Head of Accounting Technology - Investment Bank

Job Description

The Head of Accounting Technology will managing a team of on-shore and off-shore technologists servicing Finance's Accounting & General Ledger requirements within the Bank.

The Head will manage the support and enhancement of accounting technologies used by the Bank, including General Ledger, Financial Accounting Hub for revenue accounting, procure to pay, expense management, project financial accounting, cash management & fixed asset management.

The Oracle Fusion Financial / Oracle e-Business suite is used heavily across the Bank

Key duties include holding regular BAU meetings, ensure the SDLC is being adhered to and changes are subjected to the appropriate levels of QA and helping shape functional and technical design of the accounting platforms.

There is also a focus on governance, ensuring technology adheres to EMEA IT Risk and Control; all regulatory requirements are fully complied with, including SOX.

Finally, Service Execution will be a part of the Head's position, ensuring the team can deliver a reliable, robust, sustainable and efficient accounting technology operating model.

Requirements;

• Understanding of technology used in Finance and experience working with key financial functions such as management of a General Ledger, Financial reporting (balance sheet, P&L, Income statement), revenue and expense management, reconciliation and controls.
• Understanding of a General Ledger and how it used across a large complex enterprise, including global organisation structures, chart of accounts including local GAAP and IFRS.
• Knowledge of core financial sub ledgers such as invoice and payments.
• Have worked for a large global organisation with multiple entities, multiple currencies, multiple reporting calendars, preferably in a support function and understand the importance of acting with urgency.
• Proven track record of successful delivery of projects using both on-premise & cloud based technologies.
• Experience of the following platforms: Oracle Fusion Financial / Oracle e-Business suite, MS SQL Server and SSRS.
• Skills across Databases, ETL, XML, MQ Middleware tools all highly beneficial.