Finance Systems Analyst

Location West Sussex
Discipline: Finance & Strategy
Job type: Permanent
Contact email: simon@weareedenbrook.com
Job ref: J3992
Published: about 1 year ago

Supporting the Group Finance Systems manager at this insurance organisation, you will be involved in the ongoing support, maintenance, change management, control and day to day running of our core financial applications. You'll also lead on the prioritisation of any incidents and issues, liaising with relevant stakeholders and 3rd party support/vendors to agree actions, owners and dates. You'll lead on the management and delivery of small-scale projects with the help of 3rd party support, whilst challenging current practices, actively seeking to improve processes and managing risk.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for the administration changes within the financial systems, ensuring key system control and integrity is maintained and protected.

  • Assist with the gathering and documentation of change requests, and requirements from the wider Finance function

  • Design, test and implement technical system changes to deliver ongoing continuous improvements to Finance

  • Assist in the design and production of Workday reports, Business Processes, and Integrations

  • Build effective working relationships and influence across all levels, fostering an open and collaborative culture

  • Manage and lead finance system updates and maintenance development work across all finance systems

  • End user set-up and security maintenance, as required.

  • Comply with the requirements, and act in accordance with, the Group Code of Conduct and Fitness and Propriety policies at all times

  • Ensure compliance with Company Policies, Values and guidelines and other relevant standards/ regulations at all times Experience, Skills & Knowledge • Experience in an accounting/finance function

  • Experience as a finance system administrator and / or finance change role

  • Experience with ERP, General Ledger or P2P systems

  • Proficient in Microsoft applications, especially Excel

  • Strong mathematical, analytical, and organization skills

  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

  • Strong analytical skills and ability to drive process improvement, based upon analysis of data

  • Work effectively under pressure and think clearly and logically in challenging situations

  • Workday and TM1 experience essential.

To be successful in this role, you’ll need to:

  • have experience in an accounting/finance function ideally as a finance system administrator and / or finance change role

  • Have experience with ERP, General Ledger or P2P systems

  • Have demonstrable Workday and TM1 experience