Finance Systems Accountant in Slough

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a finance systems accountant to work at a national, full-service law firm. Reporting into the CFO and IT Manager, the main purpose of this role will be to improve processes, drive optimisation of the platform and effect change.

Main day to day responsibilities will include:

• Acting as the subject matter expert for elite 3e and other finance systems.
• Utilising and championing the firm’s finance systems to solve challenges.
• Transforming the finance systems to support the firm’s growth.
• Driving continuous improvement and removing manual processes, embedding efficiency into tasks.
• Working collaboratively and being the link between finance, IT and external consultants.
• Ensuring that information is readily available to support improved decision making.
• Managing projects including the automation of reporting packs and management accounts.
• Supervising business intelligence design and improvements.
• Ensuring system integrity.

Main experience and skills required:

• Accounting qualification.
• Strong experience of working in a legal finance systems position.
• Proven experience of optimising practice management systems.
• Advanced knowledge of elite 3e.
• Strong analytical skills.

To be considered for this role, it is essential that you possess strong organisational skills and the ability to juggle a busy workload. You also need to be proactive and hardworking with a “can-do” approach.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a busy and innovative team in a challenging and rewarding role.