Finance Systems Accountant Walsall, England
Job description
!About the opportunity
The Finance Systems Administration Team Member is a new role in our Finance Team, based at our Customer Service Centre in Walsall.
Assisting the Finance System Accountant with maintaining the integrity of the Oracle Finance solution for both Poundland and the Group.
You will become a ‘Super User’ of the Oracle Finance solution and a key member of the team which owns the set-up and maintenance of Finance Master Data. And acts as counsel and an enabler for change improvement opportunities associated with the Oracle Finance solution.
This role comes with the ability to study a relevant qualification through our Apprenticeship programme.
What you'll be doing...
The role offers the opportunity to become a subject matter expert in the area of the Oracle Finance solution. To become a 'super user' you will:
- Set-up and maintenance of the Finance ‘master data’ and business configurations in Oracle Financials. This will include maintaining the GL Mappings and codes, managing foreign exchange rates, accounting calendars and tax codes. The scope of the role covers both Poundland and Group Oracle instances.
- Work with Group colleagues to support financial reporting and budgeting system requirements
- Act as a super user across the Oracle Finance Solution and being a ‘point of contact’ for users across the business.
- Data file mapping and processing.
- On a day to day basis ensuring the integrity of data within Oracle (including interfaces) and having an overview of month end data processes within the Oracle environment.
- Identify users who will require access to the system and work with IT to facilitate this access.
- Assist with the maintenance of the role matrix for user access, ensuring all necessary authorisations are in place and ensuring adequate segregation of duties.
- Support any analysis required to optimise the set-up of business rules
- Involvement in the review of the Software release notes and providing insights to the business on how each of the Quarterly Oracle regular releases will impact both Poundland Group companies and Group entities. Feed into the process for making recommendations on how and when the Oracle releases should be implemented to deliver maximum benefits.
- Assist with the testing of the Oracle releases at time of implementation
What you'll need...
- Ideally part-qualified ACCA or CIMA
- Ability to apply financial reporting knowledge to practical scenarios
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Immaculate attention to detail
- Good organisational skills, drive and commitment
- Oracle Finance SaaS, Oracle EPM SaaS and/or Oracle Merchandising SaaS are highly advantageous
- Retail environment experience an advantage
What we can offer...
- Competitive salary and potential to earn bonus and Pension
- Free on-site car park and onsite coffee lounge
- Discount Card – 10% discount on most purchases in store including PEP&CO
- Family Friendly Benefits
- Loyal Service Awards
- My Staff Shop – exclusive discount portal
- Apprenticeships & Career Development
- Life Assurance Cover
- Health & Wellbeing – employee assistance programme to support you
- Holiday Allowance – increasing by one day per year (up to 33 days), and ability to purchase additional holiday
About us...
You have come to the right place if you want to be part of our success story and have a bright future.
It all started in Burton-upon-Trent in 1990 with our first store. We now have over 900 stores and around 18,500 talented colleagues in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, offering each and every one of our seven million wonderful customers every day amazing value.
We offer thousands of quality products in-store with over 1,000 well-known brands. The majority are just £1, but as a multi price retailer, customers can enjoy competitively priced products from fresh, frozen and ambient food to health and beauty, gardening, clothing, and so much more.
Retail Week nominated us as Value Discounter of the Year in 2019, reflecting our team’s relentless focus on offering customers simplicity and amazing value.
In 2011 Dealz was born. The first stores opened in Blanchardstown and Portlaoise in Ireland. We continue to trade and have expanded rapidly in Ireland, Spain and Poland. Customers enjoy our winning formula of great value top brands and our extensive range, including many local products. We are incredibly proud to have been recognised as one of the Top 100 companies to work for in Ireland in 2022.
Our incredibly popular fashion brand PEP&CO is available in over 500 stores. It offers great value fashion for the whole family. It was nominated in the 2019 Retail Week Awards as Private Label of The Year.
The 2020 acquisition of Fultons, the north of England frozen food retailer, is another key part of our transformation programme, bringing our customers broader ranges and more choice. In 2022, we purchased the online discount retail business, Poundshop.com. The acquisition is another step in the transformation of Poundland and will provide the infrastructure to power a national roll-out of our ecommerce operation.
We have recently opened seven brand new stores, including our large format stores and revamped 55 stores. We are also expanding our fresh range to another 30 stores over the coming months. Our continued success is driven by offering our customers high-quality products at ultra-low prices each and every day.
If this sounds like you and you can make a real difference, apply today
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Bonus scheme
- Performance bonus
Experience:
- Accounting: 1 year (preferred)
- Oracle: 1 year (preferred)
- financial reporting and budgeting: 1 year (preferred)
- IT Systems: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
