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David Shiell MD/Founder
Web Liquid Group

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Commercial Accountant – Advertising – VFR3303

Role: Commercial Accountant

Sector: Advertising/Entertainment

Location: London  

Hybrid: 3 days in the office

Salary: circa £50,000

Reporting to: Finance Manager

Ref: VFR 3303

VisionFR have a great opportunity for a Commercial Accountant to join a vibrant growing, creative agency.   This is a newly created role to bolster the finance department and be at the heart of client services and production teams.  This presents an excellent opportunity to influence financial outcomes and guide strategic decisions.  This is not a role that just reports numbers.

Key responsibilities of the Commercial Accountant

  • Revenue recognition, WIP management, and job costing
  • Reduce balance sheet risk (WIP, accrued income, unbilled costs)
  • Review workflow processes offline and online to ensure efficiency
  • Lead revenue recognition across the agency
  • Provide revenue pipelines, utilisation and resourcing plans
  • Maintain PO coverage and flag shortfalls
  • Work with teams to chase missing Pos
  • Confirm correct coding structure
  • Track unbilled revenue and ensure timely conversation to invoices
  • Work closely with finance team at month end
  • Commercial Acumen -End-to-end management of the full commercial lifecycle of projects.
  • Drive positive change in DE&I and sustainability

Qualifications and Key Skills of the Commercial Accountant

  • Experience in project accounting within a production or project based creative environment
  • You will have a strong passion for the sports industry
  • Solid, demonstrable background in a comparable commercial or project finance role
  • Xero
  • Collaborative & Engaging: A personable team player who thrives on building relationships across diverse groups.
  • Clear Communicator: Articulate and professional in both written and verbal communication.
  • Organised & Efficient: Highly detail-oriented with exceptional time-management and prioritisation skills.
  • Proactive Problem Solver: Takes initiative and resolves challenges diplomatically.
  • Accountable: Diligent, reliable, and committed to effectively managing stakeholder expectations.

Benefits:

  • Hybrid working with flexible working hours
  • 23 days holiday (+ additional 1 day for each year of service capped at 5)
  • Private health insurance
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Employee Incentive Scheme
  • 1 x paid Wellness Day
  • 1 x paid Volunteering Day
  • Your birthday off
  • Agency Christmas close down
  • Paid 4-week sabbatical after 5 years’ service
  • Bike2Work scheme
  • Training and development budget
  • Enhanced family leave policies
  • Referral awards
  • Onsite gym
  • Regular company socials

VisionFR is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, inclusion and eliminating unlawful discrimination within our workforce and whilst fulfilling our Clients recruitment needs.

Due to the high level of applications being received if you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion, usually due to other candidates having more relevant sector exposure, qualifications or required skills. We thank you for your interest.

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