Finance System Consultant (6-Month FTC)

This role will be responsible for the smooth running and end-delivery of all financial systems with strong project expertise. The role will manage system configuration changes, enhancements, and work closely with the wider Technology, Finance, and Transformation teams.

The finance systems environment is a hybrid environment of on-premise and cloud-hosted systems comprised of the following applications:

• On Premise: Aderant ERP (Time Recording, Billing, Accounting, GL), some integrations Intapp Matter Opening (managed by another team but integrated with Aderant)
• Cloud: Intapp Time (Mobile Time Recording), Chrome River (Expenses, Purchasing and Invoicing), Anaplan (FP&A, Budgeting, Forecasting and Planning), integrations with the firm's HR system (People Hub), BD system (Interaction), resource management system (Capacity), MDM (Profisee), Ayora (AI-based WIP Analysis and Proposal tool)

Key responsibilities include:

• Defining and driving the product vision and strategy for finance systems, focusing on delivering measurable value for the business and ensuring strategic alignment with business goals.
• Driving continuous improvement of the firm's financial systems, analytical and reporting capabilities, and proactively identifying opportunities for enhancements and improvements.
• Leading, optimising, and successfully delivering future integration of financial data.
• Engaging in multiple cross-departmental finance system projects.
• Requirement gathering through engagement with key stakeholders, workshops, and consultation to translate complex business processes and requirements into financial system changes.
• Inputting into the design, build, implement, and test of Finance Tech projects, including allocation of resources, development of UAT test plans and scripts, and driving the UAT process.
• Stakeholder management; working efficiently and effectively with other functions, acting as the 'bridge' between Finance, Transformation, and Technology teams.
• Management and oversight of key delivery partners including but not limited to Report Factory, Aderant, ODDR, Harbour, Intapp, Roox, Anaplan & Emburse.
• Supporting the wider Technology team with financial systems releases/upgrades.
• Ensuring smooth transition to BAU of any newly deployed solutions/modules.
• Supervision of month-end and year-end processes including triaging issues, reporting, reconciliations, analysis, and testing.
• Responding to help desk tickets (data requests including changes to data, reporting, backend data management).
• Ensuring access controls to the finance systems are in place and regular reviews are conducted.
• System maintenance including patching, software updates, and template updates.

Requirements:

• 8+ years' experience in Finance Systems (Aderant) gained in a large, international environment.
• Previous experience building-out/implementing/data migration with a financial/ERP solution.
• Familiarity with cross-product integrations.
• Experience managing hybrid environments consisting of on-premise and cloud-hosted applications.
• Experience of Microsoft Infrastructure stack.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Strong influencing and interpersonal skills.
• Advanced IT skills (e.g., writing macros in Excel, SQL, and Microsoft Power BI).
• Strong Project Management skills.
• Experience in managing a team.
• Degree educated with an accountancy qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) desirable.
• Organised, analytical, pragmatic, methodical, inquisitive, and curious.
• Flexible and adaptable - comfortable with ambiguity as the business grows and evolves.
• Personable and hands-on, driven and determined to succeed with a can-do attitude.
• A team player capable of solving complex issues independently.

The Mishcon de Reya Group is an independent, international professional services business with law at its heart, employing over 1400 people with over 650 lawyers. We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential.