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Finance Systems Analyst - Leicester - Spinneyside
Job Purpose
To lead the design, delivery & embedding of core financial processes and controls for the Low Cost Offer for a leading utilities business.
Job Description
Working as part of an agile & innovative team that is piloting a new way of working within this leading utilities business. The Finance Systems Analyst will primarily be responsible for scoping and delivering a set of finance processes, accounting procedures & financial controls.
With a combination of hands-on technical experience as well as strong stakeholder management skills, the individual will also play a crucial role in acting as the main conduit between the project and the wider Finance community.
Immediate responsibilities will involve;
- Carry out a full system & process review to understand existing capability and perform a gap analysis in order to determine a minimum viable product (MVP) for finance & accounting
- Define & document the functional & technical requirements for the F&A MVP, gaining stakeholder inputs and the necessary approvals on the requirements
- Collaborate with the MI & Data leads in the project in order understand & develop the data model, structured data feeds and standardised reporting
- Deliver the MVP requirements either through hands-on development of the reports, processes & controls or by working with existing Finance teams to leverage existing capability
- Design & deliver specific capability in the following key areas;
- Standard accounting inc Revenue, COGs, Debt, Margin, P&L reporting
- Cash matching processes, controls & reporting
- Unbilled revenue process inc simulation, estimation rules & reporting
- Tax & regulatory reporting (inc VAT & CCL system controls)
- General ledger framework and mappings (inc Trial Balance capability)
- Develop clear & robust documentation of the F&A deliverables so that controls & risk mitigation can be articulated to internal stakeholders and external auditors
- Prepare and facilitate a handover to a general accountant once capability has been delivered
Essential experience:
- General accounting in a corporate environment
- Delivery of new F&A processes & controls
- SQL reporting, data manipulation & analytics
Desired experience:
- Utilities finance experience
- SAP finance & accounting