Finance Systems and Data Specialist in East Grinstead

Your mission: This role has arisen due to the planned retirement of the current Projects & Systems Accountant and the concurrent transformation of the finance function. The business is in the process of replacing SAP ByDesign with Microsoft Business Central and implementing a best-in-class FP&A solution, significantly increasing the importance of finance systems, data integrity, automation and insight. Rather than a like-for-like replacement, this role has been redesigned to reflect the future needs of the business. The Finance Systems & Data Specialist will play a critical role in delivering the systems implementation, embedding automation and reporting, and ensuring that high-quality financial and operational data is analysed and translated into actionable commercial insight to support decision-making, growth and scalability.

Your profile: Our ideal candidate will be a technically strong finance professional who is equally comfortable working with systems and data, and who can interpret and explain financial information to support better commercial decisions across the business. Ideally, they will have:

• A strong finance background (qualified or qualified by experience) with a solid understanding of core accounting principles
• Hands-on experience working with ERP systems (e.g. Business Central, SAP, NetSuite or similar)
• Proven ability to work with financial data, reporting structures and dashboards, ideally using Power BI or similar tools
• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to interpret data and communicate clear, actionable insight to non-finance stakeholders

Why us? About Faversham House: Faversham House is a multi-award winning, progressive, and independent media company with 70+ staff based in East Grinstead, West Sussex. Our modern head office is located less than an hour from London, reflecting a buzzing, growing and dynamic business against the backdrop of inspiring surroundings. The offices have undergone a major refurbishment to reflect a modern working environment focused on collaboration and able to cope with hybrid working. Additionally, Faversham House is proud to be a B Corp, demonstrating our commitment to social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. What’s more, we have one of the most collaborative working environments within the industry.

We have a hybrid working model including both home and office working, dependent on team requirements, job role and responsibilities. Our product offering includes digital and in-person paid and free conferences, awards, exhibitions and bespoke digital and in-person events in addition to our publishing activities. We are increasingly focused on audience generated revenues, powerful data analytics and providing our industries with the tools they need to succeed. We are trusted by thousands of B2B professionals to deliver high-quality insight for better business decision making through our diverse portfolio of digital information and insight, and digital and in-person exhibitions, conferences, and events. We operate in two key markets creating powerful connections and providing persuasive marketing solutions: Utilities (water, gas and electricity) and Sustainability (businesses and organisations who want to be resource efficient and socially and environmentally responsible).

Our purpose and values: We are a purpose driven business and we aim to live our purpose and values in all we do. Our purpose is to spark ideas and actions making positive change happen. Our values are:

• Ambitious: Be brave and achieve great things
• Creative: Think differently and try something new
• Caring: Love what you do and do what’s right

We are an equal opportunities employer who value people as individuals with diverse opinions, cultures, lifestyles and circumstances. We are committed to equality and fairness of opportunity and to providing a service and following practices which are free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. The goal is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

If you’ve read through the job description and think you align with the role, we’d love to hear from you. Remember to take a look at our Inside Faversham House page too, so you understand more about who we are and what we do before applying.