Financial Systems Analyst - Harlow, United Kingdom - Motability

Motability

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Harlow, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Salary:
£45,000 - £50,000 per annum About the role We are seeking a Financial Systems Analyst to join the Finance team to help support and maintain our financial systems and work with the Systems Accountant to help facilitate the delivery of a number of key projects.

What you'll be doing:

Provide technical and functional support for accounting and finance users (14 employees).
Responsibility for the daytoday management of the core Sage 200 accounting system.
Responsibility for the daytoday management of the core PROACTIS purchase ordering system. To act as the administrator for the software; typically to amend the approval hierarchy and limits depending on leavers, joiners and for holiday cover purposes (trainingto be provided if required).
Maintain user roles, security, profiles and workflow rules etc.
Collaborate with operational and support departments, to identify and solve business problems and maintain the integrity of data inflows to the accounting systems of the organisation.
Liaise with key members of the IT team to facilitate delivery of finance user requirements and resolution of technical queries.
Ensure a high standard of service, working with internal and external stakeholders, to deliver business information for management and statutory accounting, as well as financial planning, budgeting and forecasting.
Proactively identify opportunities for change, process improvement and system enhancements to drive the efficiency and effectiveness of the client accounting system, its processes and associated activities.
Assist with the scheduling, execution and documentation of system testing for key finance project deliverables.
To be able to 'surface data', either from the core Sage 200 tables or related data warehousing cubes.
To carry out adhoc financial report authoring, using SQL where necessary.
Assist with documenting key financial processes where necessary.

Your experience:

Must haves:

Previous experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, particularly Sage and Unit4 Agresso, SAP, Oracle, Netsuite, Microsoft Dynamics or equivalent.
Experience of working in a relevant finance or accountancy role.
Experience of working on multiple accounting modules, for example, accounts payable (AP), accounts receivable (AR), generalledger (GL), fixed assets, etc.
Personable, approachable and professional demeanour.
Teamoriented, with excellent written and oral communication skills.
Strong ERP skill set, capable of independently providing business as usual support of financial systems.
Strong MS Excel skills, including a sound understanding of the professional structuring and maintenance of accurate and reliable financial reports.
Good understanding of finance and accounting processes.
An understanding of database structure and data management (RDBMS) concepts.
Ability to author accurate financial reports using Structured Query Language (SQL).
Ability to translate user requirements into technical solutions.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Ability to work independently in a fastpaced environment with mínimal supervision.

Nice to haves:

Experience of working with an Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) technology such as SQL Server Analysis Services.

Reporting lines and relationships:
Reports to: Systems Accountant

Key relationships:

Head of Finance, Finance Director, Senior members of Finance, IT Department (including IT Project Manager), Internal and external auditors.

Extra information:

The role is based in Harlow, Essex at Motability's offices, easily commutable from London, 30 minutes from Liverpool Street station or 18 minutes from Tottenham Hale station.
We offer blended working for this role.

Benefits

WHAT MOTABILITY CAN OFFER YOU

A career with Motability can offer you so much more than earning potential. We pride ourselves in offering some fantastic benefits and a culture to match, some of which includes;

Holiday - 26 Days + 8 Bank Holidays, increasing to 28 days after 5 years' service
Health and Wellbeing - We offer private health care with BUPA alongside an Employee Assistance Programme, eye tests, flu vaccinations, enhanced sick pay and discounted corporate gym membership.
Family Friendly - We offer enhanced Parental Leave inclusive of Adoption Pay and we understand that families require flexibility, we provide time off for dependants, flexible working hours and the option to work from home. Life Assurance is 4 x your salary.
Diversity and Inclusion - We value everyone's unique qualities and celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels safe to be their authentic selves, no matter their age, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation,disability status, neurodiversity or otherwise.
Celebrating Success - We love to recognise people that go above and beyond with our Spotlight Award as well as having team celebrations and social events throughout the year.
Our culture - In the Motability office we "dress for our day", it's an incredibly welcoming and inclusive environment where we look to support your career, we offer a mini bus service from Harlow Town centre and station for those using public transportto reach us and there are plenty of free hot beverages for when you arrive.
Pension - Up to 15%, inclusive of a 10% non-contributory addition and Motability matching your contributions up to 5%

We are a disability confident employer, feel free to make us aware of any reasonable adjustments you might need.