Systems accountant

Summary: The role of Interim Systems Accountant involves overseeing the integration and management of a new financial management system within an organization. The position requires immediate availability for a minimum of 6 to 9 months, with responsibilities including data migration, user training, and ongoing support. The successful candidate will ensure the system aligns with organizational needs and report progress to senior leadership. This role is critical for enhancing financial processes and system efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Understanding the organisation's financial processes and requirements.
• Data cleansing and migration: Review and cleansing and transferring of the existing financial data into the new system, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Integration: Integrating the financial management system with other relevant systems. Implement required interfaces from and to the new finance system.
• Testing: Performing comprehensive testing to ensure the system functions correctly and meets all requirements.
• Documentation: Creating required documentation for reference and future training purposes.
• Configuration and customisation: Support the setup of the system to align with the organisation's chart of accounts, reporting structures, and workflow processes.
• User training: Conducting training sessions for staff members to familiarise them with the new system's functionalities.
• Post-implementation support: Providing ongoing support and troubleshooting assistance to users as they begin using the new system.
• Continuous improvement: Monitoring system performance and adjusting as necessary to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Reporting: Report to senior leadership team on progress.
• Reports: Review and provide standard system reports, as well as design and produce financial management enquiries, reports and dashboards in consultation with Directors, Financial Managers.

Key Skills:

• Experience in financial systems management and integration.
• Strong understanding of financial processes and data management.
• Proficiency in data cleansing and migration techniques.
• Ability to conduct comprehensive testing and documentation.
• Experience in user training and post-implementation support.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and reporting skills.

Salary (Rate): £400.00 Annual - Day

City: Edinburgh

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other