Finance Systems Manager

Weightmans is a Top 45 law firm with offices throughout the UK. Having been recognised as the leading legal employer at the annual Britain's Top Employers awards and achieved record rankings in Chambers UK 2017, we are immensely proud of the work we carry out for our clients and the culture we provide to our people.

Our Information Systems team is made up of many teams that work together to support Weightmans' information systems and infrastructure. The teams include: development; operations; project services; and support.

The Finance Systems Manager will lead the Finance Systems team in delivering fit for purpose financial systems and providing high quality support across the firm.

Our ideal candidate must have a strong working knowledge of Elite 3E (or similar Financial Systems). You should also have excellent analytical and financial skills with good attention to detail. You must also have proven stakeholder management experience and be able to work under pressure.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage the Finance Systems team

• Administer, provide operational support and develop the Finance Systems application suite

• Manage and resolve queries, incidents and service requests, escalating where appropriate

• Partner with IS and Finance Departments to offer support, advice, guidance and training to promote effective use of finance systems

• Provide regular follow-up updates to customer end users in accordance with specified support policies and procedures

• Understand system integration and data flow of financial, client and matter information between systems including; Mattersphere, 3E, Intapp Time

• Assist with maintaining data integrity

• Assist with balancing and month/year end procedures

• Maintain user access on financial systems

• Participate in the installation of new software systems and support the wider firm in the implementation of new systems

• Participate in firm projects

• Assist with testing and implementation of solutions

• Data extraction, manipulation and insertion as required

• Develop reporting solutions utilising SQL, 3E, Data Warehouse, Excel

• Assist with troubleshooting performance issues on the database

• Drive significant process and control improvements across the firm

• Attend training on new and existing systems

This list is not intended to be exhaustive and you will have other duties and responsibilities that fall within the remit of this role.

Essential

• Proven experience in a leadership role, organising and structuring business processes and teamwork

• Strong experience in engaging with senior stakeholders to deliver business and systems change initiatives

• Open minded and keen to learn new technologies and skills

• Resilient, looking for a challenge and keen on career development

• Ability to identify customer needs and translate them into technical solutions

• Ability to communicate and present ideas across all areas of the organisation

• Ability to anticipate problems, identify risk, evaluate impact and produce appropriate solutions, or escalate as necessary

• Methodical approach to work with strong focus on accuracy, attention to detail, consistency and quality

• Flexibility regarding working hours

• Excellent communication, time management and organisation skills

• Ability to multi-task and prioritise

• Ability to work to strict deadlines and targets

• Positive attitude and good team player

• Ability to work as part of a team and under own initiative

• Experience of service methodologies such as ITIL

• Skill and experience in sharing knowledge and expertise

• Strong knowledge of Elite 3E (front/back end) functionality and operations

• Strong analytical and problem solving skills

• Strong understanding of finance

• Experience of producing and maintaining appropriate documentation across the solution development lifecycle

• Knowledge and experience with T-SQL

• Experience troubleshooting technical problems in a complex environment

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience with Elite Design Gallery

• Knowledge and experience with Intapp Time

• Knowledge of relational database technologies

• Knowledge of systems automation

Please note:

• Any reference to experience or PQE in our adverts or job descriptions is to be used as a guideline only. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and with different levels of experience who can demonstrate that they fulfil the requirements of the role.

• The successful candidate appointed to this role will be subject to our standard background checking process, and any offer of employment made is conditional upon successful completion of those checks. Further details can be obtained from the Recruitment team.