Group Systems Accountant
Group Systems Accountant
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Job Description
The Group Finance team is essential in consolidating financial information from various divisions and reporting to our Executive Management Team and Divisional Finance teams across the globe.
We handle everything from management reporting and annual reports to budgeting forecasting and investor information. Our goal is to provide accurate insightful data that drives strategic decisions and performance improvements.
As part of our Group Financial Reporting Systems (GFRS) team youll be at the heart of our financial data consolidation and reporting efforts. You will play a crucial role in supporting our business and Shared Service Centre (SSC) and ensuring smooth operations across our Group Financial Systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide Support and Training: Offer day-to-day assistance and training to system users to ensure they can effectively utilize our financial systems.
- Ensure Timely Reporting: Oversee the monthly collection and reporting of data meeting deadlines and maintaining high standards.
- Drive Performance Improvement: Use comprehensive data and analytical tools to help Group Finance and the wider business achieve strategic goals and enhance performance.
- Support System Integration: Assist with Group Consolidation reporting and system integration ensuring robust and accurate data management.
- Enhance Data Architecture: Maintain and manage data architecture to ensure reliable management information and a single source of truth.
- Champion Change: Contribute to developing change control processes and support frameworks to align with internal and external standards.
- Develop SAP-FC: Help in specifying and refining SAP Financial Consolidation (SAP-FC) and reporting tools including data model changes and user acceptance testing.
- Produce Reports: Support the generation and delivery of reports to FP&A divisional accounting teams and Group stakeholders according to schedules.
- Foster Continuous Improvement: Challenge existing processes and drive constant enhancements to our group processes.
- Become a Subject Matter Expert: Develop deep expertise in consolidation and analytics.
Qualifications :
- Systems Accounting experience preferred
- Experience with SAP FC would be very useful however application training will be provided.
- Prior experience with other financial systems considered; ideally within an EPM tool such as SAP HANA TM1 SAP BPC HFM OneStream Tagetik
- Systems analyst skills and a solid understanding of database design and structures
- Practical experience in financial reporting & accounting principles
- Comfortable with large complex sets of data
- Analytical approach to problem-solving with the ability to absorb and summarise complex information
- IT confident with experience of several systems i.e. advanced user of MS Excel SAP report writing tools Oracle MS PowerBI
- Candidates with experience in a financial / GL system would also be advantageous
- Experienced with working with stakeholders at varied business levels
- Proactive self-management behaviours and values
- Confident and articulate communicator both written and verbal
Additional Information :
We work hard to make sure Life at Informa is rewarding supportive and enjoyable for everyone. Heres some of what you can expect when you join us. But dont just take our word for it see what our colleagues have to say at
Our benefits include;
- Freedom & flexibility: colleagues rate us highly for the flexibility and trust they receive and most of us balance time in the office with time working remotely
- Great community: a welcoming culture with in-person and online social events our fantastic Walk the World charity day and active diversity and inclusion networks
- Broader impact: take up to four days per year to volunteer with charity match funding available too.
- Career opportunity: the opportunity to develop your career with bespoke training and learning mentoring platforms and on-demand access to thousands of courses on LinkedIn Learning. When its time for the next step we encourage and support internal job moves.
- Time out: 25 days annual leave rising to 27 days after two years plus a birthday leave day and the chance to work from (almost!) anywhere for up to four weeks a year
- A flexible range of personal benefits to choose from plus company funded private medical cover
- A ShareMatch scheme that allows you to become an Informa shareholder with free matching shares
- Strong wellbeing support through EAP assistance mental health first aiders a healthy living subsidy access to health apps and more
- Recognition for great work with global awards and kudos programmes
- As an international company the chance to collaborate with teams around the world
Were not solely focused on a checklist of skills. We champion energy and ambition and look for colleagues who will roll their sleeves up join in and help make things happen. If it sounds like a match and you have most although not all of the skills and experience listed we welcome your application.
At Informa youll find inclusive experiences and environments where all perspectives and backgrounds are welcomed. As part of this approach and our diversity and inclusion commitments we are also formally an Equal Opportunities Employer. This means we base decisions on relevant qualifications and merit and do not discriminate on the basis of key characteristics and statuses including all of those protected by law.
Ask us or see our website for full information.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
