Job Description

Ref 77905 Vacancy title Finance Assistant Function(s) Administration/Secretarial, Finance/Accounts Contract type Full time permanent Region West Midlands Location(s) Warwickshire/ West Midlands Description
About the Role
In this role, you'll play a key part in supporting the smooth commercial and financial running of our projects. Assisting the Commercial Manager and Finance Manager to carry out commercial & financial duties in conjunction with other team members and provide effective financial and contractual control on all contracts allocated, you'll work closely with various teams to help deliver successful outcomes across contract management, budgeting, and stakeholder engagement.
Key Responsibilities

• Support Bid Managers with tender submissions and maintain the SharePoint Work Winning Portal.
• Assist in preparing Tender Review Board documentation and setting up new projects in ERP, including budgets and selling rates.
• Oversee commercial performance across multiple projects and ensure contract compliance.
• Administer change management processes, securing full entitlement recovery with PDEs.
• Manage financial processes including Applications for Payment, invoicing, cash collection, and project cost reporting.
• Analyse Cost Value Reports and recommend corrective actions to improve performance.
• Ensure timely and accurate timesheet administration and support with Procure to Pay processes.
• Support subcontract and agency management including negotiation, contract issuance, and final account settlements.
• Contribute to Perfect Delivery by building strong client relationships and delivering exceptional customer service.
• Apply sound financial and accounting principles with strong Excel and data analysis skills

The person:

• Educated to GCSE level with grade C or above in Maths and English as a minimum
• Educated to an accountancy and/or professional qualification preferred but not essential
• Experience of control account reconciliations
• Experience of procurement process, purchase ledger and cost ledger processes
• Experience of producing excel reports
• IT literate

What's in it for you?
Below is a selection of benefits that are available to you at Morgan Sindall Infrastructure.

• Generous holiday entitlement with the option to buy five days
• Flexible and adaptable working
• Family friendly policies and work/life approach
• Mentoring programmes and continuous learning support
• Contributory pension scheme
• Annual bonus scheme
• Recognition scheme and long service awards
• Car scheme and Private Medical Insurance (if applicable to role)

About us
Whether providing geotechnical services, design management, permanent and temporary works design above and below ground, digital engineering capabilities such as spatial modelling and Building Information Modelling (BIM), or material engineering, we think differently about design. Our people seamlessly apply innovative ideas to projects from inception to delivery, all to provide exceptional engineering solutions for customers.
Acting as a 'centre of excellence' for our projects, our team of designers and engineers understand the bigger picture, providing advice for carbon reducing products and methods within a safe by design culture. By applying life cycle forward thinking design to every phase, we not only develop solutions for the overarching programme; we also add value to the detailed aspects, advising and recommending practical ways to enhance overall delivery, identifying and minimising risks, while embedding best value throughout each project.
We provide these services across a number of sectors including Highways, Nuclear, Energy, Water, Aviation, Rail, Construction, Housing and Fit out.
Why work for us?
This is an excellent opportunity to work within a successful, growing and exciting team to develop and hone your technical capability whilst working towards professional qualifications.
Our approach to adaptable working means that we are not constrained by location and can support hybrid working. We encourage applications from those who may be looking for a role with reduced or compressed hours, as well as those who are looking for full-time roles.
Beyond professional development, we believe in enriching careers by encouraging people to build relationships and participate in activities outside of their direct role. We recognise that people are individuals first and do our best to understand who they are and what motivates them in and out of work. Whatever their background, we want to help everyone get the best out of their work and home lives.
We have a community of diverse individuals with shared goals and a strong, supportive, and inclusive culture. Collectively, our people play an invaluable role in shaping the UK's infrastructure and contributing to our long-term sustainable growth.
Our culture is open, collaborative, and aspirational, built upon a commitment to deliver innovative and responsible design which connects people, places, and communities.
We believe in making a positive difference to your work and personal life. We recognise that you do not get out of bed in the morning solely as 'an employee', you are also a mother, father, carer, volunteer, sports coach to name but a few. We acknowledge that you have both personal and career goals and we are here to support you to be successful.