System Accountant - FP&A

JR United Kingdom; Ashford; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the foodservice sector is seeking a detail-oriented System Accountant to join their FP&A team in Ashford. The ideal candidate will have strong accounting qualifications and hands-on experience with financial systems like Workday Adaptive Insights. This hybrid role offers a competitive salary, a company car allowance, and excellent employee benefits including a pension and healthcare coverage.

Benefits

Company car allowance of £5,500

Pension scheme

Single private medical healthcare cover

Generous holiday allowance of 25 days

Discounts on Cinema tickets and shopping

Qualifications

• Fully qualified (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) accountant with relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience in FP&A activities.
• Strong communication with stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Manage financial planning and reporting systems.
• Collaborate with FP&A and accounting teams.
• Prepare and reconcile financial data between ERP systems and FP&A platforms.

Skills

Accounting Expertise

Excel Skills

Data Analysis

Financial Modelling

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Education

CIMA

ACCA

ACA

Tools

Workday Adaptive Insights

Oracle

SAP

NetSuite

VBA

SQL

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Client:

Brakes

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ashford district, United Kingdom

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Posted:

02.07.2025

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16.08.2025

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Job Description:

Job Description

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive System Accountant to join our FP&A team. The ideal candidate will have strong accounting expertise combined with hands-on experience supporting financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting systems. Experience with Workday Adaptive Insights or similar cloud-based FP&A platforms is highly desirable.

We are offering a hybrid working contract with most of your time spent working from home. However,you will be required to attend the office in Ashford, Kent once per week,so you must be comfortable and flexible with travel and commuting for project and team meetings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and maintain financial planning and reporting systems, ensuring data accuracy and integrity.
• Collaborate with FP&A and accounting teams to support budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis processes.
• Act as the primary administrator for Workday Adaptive Insights (or equivalent FP&A systems), including system configuration, user management, and troubleshooting.
• Prepare and reconcile financial data between ERP systems (e.g., Oracle, SAP, NetSuite) and FP&A platforms.
• Develop and automate financial and business insight through reports, dashboards, and data visualizations to support decision-making.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities by ensuring timely and accurate data flow between accounting and planning systems.
• Identify process improvements and automation opportunities within FP&A and accounting systems.
• Assist with training and supporting end-users of FP&A software.

About you:

You’ll be fully qualified, (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) currently operating as a Systems Accountant or Finance Business Partner ideally with experience in FP&A activity.

We are looking for someone who has the confidence to deal with stakeholders at all levels across the business ideally with hands-on experience with Workday Adaptive Insights or similar cloud-based FP&A software.

The role requires strong Excel skills and experience with data analysis and financial modelling, as well as excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work collaboratively across finance and IT teams.

Using your finance knowledge and experience you will provide a vital service and partner closely with the team on continuous system improvement, so you must be able to hold a strong conversation with sound analytical insight.

Experience integrating ERP systems with FP&A tools and knowledge of automation tools and scripting (e.g., VBA, SQL) is a plus.

What you’ll receive:

• A competitive salary
• Company car allowance of £5,500
• Pension scheme
• Single private medical healthcare cover
• Generous holiday allowance of 25 days, with option to purchase additional holidays + bank holidays
• Huge discounts on all sorts of lovely food and award-winning products through our staff shop
• Discounts on Cinema tickets, shopping and earn cashback on purchases through Sodexo.
• Recognition awards and Incentives
• Real career opportunities - being part of Sysco, the world’s leading foodservice business, opens up a world of possibility