Finance Systems Assurance Manager
- Recruiter
- Stanton House - Reading
- Location
- England, Hampshire, Basingstoke
- Salary
- £65000 - £75000 per annum + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits
- Posted
- 26 Jun 2017
- Closes
- 03 Jul 2017
- Ref
- 5691
- Contact
- Kate Chodak
- Job Title
- Finance Manager
- Category
- IT/ Telecoms
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Finance Systems Assurance Manager needed for FTSE250 business in Hampshire!
£65,000 - £75,000 + Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits
Stanton House is currently recruiting a Finance Systems Assurance Manager which is a newly created position in a new Finance organisation and operating model. The key purpose of the Finance Systems Manager includes being responsible for ensuring that process controls within the financial IT systems are operating effectively. The successful candidate will need to extract and analyse large volumes of financial and process data from the financial systems to highlight areas of financial risk and help focus an assurance testing strategy to understand whether these pose a key risk to the Group.
Key responsibilities:
- Ensure that the governance over financial IT systems is operating effectively
- Interrogate IT systems and data to highlight areas of risk based on information contained within the IT systems
- Responsible for reviewing changes to Finance IT processes and ensuring that the impact to financial controls has been considered by the process owners
- Design, develop and support the implementations of strong process, controls and process governance improvement initiatives in respect of the financial IT systems
- Ensure the appropriate assurance work takes place and is sufficient to cover all areas of finance IT systems risk
- Develop and monitor the KPIs and reports associated with Finance IT systems and ensuring any areas of risk are addressed
- Share best practice and communicate roles and achievements effectively to Finance and non-Finance stakeholders
Key requirements:
- University degree holder
- ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified accountant with demonstrable experience of managing Finance IT systems and ensuring they are governed appropriately. Excellent process, controls and systems understanding and application needed
- Previous experience in using data analytics to highlight control weaknesses, must be able to understand and describe typical issues surrounding the quality of data within business systems and how these can be resolved
- Knowledge of an ERP, e.g. SAP or Oracle
- Evidence of building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external customers and key business stakeholders
- Overall understanding of SAP systems, specifically the structure and organisation design of SAP
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to influence, be assertive and drive change.