EPM Application Lead

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We're actively looking for people to join our teams, and we're committed in protecting your health and wellbeing during every step of our recruitment process.

If you're successful in securing a role with us you'll find we'll be doing things a little bit differently and it may mean you'll initially join our team by working from home.

During this time we'll work with you to make sure you have the tools and equipment you need and that you feel part of our outstanding DLG team!

What we're looking for:

We are looking for someone to lead on change and support for the FCCS application. If you have strong functional knowledge of FCCS and have worked in either a support role or have been involved in a full Lifecycle implementation, then this may be of interest.

FCCS has recently been implemented within Finance, supporting IFRS4 and Solvency II reporting. It will undergo significant change in support of IFRS17 as part of our wider finance transformation programme in the near future.

You will work closely with the external reporting team within finance ensuring we improve use and enable timely, accurate external financial reporting. You will support, continually change, coordinate and maintain the application within the team.

We are open to location with 1 day a week travel to our Bromley Office, South East London!

Who you'll be working with:

Sitting within the Finance Business Application team. The team is responsible for the support and configuration of the key financial platforms (Oracle Cloud ERP and EPM, TM1 and Experian Payment Gateway).

Finance Business Applications provides first and second line support for these systems, including integrity of interfaces, user access and operation of key controls. They are also responsible for driving system improvements and provide configuration, development, process and technical SME and change delivery expertise.

What you'll be doing.

Acts as the main point of contact across the business for FCCS resolving all issue such as data feeds, data mappings using data management

Translate end user requirements into a solution design and build

Execute changes to the application in line with requests received from the business.

Preparation of monthly close cycle including master data preparation, task management and integrity reconciliation between FCCS and the ERP GL

Manage and execute all related metadata requests via our master data management tool into FCCS and ensure any issues are promptly dealt with

Development and ongoing maintenance of all FCCS functionality including journal reports, task flows, support of SmartView reports.

Provision of end user training on an ad hoc basis to members of the FCCS user community, either for new joiners or when new functionality is released

Ongoing research and work with the vendor (Oracle) regarding issues with the product, future roadmaps and how this can be best adopted within the business.

Maintain excellent relationships with key stakeholders including the functional external reporting team ensuring the application usage is continually embedded and use of FCCS is maximised

What we'll give you

Come join us and you'll find yourself in the middle of one of the most on-the-go teams in the business, with autonomy and exposure to industry leaders on huge household brand names. We're always encouraging internal development and you'll have access to loads of learning opportunities, events and conferences to build your industry knowledge.

Our application process has been designed to make joining us as smooth a transition as possible, it not only provides us with the information we need to decide whether you're the right person for the job, but also to make sure we're right for you. The process may be different dependent on the role you are applying for.

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