Commercial Assistant

Gillingham

Salary up to £32,851.23 per annum

Full time – Permanent Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team here at Orbit as a Commercial Assistant, based in our new Gillingham office. We are offering a salary of up to £32,851.23 plus great company benefits which include fun days paid for by the company, discounts on high street shopping and online retailers, health insurance and much more

About the Role

As a Commercial Assistant you’ll primarily be responsible for reporting against contractual terms and key performance indicators, day to day commercial operations and producing the management accounts. In this role you will provide administrative support to the team, running reports, processing adjustments and interrogating financial data to identify discrepancies.

As a Commercial Assistant you’ll be responsible for:

Providing administrative support to the team
Ensuring contractual requirements are met
Extract and prepare financial data for analysis
Ensure all invoicing is prepared
Assist the ongoing development, implementation, monitoring and maintenance of benchmark reports
Liaise and communicate effectively with stakeholders, clients and contractors
Ensuring data and records are accurate
Role Criteria

We are looking for an experienced Commercial Assistant who has previous experience in an administration / commercial admin-based role. Ideally you will have worked within housing or property. You will have the ability to work to tight deadlines and maintain a flexible attitude to work task and workload along with strong attention to detail. The ideal candidate for this role will be able to demonstrate, enthusiasm, flexibility, and the willingness to progress any ad-hoc tasks as required.

Organised, reliable and adaptable
A strong work ethic
Honest and trustworthy
Ability to work using own initiative as well part of a team
Positive attitude and the ability to keep calm under pressure
Capacity to absorb new information quickly and accurately.
Self –motivated, self-disciplined. An enthusiastic individual who is detail orientated
Understanding of SOR’s
IT Literate
All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK, Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

Benefits we can offer you

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
Annual Mears Fun Day – Our annual Fun Day is organised as a massive thank you from the Executive team for all the hard work!
Volunteering Leave – Mears supports employees to undertake paid volunteering in the community, in support of our social value commitment.
Staff perks with Mears Rewards – discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, plus much more
Family friendly policies
To apply, follow the link below or to discuss your application further; contact Lauren [email protected]

Mears Group is a Disability confident employer and recognises our people as our greatest asset, we hire individuality, recognising and valuing everyone is individual and ensuring equal access to opportunities for all regardless of social economic background or individual make up.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant DBS/Security checks before commencement of employment.