Finance Systems Accountant

Finance Systems Accountant 

Salary £35,000-£45,000 dependent upon skills and competencies

Hybrid, flexible

This post will play a critical role in maintaining the operational stability of the finance function, deepening our internal system expertise and ensuring continuity of key financial processes and reporting. Responsibilities will include mastering and documenting current system workflows, covering routine operational duties and supporting the department's wider objectives of process improvement, operational efficiency, data cleanliness and data accuracy.

Key Accountabilities:

• Manage and execute routine operational finance tasks (e.g. system related month end close procedures, maintaining data interfaces) to ensure and support business continuity.

• Understand the detail of current financial system configurations and workflows.

• Build on current working documents to develop consistent documentation for all finance system processes and workflows, facilitating knowledge transfer and mitigating single points of failure.

• Support system training across the finance and operational teams to build capacity and cover.

• Provide ongoing system maintenance and reactive support both internally and externally to finance, including troubleshooting system-related issues as required.

• Assist preparation for the new finance system implementation by supporting data cleansing.

• Organise planning, execution, and delivery of department projects.

• Proactively manage project risks, and implement mitigation strategies to ensure projects are delivered on time and within scope.

Person Specification

Essential Experience & Knowledge:

• Demonstrable experience working within a financial systems environment.

• Proven ability to understand and document complex system workflows.

• Experience in developing material for training and knowledge sharing purposes.

• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.

Desirable Experience & Knowledge:

• Formal finance or accounting qualification (part-qualified or qualified by experience).

• Experience of working with operational teams to troubleshoot financial processes.

• Experience of Project work.

Key Competencies:

• Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to work autonomously.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, especially for translating technical processes into clear documentation.

• Strong risk awareness and a commitment to maintaining operational stability.

• Collaborative team player, capable of supporting and training colleagues.