Finance Systems Accountant - Workday

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About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Finance Systems Accountant to join our Finance team. It is an exciting time to be joining as we transform the way our Finance team works. You will drive the development of HL's Workday-based Finance system (Workday Financials and Workday Adaptive Planning), improving the Finance team's ability to deliver high quality outputs as efficiently as possible, whilst ensuring the system is maintained and remains secure. HL has an ambitious agenda, and in this role you'll play a key role in ensuring HL fulfils its strategy.

What you'll be doing

• Serve as the functional subject matter expert for the Finance team's systems, identifying opportunities to improve the quality and effectiveness of finance systems workflows, reducing complexity and improving user experience.

• Define business requirements for finance systems, helping drive process improvements and covering technical requirements, configuration, testing, and documentation.

• Liaison with and supervision of external Workday support partners where necessary to deliver improvement.

• Ensure highest standards and adherence to security controls around data and system integrity evidencing effective operation of controls for internal and external audits.

• Keep abreast of new features across the Workday releases, utilising adoption planning, and managing the design and delivery of the systems improvement roadmap.

• Engaging and sharing knowledge with the wider finance team to raise its awareness of systems functionality to encourage wider and deeper use of the system.

About you

• Demonstrable understanding of finance operations and experience in finance data management and reporting. An accounting qualification will be supportive in your success within this role (ACA/CA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Working knowledge of Workday Financials functionality and/or Workday Adaptive Planning (WAP) is required
• Proven track record of using Workday to improve finance processes, overcoming complex challenges within Workday
• Organised with experience of working and delivering using best practice with an inherently collaborative style
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, confident in communicating systems issues
• Logical thinker with the ability to identify weaknesses in data and processes and create solutions.

Interview process

A competency based and technical interview. Candidates who progress to the second stage will be required to complete a knowledge-based assessment.

Working Schedule

We are looking for a Finance Systems Accountant to join our team, based in Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We offer a hybrid flexible working pattern to enable you the option of working from home and coming into the office.

Why us?

Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus* & annual pay review
• 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure time
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year at annual enrolment
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL's future
• Income Protection & Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patientcare
• Help@hand and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Gympass - gym memberships and wellbeing apps available
• Variety of travel to work schemes with free bike storage and shower facilities
• An inhouse barista serving subsidised coffee and snacks
• Join HL's sports, I&D networks and volunteering groups (two paid volunteering days per year)
• LifeWorks Discounts on services, restaurants and retailers

* dependant on role level

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates. #HLI

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