Finance Systems Manager

We are recruiting for a Finance Systems Manager to join our well-established team.

You will act as product owner and will be responsible for managing maintaining and enhancing the firms PMS currently Aderant to ensure optimal performance compliance and user experience.

This role is critical in supporting finance operations driving system improvements and leading technology upgrades. The successful candidate will work closely with Finance IT Legal Operations and external stakeholders to deliver robust solutions that align with the firms strategic objectives.

As the Finance Systems Manager you will be responsible for:

• Collaborate closely with the CFO and CIO to shape the strategic vision for the firms Practice Management System (PMS) ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Translate strategic goals into a detailed actionable roadmap that prioritises system enhancements integrations and process improvements.
• Take ownership of the delivery phase managing timelines resources and stakeholder expectations to ensure successful implementation of roadmap initiatives.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including Finance IT Risk and Legal Operations to drive seamless execution and adoption of PMS changes.
• Monitor progress against milestones proactively addressing risks and dependencies to maintain project momentum.
• Champion continuous improvement by gathering feedback analysing performance metrics and recommending future enhancements to maximize system efficiency and user experience.
• Take full responsibility for the administration configuration and optimisation of the firms PMS serving as a primary contact for stakeholders and working with the Finance Systems Analyst to resolve issues ensuring accuracy reliability and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Lead the day-to-day management of the firms PMS delegating tasks as appropriate to the Finance Systems Analyst such as user setup system configurations system/software updates and troubleshooting.
• Act as a point of escalation for the Finance Systems Analyst in troubleshooting and resolving system-related issues ensuring timely resolution and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Lead ongoing system upgrades patches and integrations coordinating with IT and external stakeholders to minimise disruption and maintain data integrity.

We are looking for:

• Minimum 5 years experience managing and maintaining financial systems in a professional services environment (law firm experience desirable).
• Proven expertise with Aderant (ideally Aderant Expert or Sierra) or similar systems (desirable).
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and legal finance operations.
• Proven track record of leading system implementations migrations or major upgrades including stakeholder management.
• Excellent project management communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strong understanding of data structures reporting tools and ensuring compliance with financial controls and audit requirements.
• Technical proficiency in SQL Excel and reporting tools (Power BI SSRS).
• Understanding of cloud-based finance systems and emerging technologies in automation.

Some of our benefits include:

• Salary circa 60000 per annum dependent upon experience.
• Earn up to 10% of your salary with our annual bonus scheme.
• Minimum of 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays per year increasing to 31 days with length of service with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday per year.
• Auto enrolled into the workplace pension scheme and well contribute a minimum of 6% of your salary.
• 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.
• Hybrid and flexible working with a minimum of 3 days in the office per week.

Find out more about working at Walker Morris here.

Company Values

Our shared values represent our culture and the things that are important to us. They define who we are as a Firm as an employer and what we expect of our people. They provide direction and purpose by influencing the decisions that we make and the actions that we take. Its really important that all candidates and employees demonstrate these values in their day-to-day activities:

• Embrace the fact everyone is different and unique.
• You can be serious without wearing a suit.
• Never lose sight of the bigger picture.
• Two heads are better than one.
• Take the bull by the horns.
• We win & lose together.

Walker Morris is committed to being an inclusive employer. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation gender identity and expression age neuro diversity or disability status family or parental status race religion or ethnicity.Click hereto find out more about our diversity and inclusion work.

If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process please dont hesitate to ask. We are aDisability Confident employer.