Systems Accountant (3E)

ASHURST BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Health and wellbeing benefits

Gym membership

Discounted corporate health plans

Career advancement opportunities

Global opportunities

Learning & Development programs

Job summary

Ashurst Perkins Coie is seeking a Systems Accountant to support the Finance team, focusing on Elite 3E configuration, reporting, and day-to-day accounting operations. You will liaise between Finance, Finance Systems and Technology to ensure accurate financial data and robust controls.

Based in our Glasgow office with hybrid working, you will play a key role in process improvements, system testing, audits, and embedding governance across Elite 3E and related applications.

Qualifications

• Strong accounting/finance background and financial controls.
• Hands-on experience with Elite 3E in a professional services environment.
• Experience supporting finance systems configuration, accounting setup and testing.
• Understanding the link between transactions, system setup, reporting and downstream processes.

Responsibilities

• Act as Finance SME for Elite 3E, providing expert support and guidance.
• Manage Elite 3E configuration and accounting setup including general ledger maintenance.
• Translate accounting requirements into effective system solutions with Finance stakeholders.
• Investigate and resolve financial, data and system issues with internal and external teams.
• Support month-end and year-end processes and reconciliations.
• Assist with audits and broader reporting by extracting financial data.
• Lead testing and implementation of system enhancements and upgrades.
• Maintain governance and audit trails for system configurations.

Skills

Strong accounting background

Elite 3E experience

Attention to detail

Stakeholder communication

Analytical problem-solving

Financial controls

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 onElite 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.

• 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 Glasgow 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.