Overview
Commercial Assistant – Beeston, NG9 1LA
Commercial Assistant
Salary: £29,076 – £30,606
Location: Waterfront House, Beeston
Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover) until April 2027
About UsMetropolitan Thames Valley Housing has a vision that “everyone has a home and the opportunity to live well”; that means working with partners to create sustainable and vibrant neighbourhoods where our customers want to live. With 57,000 homes and more than 120,000 residents and customers we have a real opportunity to make that vision a reality. Our people care, dare and collaborate to ensure we achieve this People Powered Living
This role
We are recruiting for a Commercial Assistant, to support the Quantity Surveyors with reviewing all applications for payments, valuations and costs associated with the repairs, voids and disrepair works for Metworks.
You will also be expected to provide cost reports to the relevant teams and attend relevant operational or contractor meetings and assist in the development of new ways of delivering the commercial approach to future contract performance and spend to support the contract partnership.
What you’ll need to succeed
•Track record in providing Commercial or financial Support in including invoice payments and query management
•Able to manage own workload and gather information from various sources to meet a deadline
•An understanding of NHF and other bespoke schedule of rate based contracts is desirable.
•Good planning, budgeting, organizing and prioritization skills. Experience of keeping sound business records.
•Ability to prepare reports, track and manage contractor accounts and queries, maintain records and monitor budget expenditure.
•Able to build and sustain working relationships with key stakeholders both internal and external
•Able to interpret financial and other systems data.
•Good working knowledge of Excel
What you need to do now
If you’re interested in this role, take a look at the attached Job Description for more details and if it’s the ideal job for you, click ‘apply now’ to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV.
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