Associate Finance System Analyst

City Electrical Factors; North East; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Associate Finance Systems Analyst to join their dynamic Finance IT team. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to enhance your technical and analytical skills while working with leading systems. You will be involved in supporting finance operations, implementing enhancements, and contributing to process improvements. This innovative firm values teamwork and offers a hybrid working model, allowing flexibility while ensuring collaboration. If you're passionate about finance and technology, this is the perfect chance to grow your career in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with finance systems like Workday, Oracle, and SAP is essential.
• Strong analytical and communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Support finance systems across various functional areas and contribute to improvements.
• Respond to help desk queries and assist with system testing and upgrades.

Skills

Workday Financials

NetSuite

Oracle

SAP

D365

Analytical Thinking

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Tools

Jira

Excel

Word

Job description

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About CEF:

CEF is a global electrical wholesaler, providing electrical products to people in the industry known for its extensive range of products and commitment to customer service. Founded in 1951 in the United Kingdom, it has since expanded to over 1,000 locations across multiple countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe.

We in IT are delivering value to our business and our customers with the innovative solutions that enable our business to better serve our customers today and in the future. We recognise that technology and data are at the forefront of this.

Our Global IT team deliver a portfolio of transformative work, expand our digital options, upgrade and future-proof our systems to place us at the forefront of the marketplace.

To do this, we need talented and creative people across all areas to join us in delivering our evolution to enable our forward-thinking business over the next few years and beyond, and this is where you come in...

About the Role:
Looking to build a career at the intersection of finance and technology? We’re looking for an Associate Finance Systems Analyst to join our Finance IT team and support both day-to-day operations and exciting transformation projects across our Finance System ecosystem – including implementing and enhancing Workday Financials across our various regions.

Why join us?
This is a brilliant opportunity to grow your technical and analytical skillset within a supportive team, working with market-leading systems. You’ll get hands-on experience across both BAU and project work, while helping to streamline processes, support users, and contribute to continuous improvement.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting finance systems across functional areas – AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Consolidations, Tax, Treasury, Security and Reporting
• Contributing to process improvements and technical enhancements
• Responding to help desk queries, troubleshooting issues, and managing incidents via Jira
• Supporting users with training, documentation, and day-to-day queries
• Assisting with system testing, upgrades, and deployment of new features
• Supporting ongoing month/year-end activities
• Helping to document processes, procedures, and technical guides
  
  
  
  
  

What we are looking for:

• Experience using Finance systems like Workday, NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, D365 etc
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical thinking
• Comfortable with technology and keen to learn
• Organised and methodical approach to problem solving
• A proactive attitude and ability to work well with others
  
  
  
  
  

It would be great if you also have:

• Commercial experience working in a finance function
• Experience with ERP systems and implementations
• Solid Excel and Word skills
  
  
  
  
  

This role is based in our modern Durham – Janet Nash House or Kenilworth - Georgina Mackie House offices. We operate a hybrid model, but you’ll be expected to be in the office more often than not – typically 3 days per week on site, with flexibility around business needs. Travel to other business sites may also be required.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Hospitality, Food and Beverage Services, and Retail

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