Finance Systems Accountant (D365)
A quick look at the role
As the Biffa Financial Systems Accountant, you will form a vital part of the Business support team for our brand-new ERP (D365 F&O), You’ll bring a curious and a continuous learning mindset allowing for professional development particularly in areas such as cloud technologies, data, analytics, and finance best practice.Your key responsibilities will include system maintenance, coordinating Period End closure activities, leading on the troubleshooting of system issues, managing in application system configuration changes, and supporting the IT Configuration team on wider integration impacting configurations and upgrade activities through testing and quality assurance.
Your core responsibilities- Functional expert with relevant experience in the following Modules (Finance, Projects, P2P S2C, Fixed Assets/Leases), you will help define the new processes and evolve finance ways of working whilst keeping up to date on industry best practices.
- Partner with the BI analytics team and lead on the maintenance of master data and rollout of the agreed Data Governance requirements across the systems user base.
- Deliver the day-to-day operation and maintenance of finance systems in line with Finance Support Service Design and supporting the processing and control of month end activities.
- Troubleshoot system Functional issues, identify root causes, and implement and advise on solutions in a timely manner in line with the service catalogue and SLAs.
- Conduct user testing and quality assurance activities as part of upgrades and deployment of new functionality.
- Collaborate with both IT and Configuration teams to help resolve technical issues and optimise system performance and functionality.
- Support the implementation of new systems within Finance or upgrades to existing systems.
- Maintain documentation of system configurations, customisations, processes, and training materials for future reference and knowledge sharing.
- Keep up to date with future Microsoft releases to identify new features to aid with continuous improvement and carryout solution validation activities for any new Patches/upgrades.
- Function as a lead resource on financial systems reporting support, including creating, maintaining, and enhancing in System D365 reports as wells supporting on any reconciliation/validation of published PowerBI workbooks.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations (formerly known as Dynamics AX, with some experience across ALL Finance modules (including Fixed Assets, Projects & Leases)
- Knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform (Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate) for extending and integrating with D365 F&O
- Familiarity with related technologies such as SQL Server, Azure, and Microsoft Office 365 is also desirable
- Possess a strong aptitude for accounting principles, finance processes, data management and with relevant exposure to data migration, system integration, financial or performance reporting and testing
- Knowledge of large company ERP systems coupled with change management / continuous improvement with an ability to apply criterial thinking to troubleshoot technical issues and recommend solutions.
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