Finance Management Systems Accountant

Brackenberry; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment agency is looking for a Finance Management Systems Accountant in Hillingdon for a 3-month contract, potentially extendable. The role involves operating and maintaining the Council's Oracle Cloud ERP system, with a focus on General Ledger structures and user support. Candidates should have strong Excel skills and experience with Oracle ERP systems. Immediate availability is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in BAU system support, coding maintenance, or user administration.
• Practical experience of Oracle Cloud (or similar) with strong understanding of GL structures.
• Experience working with routine system checks and reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update the Oracle Cloud ERP General Ledger structure.
• Manage assigned queries via the call logging system.
• Support monthly and annual close processes including data validation.
• Work closely with module leads to troubleshoot issues.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong Excel skills

User administration

Troubleshooting

Education

3 GCSE passes including Maths & English

AAT fully qualified or equivalent

Tools

Oracle Cloud ERP

ERP financial systems

Job description

We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Hillingdon to assist with the appointment of a Finance Management Systems Accountant, on a 3-month contract, likely to be extended at the client's discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £356.91 - £498.00 per Day

Summary

The Finance Management Systems Accountant will support the day-to-day operation, maintenance, and development of the Councils Oracle Cloud ERP system. The role focuses on General Ledger (GL) structure, coding, and hierarchy maintenance; user administration; module support (GL, AP, AR, P2P, Projects desirable); resolving system queries; and ensuring the integrity of financial data.

This is a BAU systems support role suited to someone with an eye for detail, strong Excel skills, and experience with Oracle ERP in a large or complex organisation. The postholder will assist with routine financial system checks, month-end processes, quarterly patch testing, and ensuring financial structures reflect the councils organisational and reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update the Oracle Cloud ERP General Ledger structure including creation, amendment, and end-dating of segment codes.
• Ensure financial hierarchies, structures and coding blocks reflect organisational changes and statutory requirements (including SERCOP).
• Manage assigned queries via the call logging system, providing clear, timely and customer-focused solutions.
• Work closely with AP, AR, P2P and GL module leads to troubleshoot issues and support end users across the council.
• Support monthly and annual close processes including interface monitoring, data validation and reconciliation checks.
• Assist with ensuring the Trial Balance, subledger reconciliations, and import tables are accurate and cleared.

Qualifications

• 3 GCSE passes including Maths & English; or vocational equivalent.
• AAT fully qualified or equivalent and / or experience requirements as set out below.

Experience

• Experience using ERP financial systems within a large or complex organisation.
• Practical experience of Oracle Cloud (or similar) with strong understanding of GL structures and financial hierarchies.
• Experience in BAU system support, coding maintenance, or user administration.
• Experience working with routine system checks, reconciliations or month-end processes.

Please note

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K.

Disclaimer

Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important

We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.