Systems Accountant

Key Responsibilities

• BC Maintenance: Act as the super-user for Microsoft Business Central, managing chart of accounts (COA) mapping, dimensions, and user permissions.
• Integrity Management: Perform regular system reconciliations to ensure the sub-ledgers align perfectly with the General Ledger.
• Process Optimisation: Continuously audit current finance workflows to eliminate manual workarounds and "Excel-heavy" processes.
• Troubleshooting: Serve as the first point of contact within finance for system issues, collaborating with our IT team and external consultants for complex resolutions

• Reporting Architecture: Maintain data structure in Business Central so it aligns to the wider Finance reporting architecture that allows the Finance team and wider business to access real-time data without manual manipulation.
• Single Source of Truth: Work with the Data team to ensure financial data flowing into the warehouse is clean, structured, and "analysis-ready.“

• User Training: Create "How-To" documentation and lead training sessions to upskill the wider finance team on system best practices.
• Scaling Support: Ensure that as we add new legal entities or business lines, the system architecture is robust enough to handle the volume without manual intervention.

Experience and Qualifications

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified
• Experience in a Systems Accountant role
• Experience in using PowerBI  / Microsoft Fabric an advantage
• Experience in using SQL / PySpark beneficial 
• Strong Excel skills
• Driven to improve processes and clarity of outputs
• Strong communicator and able to engage with key internal and external stakeholders at multiple organisational levels

Salary and Benefits