Financial Planning Systems Manager - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Pinsent Masons LLP

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Main duties and responsibilities:

Produce team management accounts and support queries from business manager teams


Planning system and process:

  • Actively develop and check the integrity of the planning model build and outputs
  • Support and enable planning reviews
  • Develop an understanding of data capture processes and data sources
  • Work with a project team to build a new model to support a growing business and medium term planning requirements
  • Develop an understanding of management information requirements and continuously develop and improve
  • Work with reporting SMEs in order to understand planning and reporting structures for statutory as well as management accounts.
  • Gain an understanding of data organisation and system architect structures across the business in order to develop planning capability including non financial metrics
  • Develop networks across data management and system teams; join data management strategic development groups and work collaborative with data and system teams
  • Evaluate planning system user needs and system functionality
  • Develop sme knowledge of the planning product and planning within Pinsent Masons and generally accepted good practice
  • Support internal use of the product and develop training information suitable for users to get the most from the product
  • Ensure that we use the product in line with the terms of the licence

Qualifications:


  • Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) preferable

Relevant Experience:


  • Previous experience of working with a planning systems
  • Adaptive planning, Cognos, Hyperion knowledge of Adaptive planning advantageous
  • Management accounting Previous Experienced in developing and improving the presentation of management information
  • Demonstrable experience of improving processes and procedures
  • Experience in reporting and data management in a large business
  • Previous experience of implementing process, data management and reporting improvements in the context of management reporting and cost control

Key Skills:


  • High level of systems/IT literacy
  • Logic/ programming experience
  • Excellent communicator, persuasive and tenacious, with proven ability to develop relationships at all levels in the business
  • Strong time management skills with the proven ability to multitask and work within a busy environment and meet frequent deadlines
  • Accuracy and high level of attention to detail
  • Self starter approach on development, learning systems and adding value

Personal Qualities/ Behaviours:


  • Good communication skills (both written and oral)
  • Excellent team player who is reliable and flexible
  • Innovative
  • Ability to prioritise effectively and work on own initiative
  • Organised and methodical
  • Approachable and good at forming relationships with people at all levels in the Firm
  • Positive and proactive
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