Finance Data Administrator - Aderant & SQL

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP; North East; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP is seeking a Data Administrator to support the EMEA finance systems ecosystem, primarily Aderant Sierra. The role focuses on data monitoring, master data management, and data preparation for diverse stakeholders, including senior finance operators.

You will work with IT and finance teams to resolve issues, ensure data quality, and uphold data governance standards while complying with confidentiality requirements. The role offers a hybrid model with flexibility.

Qualifications

• Ideally degree educated and/or 3+ years of experience a similar role.
• Good customer/user service abilities, demonstrated by resolving user queries and working with customers.
• Data management experience and/or expertise in finance practice management systems (FPMS).
• SQL proficiency, as well as the ability to run queries unsupervised.
• Experience working within structured ITSM frameworks, such as ITIL.
• Familiarity with core finance processes (general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, budgeting, forecasting, reporting) ideal.
• Experience within a law firm or other professional services environment desired.
• Solutions-orientated and proactive approach to work.
• Willingness to upskill on the job through internal and external training.
• Able to demonstrate discretion, sensitivity and confidentiality.
• Team player - flexible and willing to take on extra responsibilities to support departmental or firm objectives.

Responsibilities

• User Support: support application users, and respond to queries and requests from fee earners, secretaries and finance operations staff for data changes, extracts and updates.
• Troubleshooting and Issue Resolution: monitor the health and performance of data systems, identify and resolve quality issues, bottlenecks and anomalies, and identify, analyse and resolve and other data-related problems, and minimise errors.
• Work with third party support providers, IT and finance operations to resolve logged issues.
• Data Monitoring and Management: support the provision of advanced data management for financial systems, including applying data governance and stewardship standards, supporting enforcement of permission structures, maintaining data taxonomies, schemas and mapping, conducting regular data cleansing, de-duplication and remediation, and updating and changing data in line with changing business needs.
• Data Acquisition and Preparation: source, collect, clean and structure data for operational use and analysis, using SQL queries and logic if necessary.
• Continuous Improvement: understand user requirements and requests, identify opportunities for enhancements and work with teams to test and implement changes.
• Help to improve procedures and processes for all stakeholders.

Skills

SQL proficiency

FPMS experience

ITIL

Data governance

Communication

Discretion/confidentiality

Team player

Education

Bachelor degree

3+ years experience

Tools

Aderant Sierra

Job description

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP is seeking a Data Administrator to support the EMEA finance systems ecosystem, primarily Aderant Sierra. The role focuses on data monitoring, master data management, and data preparation for diverse stakeholders, including senior finance operators.

You will work with IT and finance teams to resolve issues, ensure data quality, and uphold data governance standards while complying with confidentiality requirements. The role offers a hybrid model with flexibility.