Finance Systems Manager

Job title: Finance Systems Manager

Company: Centrica

Job description: You’ll lead the effective use of core systems across Finance, to do so, you’ll be a finance professional with extensive systems management experience. You’ll identify trends, lead improvements and work with stakeholders to understand their systems needs.

The role

• Triage and trouble-shoot Finance systems requests; signpost resources to encourage self-service; help Finance teams navigate change processes (DTS and GBS)
• Monitor and track Finance requests and incidents, identifying trends and root causes
• Develop plans for long term remediation of repeat issues, and work closely with Finance and other functional teams to deliver in an appropriate timeframe
• Partner with Finance teams to understand their system needs – whether pain points causing inefficiencies, or future needs due to changing business requirements
• Develop resources and deliver teach-ins to address knowledge gaps across Finance, including the evolution of a super user network, in conjunction with the wider Finance Systems team
• Collaborate cross-functionally to understand the pipeline of change, and assess the impacts on core Finance systems

The person

• Finance experience, with accounting qualification preferred (ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAS)
• Significant knowledge and hands on experience of SAP Finance modules
• Experience working in a large scale organisation, with diverse and complex processes
• Experience of a variety of Finance roles, preferably Super User capacity or similar
• Experience of driving best practice through continuous process improvement
• Collaborative approach to working within team, across organisational boundaries and with external suppliers
• Able to cope with ambiguity, and adaptable to changing priorities
• Customer-focused – able to understand the needs of Finance
• Problem-solver – ability to identify an issue from within the end to end process
• Strategic thinker, able to match systems design to long term finance strategy

Key behavioural competencies:

• Customer Focus
• Effectiveness
• Adaptability and Agility
• Positive disruption
• Change leadership
• Self development

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE by hitting the ‘Apply’ button.

Applications will ONLY be accepted via the ‘Apply’ button.

This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.

Expected salary:

Location: Windsor, ON

Job date: Sat, 09 Jan 2021 08:21:42 GMT