Systems Accountant

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About Us

Highways England are responsible for operating, maintaining and improving England's motorways and major A roads. Over recent years, investment in our highways has increased, this has led to advances in technology, such as smart motorways; enabling traffic to flow better. However, even more is yet to be done. Considering that a third of all traffic, two thirds of heavy goods vehicles, and 98% of UK businesses rely on them, and you can see why our roads, and what we do, matters so much.

It's an exciting time to begin a career with Highways England as we invest £11 billion in our motorways and A Roads boosting capacity, tackling congestion and improving safety which is why we're so grateful to our c 4,500 employees around the country. At the same time, we'll improve how we work. That means we will be able to; plan roadworks better to minimise disruption; clear incidents more quickly; and save more than £1 billion by working more efficiently. When you work with us, you're helping to connect communities, sustain business and support the economy.

The Role

Highways England wish to recruit a Systems Accountant to work with the new Cloud-Based Oracle Fusion Suite, this is a permanent role based in Birmingham. We are looking for someone who will drive this new innovative software platform to meet the needs of our Business Users in Finance and Procurement. There will be a requirement to keep on top of the brief of new changes which are regularly announced and to collaborate with the Business and manage a team of Module Subject Matter Experts to enable these to be successfully delivered

Day to Day

* Seek to continually improve the core financial system processes, system controls and system performance in accordance with business requirements

* Lead the maintenance and update of the Fusion ERP suite, co-ordinate these activities between functional system experts and business process owners

* Develop and enhance contacts outside of Highways England to identify how other organisations manage their systems, share lessons and information and implement changes to incorporate best practise

* Work to the Specialist Technical Architect with responsibility for the Fusion Service and the respective leads for elements of the ERP solution within the business

* Communicate to the wider business any issues relating to the status of data integrity, the position regarding standing data and progress with period ends.

About you

* Relevant accounting qualification or equivalent work experience

* Demonstrable knowledge and practical experience of ERP systems

* Business Process Engineering knowledge and experience.

* Demonstrable practical experience of reconciliation processes between Sub-Ledgers

* Demonstrable practical experience of working in a Finance environment

Applying

So we can really get to know you and what you can offer please include a CV with your application. You're also encouraged to include a covering note explaining how you're a great match for us: so please tell us how your skills, experience and qualifications meet both the role, and Highways England, requirements.

All candidates will be required to provide valid proof of Right to Work in the UK and ID at interview.

We're expecting this role to be popular, so we may need to close the advert early if response is strong so to avoid disappointment, please apply as soon as possible.