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Finance Systems Accountant

Employer
The Guinness Partnership
Location
Oldham, UK
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Nov 18, 2019

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Job Role
Systems Accountant
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
About Us We're in one of the most exciting periods in the history of Guinness and have ambitious, challenging objectives for the future. Our Guinness 2023 Strategy is all about our vision for creating and maintaining an amazing organisation, both for our customers and our employees. Over the next 5 years we will focus on delivering our vision to improve people's lives and create possibilities for them - by delivering great customer service, providing great homes, being a great place to work and being a great business. In order to deliver the increased volume and complexity of work as a result of the Guinness 2023 Strategy, we are growing our Finance Group to ensure we have the right capacity in reporting tax, financial control and financial planning and consequently have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Systems Accountant to join our team in Oldham, Greater Manchester. Overview of the role Reporting to the Senior Financial Accountant- Finance Systems, the purpose of this role is to provide high quality financial systems support to users across Guinness, in addition to providing project management support in relation to the planned migration to Oracle Financials Cloud. Key Responsibilities Provide day to day operational and technical support to users of Guinness finance systems, to ensure high quality and effective finance systems across the organisation. Respond to enquiries from system users, resolving any issues in accordance with agreed timescales. Work with the users of finance systems to understand current and future business and technical requirements to support delivery of the Finance Operating Plan. Support the development and use of Guinness Finance Systems to improve financial reporting and deliver an efficient and effective service to internal and external customers. Support system upgrade processes ensuring that Guinness realises benefits from changes in technology. Support the development and delivery of finance systems training to users across all sites. Provide project management, input and guidance to finance improvement projects to ensure the best solution is implemented. Support the re-design of business processes as required, ensuring processes and controls are fully documented. Ensure data integrity across the finance systems at all times including robust change control and appropriate segregation of duties. Maintain effective relationships between Finance, IT and external support providers. Skills/Experience Essential Proven experience of the use of financial systems at a day-to-day level, ideally in Oracle Financials. Experience in improving and maintaining financial data and ensuring data integrity. Experience in financial accounting, reporting or processing and able to demonstrate a good understanding of the outputs from financial systems to meet accounting requirements. Good attention to detail with ability to prioritise and manage a varied workload to meet agreed deadlines. Proven customer service experience. Proven experience of operational and project management. Experience of working effectively in a complex and dynamic environment, including meeting deadlines. Excellent oral and written communications. Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office. Demonstrates the Guinness Behaviours. Qualifications CCAB or CIMA qualification. What's on offer? We offer an excellent benefits package that help make The Guinness Partnership a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to: 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays Medical expenses cover Employee assistance programme Cycle to work scheme Benefits Portal - Everyone Lifestyle Benefits Eye test vouchers Aspire - £100 allowance per employee each financial year Professional qualification support Professional subscriptions Purchase additional leave Salary Sacrifice - Deduction of various benefits from 'gross' salary, before tax and NI deducted E-learning courses Thank you award- by nomination If you are interested in joining us and would like to apply for this role, please review the role profile to ensure you meet the essential criteria.

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