Finance Systems Accounting Analyst

As a Finance Systems Accounting Analyst at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

Main Roles & Responsibilities:

• Be the main point of contact for users of Finance systems including daily operations, administration and related issues

• Liaise with internal IT and third-party service providers as required

• Manage system access permissions in line with control rules and ensure the segregation of duties

• Identify process improvement opportunities and enhancements to controls

• Liaise with all relevant stakeholders, both within Finance and the wider business, to deliver key projects

• Drive and/or support system upgrades and implementations by:

• Supporting the development of business cases and project plans

• Completing system testing and UAT

• Documenting processes and procedures

• Providing training to end users as required

• Ensure data consistency and integrity across systems interfacing with Finance to maintain accuracy of reporting

• Design and develop reports to enhance stakeholder decision making

• Prepare ad-hoc reports and analyses as required

Desired Experience, Skills and Education:

• 2+ years experience working within a Finance department and frequent use of a finance ERP (previous experience of Accounts IQ and SAP Concur desired but not essential)

• Experience required demonstrating an understanding of ledger accounts, debits and credits at the transactional level

• Proactive individual with evidence of driving continuous improvements across processes and systems

• Excellent communication skills with ability to interpret and present data clearly; comfort presenting output to relevant stakeholders

• Strong analytical and numerical skills and comfort manipulating large datasets

• High level of computer literacy, including database and spreadsheet tools; proficient user of MS Excel

• Ability to manage time, meet deadlines and prioritise

• Team orientated as well as ability to work independently

Desired but not Essential:

• Experience implementing system upgrades and enhancements

• Experience of successfully integrating finance systems with other in-house systems, e.g. Salesforce

• Experience managing and working with third-party service providers

• Part-qualified accountant

• The ideal candidate will be results-driven, self-motivated and take the initiative in identifying relevant opportunities to improve operational efficiency and reporting.

About us

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!