercial Accountant 
Department: Finance 
Reports To: FP&A Manager 

The Role: 

The Havas Creative Finance team is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Commercial Accountant to oversee all matters linked to revenue recognition and forecasting for one Creative agency. They will be the key contact in the agency for providing support and financial guidance to the Client teams. As a key part of the role is driving agency profitability, the Commercial Accountant will be working with the Finance Analyst to produce monthly profitability reports and working with the agency to ensure strong profitability on accounts. 

Responsibilities: 

- Oversee the production of the revenue figures for monthly reporting and quarterly forecasting. 

- Ensure revenue recognition standards are applied correctly. 

- Completion on month end revenue tasks. 

- Review monthly recovery reports and organise monthly meetings with Business Directors. 

- Review fee proposals. 

- Be a real driver in raising commercial awareness across the business. 

- Ongoing training of client teams on commercial matters. 

- Oversee the management of all client WIP accounts, ensuring timely billing & reconciliation, minimising any WIP write off. 

- Ensure rate cards, rates and roles are up to date in the system. 

- Ensure the Kimble System is maintained and used appropriately. 

- Assist with implementation of new financial system. 

- Ad-hoc tasks. 

Skills: 

Experience in Commercial or Client Accountant 

Previous agency experience desirable 

Excellent communication skills 

Self-motivator 

Advanced Excel skills 

 

Contract Type :

Temporary

Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.

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