Finance Systems Accountant

Excited to grow your career?

Our purpose is to empower people to save and invest with confidence. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at HL.

We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We'd love to hear from you!

About the role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Finance Systems Accountant to join our Finance team and shape the team's Workday based systems. It is an exciting time to be joining as we transform the way our Finance team works. HL has an ambitious agenda, and in this role you'll play a key role in ensuring HL fulfils its strategy.

What you'll be doing

• Using your knowledge of Workday Financials and/or Workday Adaptive Planning you'll not only improve the HL Finance team's ways of working, but also improve the quality and usefulness of the information we provide to the business.
• Utilising adoption planning, you'll keep abreast of new features across the Workday releases and manage the design and delivery of the Finance systems improvement roadmap.
• You'll take ownership of access management and incident management across Workday Financials and Workday Adaptive Planning, ensuring security and change management controls are adhered to and evidenced.

About you

• Demonstrable understanding of finance operations and experience in finance data management and reporting. An accounting qualification will be supportive in your success within this role (ACA/CA/ACCA/CIMA)
• Proven track record of using Workday Financials and/or Workday Adaptive Planning to improve finance processes, overcoming complex challenges within Workday.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, confident in communicating systems issues to stakeholders at all levels across the business.

Interview process

This will be a two-stage interview process.

Working Schedule

We are looking for a Finance Systems Accountant to join our team, based in Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We offer a hybrid flexible working pattern to enable you the option of working from home and coming into the office.

Why us?

Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments.

To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do.

What's on offer?

• Discretionary annual bonus* & annual pay review
• 25 days* holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure time
• Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year at annual enrolment
• Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
• Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL's future
• Income Protection & Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
• Private medical insurance*
• Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patientcare
• Help@hand and an Employee Assistance Programme
• Gympass - gym memberships and wellbeing apps available
• Variety of travel to work schemes with free bike storage and shower facilities
• An inhouse barista serving subsidised coffee and snacks
• Join HL's sports, I&D networks and volunteering groups (two paid volunteering days per year)
• LifeWorks Discounts on services, restaurants and retailers

* dependant on role level

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.

Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.

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