Financial Systems Accountant

The finance systems accountant is responsible for managing / participating in finance systems projects, enhancements/fixes, ensuring systems reconcile and managing systems support. Finance systems include General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Fixed Assets Management, Travel and Expense Management and other integrated systems.

Key Responsibilities

Finance Systems Support

Manage finance systems incidents & requests through to resolution and closure
Investigate and resolve users queries on systems functionality to meet business needs
Liaise with Oracle PeopleSoft ERP support team in escalating and solving issues.
Perform reconciliations to maintain data integrity across systems.
Administer PeopleSoft Financials and related systems including change requests, data mapping, user access and security requests.
Prepare user training materials, plan training programs, and deliver user training
Maintain and improve process documentation

Business Analysis

Perform Requirements gathering, analysis, design

Identify systems functionality to meet business requirements

Perform functional testing

Participate and coordinate user acceptance testing, and coordinate implementation

Identify opportunities for process and systems enhancements

Prepare systems functional documentation and support procedures

Project Management

Plan and manage projects, and perform project tasks for global/regional initiatives as well as country-specific projects

Identify project stakeholders and manage communications with stakeholders

Monitor project progress and provide project updates to stakeholders

Manage project risks and issues, manage escalation of issues when necessary and work towards resolving issues

Accounts Receivable rollout and support

Work with Project team to support Accounts Receivables Target Operating Model roll out in Asia Pac

Assist with Conversion Financial Reconciliation at the GL / Subledger Level

Develop AR Accounting Process SME knowledge - in partnership with IT

Maintain / oversee GL Accounting mapping

GL Accounting Interface reconciliation controls

Open Item Data Mart integration and reconciliation oversight

**Requirements**:
**Qualifications**:
Accounting degree with experience in financial accounting and reporting

Experience

General

Experience in finance systems support is essential

Financial accounting and reporting work experience in financial services sector

Finance systems functional knowledge (Oracle PeopleSoft and/or other finance systems)

Experience in insurance industry is preferred but not essential

Experience leading and participating in finance systems projects as business analyst

Finance Systems

Performed Conversion Financial Reconciliation GL / Subledger Level

Understanding end to end Data / Transactional Flow

GL, AR, AP, AM Accounting Process knowledge

GL Accounting mapping maintenance /oversight

GL Accounting Interface Reconciliation Controls

Reconciliation across multiple systems

Ability to mine data / accounting via queries

Performed IT systems analysis, data mapping, data flow, process flow, MS Excel, SQL, BI reporting tools

Business Analysis

Managed finance systems requirements and solution design

Prepared functional testing plan and test scripts

Managed user testing cycles

Project management

Strong Finance and IT project management knowledge and skills

Experience managing multiple ERP implementation projects and workstreams

**Qualifications**:
**Requirements**:
Strong organisational skills

Achieves results in a fast-paced environment

Team player with a can-do attitude

High execution ability - self-disciplined, excellent time management and able to prioritise work and escalate issues when necessary to achieve desired outcomes

Attention to detail and hands-on

Demonstrated problem solving skills - Seeks to understand user requirements, analyses and investigates issues, identifies root cause, develops possible solutions and implements solutions

Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken