Employer: Fusion Recruitment Limited Salary: £90,000 – £100,000 per annum Date Added: 17/01/2024
I am currently recruiting an Aderant Finance Systems Manager for an International law firm located in Central London.
Sitting in their Finance Transformation & Systems team you will be responsible for the management and maintenance of my client’s Aderant system, covering all related issues and new development roll-outs with a focus on Accounting, Reporting and Planning. You will be the subject matter expert in Aderant. Although your initial focus will be Aderant, overtime your remit could include a wider business systems.
Duties and Responsibilities
Aderant systems administration, implementation and enhancement; possessing the ability to advise key stakeholders on configuration and enhancement options.
Supporting all Aderant system developments and its future road map; managing systems releases / upgrades / customisations and integrations.
Take ownership of, understand and challenge all user accounting, reporting and planning requirements. Build and implement robust reporting templates to satisfy these requirements using SQL and/or other appropriate tools.
Translate complex business processes and requirements into financial system changes and enhancements to improve business efficiency and the quality of finance outputs.
Manage multiple cross-departmental system improvement projects, including conducting complex business requirement documentation, project status presentation to the steering committee and the coordination of cross-departmental input to keep projects on track.
Stakeholder management; working efficiently and effectively with other functions e.g., acting as the ‘bridge’ between Finance teams and IT teams. Explaining the reasoning behind your decision making to financial and non-financial colleagues.
Proactively identify opportunities in systemisation to meet business needs and improve overall finance and business process efficiency.
Providing day to day Aderant systems support for all users.
System administration for the Group, including data security, user security and entity structure development and maintenance. Ensure access controls are in place and regular reviews are conducted and relevant documentations are up to date.
Skills and Experience
Degree educated, an accountancy qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) would be advantageous. A solid understanding of key accounting principles is essential.
3 + years’ experience as an Aderant Systems Administrator / Consultant gained in a large, international environment. You will be an Aderant subject matter expert.
Building-out / implementing Aderant, including report writing (SQL).
Excellent communication and presentation skills. Able to interpret and explain technical concepts to non-technical colleagues. Strong influencing and interpersonal skills.
Advanced IT skills i.e., writing macros in Excel. SQL and Microsoft Power-Suite (Power BI, Power-Apps, Flow, etc.).
SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) would be advantageous.
Strong Project Management skills.
Hybrid working: The team are normally in the office 2 or 3 days per week, dependant on business
