Systems Accountant

Contract: 6 month fixed term contract

Location: Norwich (Hybrid Working Available)

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000

We're recruiting for a Systems Accountant position with a highly respected organisation undertaking significant finance transformation activity. This is a unique opportunity for an experienced finance professional to combine technical accounting expertise with systems development, reporting enhancement and process optimisation.

Working closely with senior finance leadership, you'll play a key role in improving management reporting, enhancing financial processes and helping to shape the future of the finance function through better use of technology and data.

The Role

This is a varied and highly visible position that will see you:

• Lead reviews of management accounting and reporting processes
• Develop and enhance financial reporting solutions and dashboards
• Drive process improvements across finance systems and workflows
• Support finance transformation and system development initiatives
• Act as the key link between Finance and IT teams
• Analyse complex financial data and provide meaningful insights
• Improve controls, reporting accuracy and data integrity
• Identify opportunities for automation and increased efficiency
• Provide support and guidance on finance systems and reporting tools

About You

To be successful, you'll be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong technical accounting knowledge and a genuine interest in finance systems and data.

You'll also bring:

• Experience preparing or reviewing management accounts
• Strong systems aptitude and experience working with ERP systems
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with large datasets
• Experience developing reports and dashboards, ideally using Power BI
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• A proactive approach to process improvement and change

Experience of system implementations, finance transformation projects or grant-funded environments would be advantageous but is not essential.

This role would suit a qualified accountant who enjoys looking beyond the numbers and wants to play a key role in improving systems, reporting and business processes within a complex organisation.

For further information, please contact James on 01603 851840 or you can email james@keelerrecruitment.co.uk