Job Description
Job Title: Senior Finance Systems & Data Accountant
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Park
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 26th June
This is a high-impact opportunity within Group Finance’s Finance Systems team at Alderley Park. You will manage and evolve the Group Finance Reconciliation and Cash Matching suite of products, helping to streamline end-to-end finance system processes across accounting, transactional and banking processes, driving automation to ensure a smooth flow of data through our architecture. You’ll provide first-line support to users, contribute to projects across Royal London, and help us meet regulatory and internal reporting needs.
About the role
End-to-end ownership and management of the Group Finance AutoRek Reconciliation tool, ensuring it remains fit for all regulatory and internal reporting.
Support with the definition and implementation of Group Finance strategy for Royal London’s Autorek application and wider adoption of automated processes and data delivery.
Lead on strategic implementation, continuous process improvements and system optimisation.
Support the definition and implementation of an appropriate governance framework to ensure system and data integrity.
Lead continuous process improvements and system optimisation to enhance controls, effectiveness and efficiency across Group Finance.
Manage the range of day-to-day user enquiries, supporting the resolution and identifying where improvements can be made.
Be the lead point of contact to the Finance Systems and Operations teams’ senior management in regular reporting on the performance of the Reconciliation tool, and proposing, agreeing and updating on the delivery of the continuous improvement strategy.
About you
A qualified accountant with strong background within reconciliations and controls environments and the governance requirements around those processes.
Strong experience managing Reconciliation software with a preference being AutoRek.
Hands-on experience in SQL and Database Management.
Clear communicator able to engage business and technical stakeholders, and senior management; experience in business-facing roles and translating requirements into technical solutions.
Experience of Microsoft Power Apps, with strong data visualisation skills.
Experience with change control processes and SDLC (Waterfall/Agile); mindset of continuous improvement with strong problem-solving skills.
Experience of implementing AI solutions would be a plus.
Positive, collaborative, team focused mindset.
About Royal London
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve. We’ve always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits
Inclusion, diversity and belonging
We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Royal London is a purpose-driven mutual. Our Purpose, ‘Protecting today, investing in tomorrow. Together we are mutually responsible’, defines the impact we want to have. It shapes what we do on behalf of our members and customers, financial advisers, our colleagues and the communities in which we operate. Our People Promise is our collective commitment that our workplace will be inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling where all colleagues can thrive and experience a sense of belonging. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
Our inclusive values and people promise are core to who we are and how we work. It’s good for our people, and good for our customers too, because with an inclusive workplace and a diverse workforce we will reflect our members, customers and communities to deliver the best outcomes.
We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across our organisation. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected– whatever their background.
Workplace Initiatives
Program for parents returning to work after Parental Leave? |
No |
Leadership development programmes? |
Yes |
Mentoring programmes? |
Yes |
Coaching programmes? |
Yes |
Employee-led diversity networks? |
Yes |
Internal women’s networking groups? |
Yes |
Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? |
Yes |
No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: |
26 weeks (followed by 13 weeks half pay) |
Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: |
Open to all regardless of length of service |
No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: |
4 weeks |
Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: |
Open to all regardless of length of service |
Gender pay gap reporting information 2022: |
|
Mean pay gap: |
35.3% |
Median pay gap: |
33.9% |
Mean bonus gap: |
70.4% |
Median bonus gap: |
48.5% |
Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? |
Yes |
Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? |
Yes |
Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? |
No |
Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? |
No |
Graduate Programmes
We have a number of graduate programmes designed to deliver technical experts and future leaders.
Royal London Career Confidence programme
Our hybrid programme focuses on equipping you to feel empowered in your career and supported to explore new opportunities as they arise.
Apprenticeships
We offer a wide range of Apprenticeships that are targeted at both new joiners and existing colleagues.
Inclusion
We promote an inclusive culture at Royal London and have a range of inclusion networks for our colleagues to get involved with.
Our Women's Network is a community that celebrates and supports its members, helps everyone to learn more and inspires all of us to aim higher. Confidence and development are strong themes here and our events focus on three key areas of team working, finance, and wellbeing. There are two sub-groups to the Women’s Network – Women in Technology and our Periods and Menopause Group – focused on actions such as supporting over 20 new Periods and Menopause champions and launching guidance and training for leaders.