Systems Accountant

Gravitas Group; Walsall; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Hybrid working

LGPS or SHPS

Healthcare Cash Plan

Cycle to work

Job summary

Gravitas Group, in partnership with a Birmingham-based Housing Association, is seeking a Systems Accountant to lead transformation and automation of financial systems. The role carries hybrid working with clear delivery expectations and a focus on digitising processes.

You will drive system upgrades, liaise with IT and finance, and champion process improvement across the finance function.

Qualifications

• Part qualified or qualified with ACCA/CIMA/ACA or QBE accepted.
• Experience in Social Housing Finance.
• Experience with Sun Systems or OpenAccounts.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver the three-year transformation plan for financial systems.
• Act as the link between IT and finance systems issues and enhancements.
• Collaborate with finance team to review processes for efficiency.
• Improve system integration across finance and other systems.
• Develop robotic automation processes to improve efficiencies.
• Develop system solutions to harmonise and automate processes.
• Build relationships across the business to support projects.
• Ensure projects run on timetable and escalate issues.
• Liaise with software providers on upgrades and enhancements.
• Provide user training and guidance across finance systems.
• Provide system administration for Finance systems.

Education

ACCA / CIMA / ACA or QBE

Tools

Sun Systems

OpenAccounts

Job description

SYSTEMS ACCOUNTANT

FLEXIBLE HYBRID WORKING

BIRMINGHAM OR STOKE

£50,000 - £60,000

PLUS, EXCELLENT BENEFITS

I’m delighted to be partnered exclusively, with a leading Housing Association in the Birmingham area. My client is looking to hire a Systems Accountant, to join the Finance team and lead on the transformation and automation projects. Key responsibilities for this requirement are to maintain systems and provide systems administration, support the wider business and ensure transformation project are aligned with the Finance systems.

RESONSIBILITIES

• lead and deliver the three-year transformation plan for financial systems, this may include full systems upgrade or implementation of new system.
• Act as the key link between IT colleagues and all significant financial systems issues and enhancement requests.
• Collaborate with finance team colleagues to undertake process reviews with a view to improving efficiency through enhanced use of appropriate software solution.
• Improve system integration and interfaces across finance and other systems.
• Research and develop robotic automation processes to improve efficiencies.
• Contribute to developing system solutions to harmonise, improve and automate processes.
• Build relationships across the business to enable projects to work smoothly and effectively.
• Ensure projects run in line with the timetable any issues are escalated to the relevant project board.
• Liaise with software providers to assess the benefits of upgrades or product enhancements that could improve the functionality and help the finance goal of digitising more of its processes.
• Provide user support and training creating user friendly guidance across all finance business systems.
• Provide system administration for Finance systems.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE

• Part qualified or qualified with a recognised UK Accountancy qualification ACCA / CIMA / ACA, or QBE will be considered.
• Experience in working in a Social Housing Finance function.
• Experience in working with Sun Systems or OpenAccounts

FOR THIS YOU WILL RECEIVE A COMPETATIVE SALARY OF UP TO £60,000 BASE, PLUS EXCELLENT BENEFITS WHICH INCLUDE

• 27 days annual leave plus public holidays, including three extra days leave over the Christmas break.
• Agile hybrid working - days in office a week.
• Either the Local Government Pension Scheme or the Social Housing Pension Scheme
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Cycle to work scheme.