Senior Finance System Accountant

Discipline: Finance & Strategy
Job type: Permanent
Contact email: alex@weareedenbrook.com
Job ref: J4067
Published: over 1 year ago
New exciting opportunity offering a fully remote working structure for a leading insurance service provider. Your core responsibility will be control and maintenance of the financial systems used within the group. Other responsibilities include ensuring all processes are fit for purpose and adhered to, develop and maintaining strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and to actively instill and develop a strong customer focused culture. Furthermore, you will ensure that the setup of the finance applications supports the group’s financial policies and guideline. Confirm that the appropriate standards, controls, communications and safeguards are in place for all financial systems. Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities: Maintenance and configuration of finance systems, these include: • D365 Finance and Operations modules including GL, Procurement, Expenses, Accounts Payable, Fixed Assets, Budgeting, Cash Flow Forecasting, Cash and Bank Management. • Thomson Reuters • BYOD and Power BI reports Other Responsibilities: • Support, maintain and develop the finance systems • Recommend, develop and implement system and process enhancements • Provide advice and education around new and existing systems and software to key stakeholders • Set, maintain and monitor user profiles and access rights. • Support users and resolve issues or adhoc queries. • Monitor routine jobs, manage and communicate exceptions. • Manage Service Desk Tickets and triage incidents as necessary. • Act as key point of contact for IT to ensure clear communication and minimise disruption to finance • Review and manage all change requests via Finance Change Forum. • Evaluate, design, plan and implement new requirements (Change Request) following approval. • Ensure Finance Systems Documentation is maintained and up to date. • Ensure operational risks are identified, reported & corrected in an accurate and timely manner • Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory and internal Compliance and Governance requirements • Complete all mandatory training as required • Be responsible for the implementation of internal systems and controls and ensuring staff adhere to requirements.