Systems Accountant

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Market leading, cash positive business with plenty of investment
entrepreneurial environment

About Our Client

My client are the leading mobile infrastructure business in the UK. With 20,000 sites and tens of thousands of customers nationwide, my client have seen a huge growth trajectory and constant investment from their group backers.

Job Description

Plot out a 2-3 year time horizon.
Coordinate requirements input from finance team, as well as the wider business where relevant.
Proactively identify and recommend areas of improvement, ensuring the finance team is able to achieve maximum benefit from the system.
Work closely with the IT team and external finance system support provider to assess development and enhancement timelines.
Work with the finance management team to prioritise projects on the roadmap.
Clearly communicate results and ensure stakeholders are updated on progress.
Regularly review and update the roadmap.
leadership and coordination
Strong stakeholder management.
Clear and timely project status reporting.
Management of competing priorities to ensure projects are delivered on time and on budget.
Design and coordination of User Acceptance Testing to ensure projects meet end user requirements.
Preparation of project proposals, including coordination of approvals for each proposal.
Maintenance of suitable rules validation for journal postings.
Review and oversight of approval processes for changes to relevant system information, including creation of new general ledger accounts and changes to the purchase requisition workflow approvals.
Review and maintenance of user roles & profiles, ensuring role segregation and appropriate approvals for roles.
Other as required.
Month-end close.
Year-end roll-forward.
Other as required
Responsible for reviewing and maintaining finance team processes and controls related to the finance systems, in conjunction with the relevant finance process owners.
Ensure processes and controls are fit for purpose and support optimal finance team performance.
Extensive experience with financial systems / ERP maintenance and development, including systems implementations, migrations, and systems configuration.
Strong general accounting experience. Appreciation and understanding of the preparation of accounts and the function of financial systems in this regard.

The Successful Applicant

Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA).
Strong A level and GCSE results.
Team player. Naturally works as part of team to support overall team performance through effective financial systems management.
Strong in Excel, data manipulation.
Excellent attention to detail. Focused on ensuring work is right first time and quality of output.
Ability to work to deadlines.
Ability to prioritise effectively.
Excellent communication skills. Ability to communicate complex areas concisely and effectively, without the use of jargon or technical terms.
Effective stakeholder management.
Calm under pressure.
Focused on continuous improvement.