Commercial Assistant

Job title: Commercial Assistant

Job Type: Contract

Start date: Immediate

Duration: Up to Dec 2026 (12 month rolling contract)

Pay rate: Up to £125 PAYE per day, £170 Umbrella per day

Location: Gloucester

Hours of work: 37 hours per week, 5 days per week. 3 days minimum on site, subject to change

The Commercial Assistant will provide proactive commercial and administrative support to teams managing professional service contracts on a major nuclear project. The role will support the day-to-day management of purchase orders, accruals, budgets and resource requirements, while providing accurate management information, financial reporting and analysis to help maintain strong commercial control. Working closely with delivery teams and internal stakeholders, the Commercial Assistant will also assist with problem-solving, progress meetings and ad-hoc business requirements. The ideal candidate will have strong numerical and Excel skills, experience supporting financial or contract management activities, excellent attention to detail and the ability to work proactively across multiple teams.

Applicants should be able to demonstrate of the following skills/experience:

• Experience providing proactive commercial, financial or administrative support.
• Experience supporting financial and/or contract management activities.
• Strong numerical skills with the ability to analyse, interrogate and report data.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel for reporting and data analysis.
• Experience managing or supporting budgets, purchase orders, accruals and spend.
• Ability to provide accurate management information to support delivery teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work independently and use initiative.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships across different teams.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work to deadlines.
• Proactive, adaptable and willing to learn new processes and systems quickly.
• Previous experience working with SAP beneficial

Role information:

• Provide commercial and administrative support to teams managing professional service contracts.
• Raise and manage purchase orders for goods and services.
• Ensure accruals and goods receipts are accurately maintained.
• Monitor and manage spend against budgets throughout the year.
• Support changes to planned internal resource requirements.
• Provide management information to delivery teams on budgets, resources and portfolio activity.
• Analyse financial and commercial data to support effective budget control.
• Assist with problem-solving and resolving issues affecting packages of work.
• Provide supporting commercial and financial information at progress meetings.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders to support commercial and business processes.
• Help ensure resources and budgets are effectively aligned with changing priorities.
• Provide ad-hoc commercial and administrative support in line with business requirements.

We try to respond to all applicants, but sometimes this is not possible due to high volumes of applications; if you have not heard from us within 14 days, regrettably it means you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

This vacancy is being advertised by Rullion Ltd acting as an employment business

We celebrate and support diversity and are committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.

Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.