Finance Systems Accountant

Job Description

Were seeking a proficient Systems Accountant, this role will be to drive the continuous improvement of the organisations financial systems. The role will have a hybrid working arrangement. You will need to be in the office approximately 2-3 days per week,with the remaining days being remote work from home.Client DetailsA leading social housing provider, with nationwide presence.DescriptionSystems Accountant duties:

• Serve as the primary contact and facilitator for all inquiries, requests for improvements, and changes to the organisations financial systems.

• Act as the lead finance team liaison with IT colleagues on all major financial systems issues and enhancement requests.

• Maintain the Chart of Accounts and ensure any changes are reflected in reporting hierarchies across all affected systems.

• Be the finance teams Oracle super-user and ensure all critical system administration tasks meet standards.

• Collaborate with business users and IT to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of the P2P purchase ordering system, including supporting system development.

• Become the technical lead on Bluebox to ensure rent and service charge deliverables are met by providing solutions and guidance on system optimization.

• Support the Capital Finance team in setting up scheme codes, building development scheme reports, and streamlining intercompany recharges.

• Manage end-user queries, triage, and resolve issues as necessary.

• Coordinate access matrices for all finance team members to maintain appropriate segregation of duties per role. Work with IT to uphold a robust, appropriate system controls environment.

• Keep financial systems documentation, including development team user guides, maintained and updated.

• Support auditors with GL data extraction and completeness.

• Project manage implementation of approved new financial software and changes/upgrades to existing software.

• Work with finance colleagues on process reviews to improve efficiency via enhanced software solutions.

• Lead change management initiatives to transition personnel from legacy software/systems and discontinue as needed (i.e. Insight).

• Assist the Treasury team on projects including a new TMS and SQL loan security database enhancements; contribute to system administration of electronic banking.

• Develop robotic automation processes to improve efficiency, system integration, and cross-system interfaces.

• Manage software provider relationships and contracts.

• Contribute to developing system solutions to harmonize, improve, and automate processes.

• Support P2P system development.

• Act as lead developer of the Spreadsheet Server management reporting system; work with finance colleagues to maximize utility for the team and budget holders.

• Proficient in writing and developing SQL scripts from Oracle, P2P, Northgate, Bluebox, and other databases as needed.

ProfileThe successful Systems Accountant will be:

• Qualified accountant preferred, or partially qualified with commitment to complete certification.
• Knowledge of the social housing sector.
• Formal IT expertise recognition desired (e.g. IT-related degree).
• Understanding of the housing market and diverse housing tenures available.
• Skilled in using Oracle Financials R12 - ability to configure and amend Oracle Financials.
• Proficient in SQL report writing.

Job Offer

• Discounts on chosen retailers.
• Health cash plan
• Annual flu vaccinations
• EAP Scheme
• Competitive pension
• Generous annual leave
• Hybrid/flexible working

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Systems Accountant