Systems Accountant
- Employer
- Leonardo
- Location
- Luton, UK
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- Nov 18, 2019
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- Job Role
- Systems Accountant
- Sector
- Finance
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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We are looking for a Systems Accountant to assist in our objective to continuously improve and advance the use of SAP within Finance and the wider business to ensure efficient end to end processing, to facilitate streamlined reporting and to ensure we utilize our system to its full potential. This role will partner with IT to ensure we maintain our system appropriately, resolve day to day queries and ensure our controls are fit for purpose and operating effectively. The successful candidate will have a proven accounting background and experience of working with Finance/ERP systems. This role will support the administration and maintenance of numerous critical finance systems within the organisation. The candidate will have the opportunity to get involved in system upgrade projects. Reporting to the Senior systems accountant and deputising as required ,you will be responsible for assisting in developing systems and processes to ensure effective and efficient processing of financial and non-financial data, using your relevant accounting, and financial systems knowledge. We have recently implemented SAP S4/HANA and will be looking to exploit the system to gain maximum business benefit. Through seeking to continually improve the core financial system processes, system controls and system performance in accordance with business requirements, you will help ensure the finance systems are adequate to support the developing financial reporting requirements of the business and provide the technical support through liaising with ICT to support the Finance team and wider business. You will be required to provide support to the wider team and other system users and therefore need to be a confident communicator with a positive and flexible attitude. Key Responsibility Areas Support to Finance Lead for implementation of system improvement projects Deputise for Senior Systems Accountant Support User Acceptance Testing for Systems upgrades and Implementations Enhance the use of SAP functionality across Finance and the wider business Build working relationships with a wide variety of business users Be the point of contact in Finance for day-to-day system queries facilitating with ICT our delivery of daily, weekly, monthly and annual reporting Skills, Qualifications & Knowledge Required .The ideal candidate will have the following: An aptitude to work as a Systems Accountant Experience of finance systems and process change SAP/ERP knowledge Able to identify new improvement processes Great work ethic and team spirit Can do attitude and self-motivated
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