Process and Systems Accountant

Your new company
Hays is currently working in partnership with a well-established organisation who offer a diverse range of services to their clients. This company has gone through a period of transition and a recent systems implementation across multiple business units, and is now looking to improve the functionality across the business. This is a newly created role that will have autonomy over the improvement and delivery of systems and processes across the finance function.

Your new role
Reporting directly to the CFO, you will be responsible for analysing, improving, and redesigning business processes with a strong focus on financial integrity, control, and efficiency. This role will be key to driving finance transformation, ensuring robust governance, and aligning processes with strategic and financial objectives. Specifically, you will be responsible for:

• Analysing existing business processes across finance and operations, documenting areas of improvement and financial impact
• Mapping the existing workflows and identifying areas of inefficiency, control gaps and risk
• Designing improved processes with strong financial controls embedded
• Drive automation and standardisation of processes across transactional finances
• Improve reporting accuracy, month-end reporting cycles and working capital processes
• Ensure all processes comply with necessary accounting standards
• Strengthen internal controls and audit readiness in conjunction with internal and external auditors
• Act as a Business Partner to Finance, Operations, IT and other senior leadership
• Translate finance and business needs into process and system solutions
• Support with development and training on new processes and tools
• Work with the MIS team to develop reporting dashboards to help monitor performance
• Help define KPI's related to efficiency, cost and financial accuracy

This is a full-time role, working 37 hours per week, between Monday and Friday. The exact working pattern can be flexible depending on the individual, but the role will be based on site full-time.

What you'll need to succeed
You will:

• Be a fully qualified accountant
• Have strong technical understanding of reporting, controls and reconciliations
• Have experience of improving financial processes and/or systems
• Have experience using ERP systems and ideally have advanced Excel and PowerBI skills
• Possess excellent communication skills to articulate complex financial solutions to stakeholders
• Have a keen eye for detail and be able to present clear process documentation
• Have strong problem-solving skills

What you'll get in return
You will receive a competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), enhanced pension, parental and sickness leave.

What you need to do now

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