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Job description

To lead the financial data preparation, reconciliation and migration activities associated with the implementation of the organisation's new Finance and Procurement ERP system. The postholder will ensure the integrity of financial data transferred into the new system, support the redesign of accounting structures and processes, and provide technical accounting expertise throughout testing, go-live and post-implementation activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the cleansing, validation and preparation of finance and procurement data for migration.
• Review and rationalise master data including suppliers, customers, cost centres, nominal codes and projects.
• Develop and maintain data migration templates and mapping documents.
• Coordinate data extraction, transformation and loading activities with implementation partners.
• Ensure migrated data is complete, accurate and fully reconciled.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Flexible to meet the needs of the service
• Ability to travel occasionally to Inspire locations and supplier meetings as required.
• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) or finalist or part qualified AND suitably qualified by relevant experience.
• Significant experience of finance systems implementation, upgrade or optimisation projects, including working with ERP or finance management systems and supporting organisational change.
• Experience of financial data migration, validation and reconciliation, with the ability to interrogate, analyse and manipulate large datasets to ensure data quality and integrity.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including financial controls, balance sheet reconciliations, fixed asset accounting and financial reporting requirements.
• Experience of chart of accounts design, review or maintenance, with the ability to support process improvement and ensure financial structures meet reporting and operational needs.
• Experience supporting system testing activities, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect management and validation of system outputs.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including the use of lookups, reconciliation techniques, data analysis tools and complex data manipulation.
• Excellent analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills, with strong attention to detail, the ability to challenge and improve existing processes, and a sound understanding of finance governance and internal controls.