Finance Systems Manager

This leading international disputes specialist law firm within has a requirement for a Finance Systems Manager with Aderant and reporting writing experience to lead the next stage of the firm's financial transformations.

In line with the firm's rapid growth plans, they have recently implemented the Aderant practice management system and require a Finance Systems Manager to head up, improve and maintain the financial systems.

Full time - 2/3 days office based per week (dependent on bust time, ie, month/year end, etc), standard hours are 9:30am to 5:30pm

Salary up to £100,000 on a permanent basis + excellent benefits

Offices located close to City Thameslink and Blackfriars

Reporting into the Finance Director and working within their well-established finance department and wider business and practice groups, this opportunity would likely to suit a Finance Systems Analyst or Manager who has a particular interest in financial systems. The Finance Systems Manage will maintain the functionalist and security within Aderant Expert and Power BI as well as key support for Intapp Open integrations, iTimekeep and Chrome River.

Finance Systems Manager responsibilities include:

• Providing technical and analytical support in maintaining the firm’s financial systems, applications and data flows.
• Be an Aderant champion and communicate the system configuration with various levels within the Firm to demonstrate Aderant functionality and capabilities.  
• Provide general troubleshooting, programming, configuration, and support of all financial system applications. Create tickets and troubleshoot with 3rd party vendors and internal IT personnel.
• Provide assistance with system solution design for implementing software application upgrades by translating business requirements into system configurations.
• Lead on system testing processes to ensure changes in code do not negatively impact current functionality.
• Develop, implement, and maintain all statistical reporting and analytical metrics housed on the Power BI platform and associated applications.
• Interact with users to create custom reports and update dashboards on Aderant and Power BI.
• Propose, document, and help implement new processes to improve efficiency of department and the broader business.
• Facilitate month and year end system close processes as well as daily administrative tasks.
• Monitor daily system balancing reports and resolve any discrepancies.

Finance Systems Manager requirements include:

• Current technical experience in a law firm operating Aderant
• Addition working knowledge of Chrome River, iTimekeep and Intapp
• Degree educated AND / OR ACCA/CIMA qualified
• Advanced SQL, Power BI and Microsoft SSRS report writing skills, strong excel skills.
• Motivated, excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to work under pressure and to tight deadlines