Practice Accountant

4 weeks ago

Chester Cheshire, United Kingdom Hays Full time

Hays Senior Finance are working with a rapidly growing business who are about to start implementing SAP across their various entities in the UK and abroad. As part of this process they are looking to recruit an experienced Systems Accountant who has both experience and interest in SAP projects. This is a permanent role as there will always be ongoing upgrades, systems maintenance and process improvement work across their various businesses. This role will work closely with Finance, IT and other business functions to develop robust financial processes with a particular emphasis on developing, implementing and maintaining a strong control framework within a multinational environment which meets both external and internal functional and reporting requirements.
Key functions of the role include process documentation following Group Finance policies and the ERP technical requirements, effectively reporting and communicating these to Group Finance and other stakeholders, transforming the legacy data into import packages, testing the solutions and providing guidance on potential enhancements. This role will play a critical integration function between the Technology and the Finance teams and guaranteeing the implementation consistency along the different project phases.Strong experience in ERP Implementations is essential as is experience with Tier 2 SaaS products. This role is UK based but occasional travel will be required to other overseas sites. The company supports hybrid working.
Proactively support the system configuration, deployment and data migration for the SAP implementation project
Work with the Group Financial Controller and Project Finance Lead to help ensure that the SAP implementation is successfully achieved, with policies that are consistently across departments
Engage with members of the Finance team and other departments, to ensure that business requirements are fully understood and documented, and that processes and systems are configured to meet them
Ensure any local legal reporting requirements are efficiently addressed in both the SAP system and any supporting systems, as necessary
Partner with IT team to ensure timely roll out of the systems through training and testing into go live launch phases
Deliver internal support and training to the financial teams before, during and after the different go-live phases
Academic Background and Experience
Solid understanding of ERP systems, from a financial perspective, and regarding the integration between the operational transactions and the financial records.
Good knowledge and understanding of accounting principles and core financial statements (Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow Statement).
Strong experience of working within a strong financial controls environment with the ability to influence policy in this area.
Experience working with different Accounting Standards (for example IFRS) and jurisdictions (UK GAAP, US GAAP, France, or any other localisation)
Strong skills on financial and analytical reporting design and delivery
Proven experience of financial data preparation and migration as required in the implementation of an ERP.
Accounting qualification preferred.
Experience of working as part of an ERP project delivery team.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a growing and dynamic business with multiple entities across the world. Flexible working options available.
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