Finance Systems Lead

Location: Hertfordshire

Company Industry: Food & Beverage

Job Title:

Head of Finance Systems

Location:

London - 4 days per week in the office

Employment Type:

Full-time Salary:
Up To £80,000 depending on experience

Key Responsibilities
* Take responsibility for the development and optimisation of the Finance systems landscape, with Net Suite as the core ERP.
* Maintain a clear Finance Systems & Data roadmap in partnership with the Interim Data Analytics & Systems Director and Finance Director.
* Build and maintain reliable Finance reporting tables, data models and controlled SQL-based logic.
* Reduce reliance on repeated Net Suite exports, large Excel models and manually maintained reporting.
* Identify and automate manual and repetitive Finance processes across transaction processing, reconciliations, reporting and close-related activities.
* Build automated exception reporting to identify differences, missing data and unexpected transactions.
* Support faster and more controlled month-end and year-end processes.
* Use SQL, APIs, data pipelines and other appropriate tools to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy.
* Work with Finance and IT to strengthen governance around Finance systems, master data, user access and permissions.
* Support the integrity of key structures including the chart of accounts, entities, suppliers, customers, locations, departments and reporting dimensions.
* Establish clear requirements, testing and user acceptance processes for material system and data changes.
* Maintain appropriate documentation, audit trails and version control across systems, integrations and reporting logic.
* Act as the principal systems and data partner to the Finance Director and wider Finance team.
* Work closely with Accounting, FP&A, Operations, Supply Chain, IT and Data & Analytics. Requirements
* Strong experience across Finance systems, Finance technology, financial data or a closely related discipline.
* Deep understanding of how operational transactions become accounting entries, financial statements and management reporting.
* Strong ERP experience, ideally with Net Suite, or comparable platforms such as Oracle, Workday or SAP.
* Experience across Finance processes including AP, AR, payments, payroll, procurement, treasury, FP&A and reporting.
* Strong SQL capability, with the ability to independently query, validate and reconcile financial data.
* Working knowledge of Power BI or similar BI tools.
* Experience with APIs, integrations, data pipelines and modern data architecture.
* Experience automating manual Finance or accounting processes and improving reconciliations and transaction-to-GL flows.