Finance Systems Analyst

Elevation Accountancy & Finance are currently recruiting a Finance Systems Analyst for a large corporate firm in Sheffield. They are well respected and well known employer, investing well in their employees. This is a varied and challenging role with duties to include:

This is a new role within the Finance Systems Team and your main purpose will be to provide business analysis activities across the team.

Working in collaboration with IT Finance Matters, Service Delivery and Local Finance Teams, your focus will be primarily to deliver high calibre system analysis, support, help maintain live systems and ensuring business needs are met. They are looking for someone who enjoys working in a fluid and agile way, that can bring lots of ideas to the table, whilst also working in a process driven fashion.

Main duties and responsibilities will include: -

- Support system configuration and general system administration for Elite Enterprise and associated systems
- Support system testing and providing SME support during UAT for Elite Enterprise and associated systems
- Liaising with internal IT, IT Finance Matters and across all Finance Systems teams on the development of system integrations, enhancements and to overcome known problems
- Investigate incidents, problems, requests for support and determine the appropriate action to take
- Ensuring all tasks and procedures are carried out effectively and efficiently to agreed levels of service or specific requirements of Service or Operational level agreements
- Help maintain, update training documentation and provide training across all FST teams as required
- Supporting transition programme to the new ERP system through backfilling as required
- Document business requirements that can be translated into technical specifications to meet business needs
- Offer advice on process improvements, best practice and technical solutions to meet business needs
- Apply broad financial, systems to identify and resolve core problems
- Recommend which problems must be resolved, which can be mitigated through other activities or approaches, and which can be accepted

To be successful, you will possess the following skills and experiences:-

- Experience in a hybrid finance/Applications Analyst role within professional services or similar background
- Demonstrate project and change awareness, with some background in producing system test scripts and keeping documentation up to date
- Ability to pro-actively problem solve with a structured and logical approach
- Good IT/ Systems knowledge and some experience of SQL reporting
- Experience within a financial/ accounting environment and understand finance processes
- Good work ethic and can-do attitude/desire to get the job done
- Able to manage User expectations, be proactive in support and ability to work efficiently and effectively under pressure
- A genuine self-starter and able to quickly integrate into and add value to a team
- Able to work across teams as well build external relationships with IT and other compliance teams in the business

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a large, stable and successful business in an excellent convenient location for commuting and to secure a role which will offer both exposure to different things and new challenges in a busy accounting environment.

If you meet the criteria for this role, and are interested in being put forward please do not hesitate to apply or contact me to discuss.

Elevation Accountancy & Finance focuses on the recruitment of talented Accountancy and Finance professionals across all levels, from entry level trainees through to post qualified accountants.