Systems Manager - London, United Kingdom - Anderson Frank

Anderson Frank

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Systems Manager

Situated within the finance team and reporting to the Director of Commercial Finance with a dotted line to the Group Financial Controller, the Finance Systems Manager will be responsible for the administration and ongoing development of both NetSuite and Adaptive Insights for the business globally.

Overall purpose:

The role will be responsible for management and delivery of an ongoing enhancement / development roadmap for finance systems that continues to ensure NetSuite and Adaptive are providing value to the business.
To ensure consistency and alignment with other internal / enterprise systems (e.g. Salesforce, Tableau and Bamboo HR) including acting as a gatekeeper for master data to ensure the integrity of financial and management reporting.
The individual will provide a deep source of knowledge across both finance systems and will share expertise and support in systems modules, workflow, functionality, and configuration whilst providing ongoing support and insights to the Finance / Business systems teams.
Provide internal expertise across finance systems and reduce reliance on existing finance members.

Key Responsibilities:

Be responsible for the daytoday support and administration of NetSuite and Adaptive Insights for the global finance team
Act as a gatekeeper for finance systems master data (e.g. accounts, product categories, departments, project codes) ensuring that it is well understood and maintained, aligned across internal systems, and is fitforpurpose to meet our reporting requirements
Take the lead on development projects, change requests and customisations which may require collaboration crossfunctionally and working with external consultants/developers
Manage multiple requests and prioritise accordingly through the Finance Systems Roadmap, providing regular status updates to the FLT
Provide reconciliation between internal systems (Salesforce
NetSuite
Adaptive) and maintain strong data integrity
Point person for bugs and issues found in the systems, working through the issues, fixing the issues and escalating if required
Provide training and support to finance users of the tools
Create and build reports / saved searches required by the business to help improve MI in NetSuite, Adaptive and Office Connect
Support budgeting and planning cycles through the setup of Adaptive Planning tool, data loads, version control and managing the process through agreed timetable
Support and run routine systems month end tasks and ensure a clean and timely month end process
Carry out any reasonable ad hoc tasks as requested

The Successful Applicant

Essential

Must have a background of working in FP&A, Management Accounting, or Financial Accounting, and are able to demonstrate a good understanding of the outputs from financial systems to meet accounting, reporting and planning requirements.
Previous Netsuite administration experience.
Experience of a using a financial planning and reporting tool such as Workday Adaptive Insights, Anaplan, TM1, Hyperion etc.
Ability to multitask, manage competing priorities, be proactive and able to deliver within agreed deadlines.
A drive to succeed whilst focused on delivering results and exceeding business expectations.
Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to communicate technical concepts to nontechnical users.
A selfstarter that can problem solve and remove road blocks, seeking help where required.
Highest standards of accuracy and precision; highly organised individual.
Very hands on approach and willingness to rollup sleeves and work with team members.
A confident approach to decision making, process improvement and accountability.
The ability to behave with a high level of integrity, honesty, respect, and empathy.

Desirable

Workday Adaptive Insights experience
Project / programme management experience
Previous experience of working with multiple currencies
Advanced Excel skills
Ability to work in a global environment and support internal customers across different locations.