Systems Accountant

Systems Accountant - Bristol

Mewburn Ellis is the forward-looking IP firm. At Mewburn Ellis we work with organisations building the brands and technologies that will define tomorrow. We help them use their intellectual property to navigate that journey - to imagine, plan, nurture, protect and deliver their innovations to market. We are over 350 colleagues strong across five offices in Bristol, Cambridge, London, Manchester, and Munich.

The role

We are looking for a Systems Accountant to join our friendly Finance team in our Bristol office.

This will be reporting to the Finance Director and will work closely with the Financial Controller and billing teams. The main focus is to support the business with the implementation, administration and ongoing development of the finance and reporting systems. The goal is to ensure the business achieves maximum optimisation of the finance systems and that users are knowledgeable and effectively utilise the available functionality.

You will be the primary point of contact for most requests for system improvements and will need to work alongside other Finance Team members to ensure that all new developments are successfully implemented to meet the relevant deadlines.

In projects involving new finance software, you will play a key role in the design, testing, go-live, and documentation phases.

What’s in it for you?

We have an excellent benefits package which includes:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours
• 30 days leave (exc. Bank Holidays)
• Health scheme including Health Assurance
• Generous pension scheme, enhanced family leave
• Cycle to work scheme, interest-free season travel ticket loan
• Firmwide discretionary bonus scheme
• Paid day off for charitable endeavours
• Discount Voucher Scheme, Electric Car Scheme
• Workplace ISA, Medicash, Care concierge

Our successful growth story is down to our people. And we take the wellbeing of our people seriously offering a huge suite of initiatives to de-stress, engage and enthuse. We care about wider society too and the communities in which we operate, read about our Forward Community Programme to find out more about how we're giving back.

About you

With a solid accounting knowledge and experience of financial processes and systems, an accounting qualification would be helpful but not essential for the role. A fantastic relationship-builder, you will possess superb communication skills and the expertise and gravitas to build trust and confidence with the colleagues and stakeholders you support. You will be comfortable working with pace and always maintain accuracy, keen to learn and suggest new ways of working and improvement to our systems.

Your career is important to us, and we will invest in you to allow you to develop and grow. If you are excited by the prospect of this role and where a career with Mewburn Ellis could take you, we’d love to hear from you. Please send a CV to Victoria Moore, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist at recruitment@mewburn.com

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome a broad diversity of talent to apply.

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