Finance Manager - Finance Systems
Posted 2 days ago by HAYS
Negotiable
Inside
Remote
Birmingham, UK
Summary: The role of Finance Manager - Finance Systems Support involves overseeing the Oracle Fusion Finance systems support team within a large local authority undergoing IT transformation. This interim position, lasting six months, requires management of a team of 14, including three direct reports, with a focus on finance systems support and user assistance. The role is primarily remote, with occasional on-site meetings.
Key Responsibilities:
- Monitoring absence
- Setting and review of Appraisal objectives for permanent staff
- Staff welfare
- End user support for Oracle users for P2P, S2C, GL and PBCS modules
- Security and access for Finance modules with Oracle including role allocation and working within Oracle Risk Mgt Cloud
- Control checks within Finance - including period end and ledger lock, monthly AP & AR reconciliations to GL
- Testing of Oracle quarterly updates
- Continuing development of live service remediation
- Daily BACS and DD runs
- Integration/feeder file upload to Oracle including correction for S2C, P2P and GL
- Budget monitoring and forecasting for the team's cost centre
- Statistical analysis of the key functions of the team and reporting this to management
Key Skills:
- Experience in a management role ideally in systems
- Qualified or QBE with relevant experience
- Strong knowledge of Oracle Fusion
- Experience in local government (ideally)
- Systems Accounting experience
- Finance business partnering experience (useful but not essential)
Salary (Rate): £550.00 Daily
City: Birmingham
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Finance
Finance Manager - Finance Systems Support Team - Interim role for 6 months - mainly remote
Your new company
A large local authority who are currently going through IT transformation are looking for an interim Finance Manager - Finance Business Systems Support.
Your new role
As interim Finance Manager - Finance Business Systems Support, you will be responsible for the oversight of the Oracle Fusion Finance systems support team. The team is 14 strong and will include the management of 3 direct reports.
Team management duties will include: -
- Monitoring absence
- Setting and review of Appraisal objectives for permanent staff
- Staff welfare
Oversees the finance systems support areas including: -
- end user support for Oracle users for P2P, S2C, GL and PBCS modules
- security and access for Finance modules with Oracle including role allocation and working within Oracle Risk Mgt Cloud
- control checks within Finance - including period end and ledger lock, monthly AP & AR reconciliations to GL
- testing of Oracle quarterly updates
- continuing development of live service remediation
- daily BACS and DD runs
- integration/feeder file upload to Oracle including correction for S2C, P2P and GL
Other duties
- Budget monitoring and forecasting for the team's cost centre
- Statistical analysis of the key functions of the team and reporting this to management
What you'll need to succeed
You will need experience of working in a management role ideally in systems
You will need to be ideally qualified but QBE will be considering with relevant experience
Strong knowledge of Oracle Fusion
Ideally experience in local government
Systems Accounting experience
Finance business partnering experience could be useful as well but with the systems experience
What you'll get in return
There is a great day rate on offer at between £500-550 p/day
Mainly remote working, but there are meetings approximately every 8 weeks on site
6 month contract
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