Finance Reporting Specialist - Data, Governance & Insights

Northern Powergrid; Castleford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

10% Performance Bonus

Job summary

Northern Powergrid is seeking a Reporting Accountant SME to deliver expert Finance reporting, data consumption and governance across the transformation programme. You will partner with Finance, IT and external partners to design reporting solutions and ensure timely, accurate outputs for governance and decision making.

You willsupport the implementation of Oracle Fusion, FCC and EPM reporting capabilities, addressing statutory, regulatory and operational needs while driving data quality and

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Finance reporting, management accounting, reporting analytics, statutory reporting or regulatory reporting roles.
• Understanding of how financial data is generated, transformed and consumed across Finance processes.
• Experience designing, developing or owning management reporting and financial reporting solutions.
• Experience supporting budget holders, Finance users and operational stakeholders through reporting and analysis.
• Experience participating in Finance transformation, ERP implementation or reporting system change programmes.
• Strong understanding of reporting controls, governance and data quality principles.
• Proven ability to engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to define reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Act as the programme Subject Matter Expert for Finance reporting and data consumption requirements.
• Define, document and validate reporting requirements across Finance and wider business functions.
• Represent reporting requirements within design workshops, conferences and solution walkthroughs.
• Make functional decisions relating to reporting structures, hierarchies, metadata and reporting outputs.
• Collaborate with AP, AR, GL, Treasury, Projects, Group Reporting, Regulatory Reporting and Data SMEs to ensure reporting requirements are addressed across end-to-end processes.
• Define and validate reporting catalogues, report inventories and reporting governance standards.
• Support the design and validation of management, operational and financial reporting outputs.
• Support creation and optimisation of statutory and regulatory reporting capabilities.
• Define reporting acceptance criteria and support SIT, UAT and business validation activities.
• Support data migration, reconciliation and validation activities affecting reporting outputs.
• Establish reporting controls, reconciliations and data quality checks.
• Support user training, reporting adoption and business readiness activities.
• Identify opportunities for reporting automation, simplification and standardisation.
• Ensure reporting solutions support future business growth and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Finance reporting

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Excel

Automation mindset

Data consumption

Attention to detail

Tools

Oracle Fusion

FCC

EPM reporting

Job description

Northern Powergrid is seeking a Reporting Accountant SME to deliver expert Finance reporting, data consumption and governance across the transformation programme. You will partner with Finance, IT and external partners to design reporting solutions and ensure timely, accurate outputs for governance and decision making.

You willsupport the implementation of Oracle Fusion, FCC and EPM reporting capabilities, addressing statutory, regulatory and operational needs while driving data quality and