Finance Systems Analyst x 2 - Bristol

Job Introduction

DAC Beachcroft is looking to appoint 2 Finance Systems Analysts to join their Finance team in Bristol.

Reporting to the Finance Systems Manager, you will be responsible for triaging defects and configuration queries and requests and actioning updates to configuration and defect remediation to maintain integrity of the Finance System (3E) and the proprietary systems.  You will also be responsible for supplementing the BI analyst team with reporting development and delivery across the firm as well as supporting the Systems Accountant with month end closedown, balancing, reconciliation and reporting.

Role Responsibility

Responsibilities will include

Reporting:

• Gathering reporting specifications from the business, identifying priority, core requirements, fields and timeframes
• Designing and developing finance reports based on requirements, following the agreed design, test and deployment process
• Remediating any defects that arise on existing reporting

System Account support:

• Supporting the Systems Accountant in actioning the month end process
• Actioning access requests including Xcelerate administration and prior period access
• Supporting systems accountant in reporting and auditing

Configuration, Defects and Testing:

• Responsible for the logging, investigation and remediation of defects that are raised relating to 3E and proprietary systems
• Following configuration process to apply, test and promote signed off configuration requests
• Supporting the testing of new software, system upgrades, IT infrastructure changes that impact finance
• Responsible for the migration and validation of bulk updates relating to firm structure changes and new acquisitions.

Ensuring key administrative tasks are performed in a timely manner, these include (but not limited) to:

• Timeload error resolution
• Set up, maintenance and review of client rates in 3E and linked databases
• Triage of queries received into the team

It is envisaged that the role will have active relationships with (but not limited to):

• Other members of the Finance Systems team including the Systems Accountant, BI Analysts and System Analysts
• Finance teams, especially Finance Operations
• IT Teams, including Business Solutions, Service Desk and MI Team
• Other Business Services teams including PG&R
• Practice Management and Operation Management

The Ideal Candidate

• Knowledge of Elite/3E beneficial but not necessary
• Client (internal and external) focused to deliver a high standard of service
• Must be highly organised with the ability to effectively manage a constantly changing workload under pressure, meeting demanding processing targets and adhering to service standards
• Able to work unsupervised and on own initiative with a pro-active and flexible approach
• High attention to detail along with excellent communication and numeracy skills
• A good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages especially Excel and Word

About the Company

We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual' rankings.

Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.

Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.

Application Details

At DAC Beachcroft, we don’t just accept your differences we celebrate them.  From bespoke solutions for our clients, to treating you like an individual.  Our strength comes from your diverse ideas and bringing the whole you to work. So if you’re good at what you do, come as you are.  We welcome direct applications and are happy to talk flexible working.

We also want you to be at your very best.  Please feel free to let us know of any changes we can make at any point in the recruitment process that will help support your application.  If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV.  Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.

Note for Recruitment Agencies – the DAC Beachcroft recruitment team is responsible for managing all current vacancies through direct hiring and referrals wherever possible.  We do work with recruitment agencies and where we require external support we will formally release those vacancies to the agencies on our Preferred Supplier List deemed best placed to assist us.  Speculative CVs sent by any agency to any DAC Beachcroft employee without a specific request by the recruitment team will not be accepted and with no introduction fee applicable.  Our recruitment team can be contacted at recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com

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