Job Description
* Finance Systems Accountant
* Financial Services
* Southampton / Hybrid, ££ Competitive
Newly created permanent position due to growth and increased acquisition activity within this major Financial Services Group. Focused systems change, platform integrations and new business onboarding, this is a great role for an Accountant that loves technology. You will be involved in protecting accounting and ledger errors, ensuring that new processes are implemented into the BAU. This position involves providing technical insight to ensure operational accounting processes remain robust. Key Responsibilities:
* Lead investigation of accounting issues raised by the finance teams.
* Analyse ledger activity, including data issues and missing journals.
* Partner with technology and change teams to ensure errors are corrected.
* Act as the representative on new business initiatives.
* Review and challenge accounting controls and reconciliations.
* Translate system changes into the finance operations processes.
* Support UAT documentation and handover into BAU.
Experience Needed:
* Part of fully qualified accountant.
* Experience in financial operations and accounting reconciliations processes.
* Ability to analyse large data sets and understand ledger behaviour.
* Experience working with finance technology or change teams on systems integrations or transformations.
* Strong stakeholder influencing skills and the confidence to challenge.
* A continuous improvement mindset with a commitment to operational excellence.
This is a great role in one of the best businesses within their sector and will provide an exciting career growth path for everyone they hire. If you have relevant experience, fit the above criteria and are looking for an exciting, rewarding, and challenging new role, please apply today. Unfortunately my client cannot consider candidates that need to be sponsored now or in the future. We will be reviewing CVs throughout the process so please apply as soon as you are able to and we are committed to ensuring the entire process is inclusive and accessible for all candidates that fit the minimum requirements for our role. As such, we encourage applications from under-represented groups in the accountancy sector. Please let us know if we can make any reasonable adjustments for you at any stage in the process. At Trace, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and believe that, in any business, it is imperative that all members of staff feel appreciated and respected in their roles.We will be reviewing CVs throughout the process so please apply as soon as you are able to and we are committed to ensuring the entire process is inclusive and accessible for all candidates that fit the minimum requirements for our role. As such, we encourage applications from under-represented groups in the accountancy sector. Please let us know if we can make any reasonable adjustments for you at any stage in the process. At Trace, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and believe that, in any business, it is imperative that all members of staff feel appreciated and respected in their roles.