Senior Finance Systems Accountant

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.