Head of Accounting Technology

Head of Accounting Technology
Initial 6 Month Day Rate Contract
Varying Hybrid Working Model
London EC2Y (near Moorgate Tube)
681.03 per day

Deerfoot Recruitment is assisting a leading international banking group in the search for a Head of Accounting Technology. This is a senior leadership opportunity for an experienced technology manager to lead a team supporting and enhancing accounting and general ledger platforms across EMEA the Americas and Asia.

The Head of Accounting Technology will manage a team of 1020 onshore and offshore technologists overseeing the support enhancement and change management of critical accounting systems. This includes general ledger financial reporting revenue accounting procuretopay expense management cash management and fixed asset management platforms. The successful candidate will ensure robust governance compliance and operational excellence while driving continuous improvement and digital transformation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary technology team supporting accounting and general ledger platforms.

• Oversee BAU support change management and project delivery for accounting technologies.

• Ensure adherence to SDLC QA and internal change standards across all releases and enhancements.

• Shape the functional and technical design of accounting platforms to meet business and regulatory requirements.

• Maintain a secure and compliant environment supporting audits and demonstrating strong governance and controls.

• Collaborate with Finance IT business planning and project teams to deliver highquality solutions and seamless transitions into production.

• Manage vendor relationships to drive service quality agility and costeffectiveness.

• Support financial and regulatory reporting disaster recovery planning and annual firedrill scenarios.

• Promote a dynamic innovative and inclusive team culture.

About You:

• Proven experience managing technology teams in a large global financial services environment.

• Strong understanding of accounting functions general ledger financial reporting and related platforms (e.g. Oracle Fusion Financials MS SQL Server SSRS).

• Expertise in project delivery change management and SDLC best practices.

• Technical proficiency in database languages (SQL PL/SQL) ETL middleware and scheduling tools.

• Excellent understanding of accounting principles (double entry trial balance P&L GAAP/IFRS asset management project costing revenue accounting).

• Experience with cloudbased technology and digital transformation strategies (SaaS/PaaS/IaaS).

• Strong leadership stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Degree educated; full or partqualified accounting qualifications preferred.

If you are a strategic leader with deep technical expertise in accounting technology and a passion for driving operational excellence Deerfoot would like to hear from you.

Day Rate: This is a day rate contract Inside IR35 paying up to 681.03 per day (this is amount paid to your nominated Umbrella company).

Varying Hybrid Working: Due to office refurbishments the current expectation is 2 days onsite per week for the next 34 months this may however increase once work is completed up to five days per week and candidates should be prepared for this. However if you do opt for temptoperm at the end of the contract as a permanent employee you will be expected to commit to 3 days onsite per week.

Apply now to be considered for this senior leadership opportunity.

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