Systems Accountant (3E)

ASHURST BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Health and wellbeing benefits

Gym membership

Discounted corporate health plans

Career advancement

Job summary

Ashurst Perkins Coie is seeking a Systems Accountant in London to provide specialist finance systems and accounting support focused on Elite 3E. You will bridge Finance, Finance Systems and Technology to ensure Elite 3E is configured correctly and used to support accurate reporting and day-to-day accounting.

You will own configuration, coordinate testing, support month-end close, and contribute to process improvements.

Qualifications

• Strong accounting/finance background with solid financial controls.
• Hands-on experience with Elite 3E within professional services or similar environment.
• Experience supporting finance systems including configuration, accounting set-up and testing.
• Strong understanding of the relation between financial transactions, system configuration and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Act as Finance SME for Elite 3E and first point of contact for system queries.
• Manage and support Elite 3E configuration and accounting set-up, including GL maintenance.
• Partner with Finance stakeholders to translate requirements into system solutions.
• Investigate and resolve financial, data and system issues; coordinate with internal teams and vendors as needed.
• Support month-end and year-end processes and reconciliations; assist with audits.
• Lead testing, validation and implementation of system enhancements and upgrades.

Skills

Elite 3E experience

Financial controls

Accounting processes

Tools

Elite 3E

Job description

At Ashurst Perkins Coie, we're helping shape the future economy. With a global team of more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices, we partner with leading organisations to solve complex challenges across a diverse range of industries, with a distinct strength in technology, energy & infrastructure, and financial services. Our people work on market-leading matters that drive innovation, growth, and transformation around the world.For Ashurst Perkins Coie, innovation is our tradition.

What makes Ashurst Perkins Coie a great place to work?

• Flexible work options
• Health and wellbeing benefits, gym membership, and discounted corporate health plans
• Career advancement - client secondment opportunities, global opportunities, and award-winning Learning & Development programs

The Opportunity:

The Systems Accountant will provide specialist finance systems and accounting support to the Finance team, with a particular focus on Elite 3E. The role will act as the link between Finance, Finance Systems and Technology, ensuring that the 3E system is configured, maintained, and used effectively to support accurate financial reporting and day-to-day accounting operations.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Acting as the Finance SME for Elite 3E, providing expert support and guidance to Finance, Finance Systems and Technology teams, acting as first point of contact for system queries to build in-house expertise.
• Managing and supporting Elite 3E configuration and accounting set-up, including general ledger maintenance, ensuring changes are appropriately designed, tested, controlled and implemented.
• Partnering with Finance stakeholders to translate accounting and reporting requirements into effective system solutions.
• Investigating and resolving system, data and accounting issues,including ledger imbalances, working with internal teams and external vendors as required.
• Supporting financial control activities, including reconciliations, issue resolution and system-related month-end and year-end processes.
• Supporting the annual audit and wider reporting needs by extracting and providing financial data
• Leading and supporting testing, validation and implementation of system enhancements, upgrades and configuration changes.
• Ensuring the integrity, accuracy and reliability of financial data, reporting and system processes, with a focus on strong general ledger governance.
• Maintaining documentation, governance and audit trails relating to system configuration, changes and accounting processes.
• Identifying and delivering opportunities for process improvement, automation, enhanced controls and data quality across Finance systems.
• Contributing to Finance transformation initiatives and the ongoing optimisation of Elite 3E and related finance applications.

This is a permanent role based in our London office with hybrid working.

More information can be found in the job description attached to the role on our careers site: Careers | Ashurst Perkins Coie

About you:

• Strong accounting or finance background, with a sound understanding of financial controls, accounting processes and general ledger structures.
• Hands-on experience with Elite 3E, ideally within a legal or professional services environment.
• Experience supporting finance systems, including configuration, accounting set-up and testing.
• Strong understanding of the relationship between financial transactions, system configuration, reporting and downstream processes.
• Proven ability to investigate, analyse and resolve financial, data and system issues.
• Strong reconciliation, analytical and problem-solving skills, with a high level of attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both finance stakeholders and technical teams, translating business requirements into practical system solutions.

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