Finance Systems Support Analyst

Department: IT Finance Systems

Location: Glasgow

Role: Finance Systems Support Analyst

Hybrid working: a minimum of 2 days per week in the office

The Department/Team

Its an exciting time to join our firm were on a journey of transformation that will set us up for an even brighter future. Were a fast-growing leading global firm that works together as one to achieve our ambition.

The Finance Systems Operations team operates across the UK and Kansas City and provides support for the finance systems used by the Global Business.

The Role

As a critical part of our firm youll collaborate with supportive and talented colleagues to successfully deliver our services and help us to continuously improve. Youll apply your ambition and self-starting attitude to deliver exceptional outcomes that make a lasting impact on the firm.

The Finance System Support Analyst will report into the Finance System Operations Manager and will be responsible for managing query resolution across the firms finance systems. This includes ensuring that the integrity of the data within the system is maintained and that all required security levels are adhered to. This role will require a high level of attention to detail to ensure all information input into the system is correct. The team additionally support month end close and balancing activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Dealing with all support queries in relation to finance systems for users globally these can be received via telephone email and face to face
• Responsible for all users set ups within the firm along with day-to-day administrative tasks
• Proactively liaising with all colleagues to ensure that service queries are resolved effectively and efficiently
• Ensure finance systems provide accurate and timely information
• Ensuring data quality compliance with internal controls and adherence to audit requirements
• Monitoring system performance and identifying issues trends or recurring problems and escalating where necessary
• Participate in projects relative to finance systems along with supporting system upgrades
• Ensuring month end close as well as year-end close are actioned in a timely manner

Essential Skills & Experience

• Excellent organizational skills across a varied workload ability to prioritize tasks to meet agreed deadlines
• Skilled at delivering work to a high level of detail
• Professional manner in both verbal and written communication
• Self-motivated pro active and able to use own initiative
• Flexible approach with willingness to accept a range of varying responsibilities
• Willing and able to work well under pressure particularly at certain times of the month/year
• Positive attitude
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Advanced excel skills
• MS office skills
• Legal or professional services background
• Knowledge of finance processes
• Elite 3E experience desirable

The Firm

When you work at Clyde & Co you join a team of 500 partners 2400 lawyers 3200 legal professionals and 5500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery for both our clients and our firm. We work as one excel with clients celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work volunteering and charitable partnerships and minimising the impact it has on the environment including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

Our Commitment

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our values encourage us to support fairness celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals regardless of background or identity. Learn more about our interview process.

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Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1