At a Glance
- Tasks: Take ownership of finance systems, driving improvements and supporting users across the organisation.
- Company: Dynamic company offering a collaborative environment and innovative finance solutions.
- Benefits: Up to £55,000 salary, hybrid working, 25 days holiday (rising to 30), and health plan.
- Other info: Great opportunity for career growth and influence in a supportive team.
- Why this job: Combine your finance expertise with SQL skills to make a real impact on finance processes.
- Qualifications: Experience with finance systems and strong MS SQL skills required.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 55000 £ per year.
London (Hybrid - 2 Days Office / 3 Days Remote)
Up to £55,000 + Excellent Benefits + 25 days (Rising to 30) + 7.5% Pension + Health Plan
Are you a Systems Accountant or Finance Systems professional with strong MS SQL skills and a solid understanding of finance processes? We are recruiting for a Systems Accountant to take ownership of key finance systems, supporting users across the business whilst driving process improvements, automation and reporting enhancements. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys combining finance systems expertise with hands-on SQL development and problem-solving.
Working closely with Finance, IT and operational stakeholders, you will play a key role in maintaining, supporting and improving the organisation's finance systems, ensuring they remain efficient, reliable and fit for purpose.
The Role
As the Finance Systems lead, you will act as the primary point of contact for finance systems across the organisation, supporting users, maintaining system integrity and delivering improvements that enhance reporting, controls and operational efficiency. You will take ownership of the Purchase Order system, support month-end and reporting processes, manage user access and workflows, and work directly with system data to automate and improve finance processes. A key aspect of the role involves working with MS SQL Server. You will be expected to troubleshoot, modify and maintain existing SQL stored procedures, views and scripts and, where required, create new stored procedures from scratch to support business requirements and process automation.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the primary support contact for finance systems users across the organisation.
- Maintain, administer and continuously improve finance systems.
- Manage and support the Purchase Order (PO) system, workflows and approval hierarchies.
- Investigate and resolve finance systems issues and user queries.
- Manage user profiles, permissions and system administration.
- Support finance system upgrades, testing, enhancements and implementations.
- Develop and maintain finance reporting, reconciliations and data analysis.
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls and automation.
- Maintain system documentation, user guides and training materials.
- Work closely with Finance, IT and business stakeholders to deliver system improvements.
SQL & Automation Responsibilities
- Write, modify and troubleshoot SQL queries, stored procedures and views.
- Maintain and improve existing SQL processes and integrations.
- Develop new stored procedures where required to support business processes.
- Support automation of month-end, reporting and reconciliation activities.
- Perform data extraction, transformation and validation activities.
- Optimise existing SQL queries and troubleshoot performance issues.
- Support data integrity and reporting accuracy across finance systems.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have experience supporting finance or ERP systems and be comfortable working directly with SQL Server and finance data.
Experience and Qualifications
- Experience supporting, administering or improving finance or ERP systems.
- Strong MS SQL Server experience.
- Experience writing SQL queries and modifying existing stored procedures.
- Ability to troubleshoot SQL issues and create new stored procedures where required.
- Experience working with system data, reporting and process automation.
- Knowledge of finance processes including General Ledger, month-end close, journals, reconciliations and reporting.
- Experience supporting Purchase Order systems and approval workflows.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience of data migration, data validation and maintaining data integrity.
Desirable Experience
- Part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or qualified by experience.
- Experience with Deltek Vision or Deltek Vantagepoint.
- Project accounting experience.
- Experience supporting project profitability reporting, forecasting and project performance reporting.
What's on Offer
- Salary circa £55,000.
- Hybrid working - 2 days per week in the London office.
- Excellent benefits package.
- Opportunity to take ownership of key finance systems.
- Exposure to systems development, automation and finance operations.
- A collaborative environment with genuine opportunity to influence processes and improvements.
Systems Accountant / Financial Systems Co-Ordinator in London employer: Vitae Financial Recruitment
Join a dynamic and innovative team as a Systems Accountant in London, where you will enjoy a hybrid working model that promotes work-life balance. With an excellent benefits package, including 25 days of annual leave rising to 30, a generous pension scheme, and a health plan, this role offers not just a job but a pathway for professional growth and development. The collaborative work culture encourages you to take ownership of key finance systems while driving meaningful improvements and automation, making it an ideal environment for those looking to make a significant impact.
Contact Details:
Vitae Financial Recruitment Recruitment Team
