JOB SUMMARY
To operate as part of the Finance Team, contributing to the development of departmental strategy and developing plans for delivery, from a finance systems perspective.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- The following responsibilities are associated with this job role:
- Managing and exploiting the functionality of the finance systems, working internally and externally to ensure the Company is getting the most from the systems.
- Ensuring the financial and reporting systems provide accurate and timely data.
- Identifying opportunities to enhance the organisation’s finance systems, proposing and prioritising development projects and upgrades, in accordance with the Company and Finance Department's strategic aims.
- Managing the organisation’s finance systems, operating a secure and controlled environment and establishing regular monitoring procedures. This includes responsibility for user access and ensuring user roles and workflow tasks are structured in accordance with financial regulations.
- Managing Finance's relationship with IT Group Services and external software suppliers. This includes reviewing market opportunities to source new suppliers and ensuring the Company is using the most appropriate finance systems, putting forward recommendations for change as and when required.
- Providing second line support / training for users of the finance systems, ensuring problems are rapidly investigated and satisfactorily resolved.
- Actively engaging with the user community, encouraging the sharing of best practice. This includes running and attending focus groups.
- Managing the Finance System Administrator, ensuring objectives are set in line with Finance strategic aims and to regularly monitor performance.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
- Maintenance of core finance systems, ensuring maximum ‘uptime’.
- Integration and/or interface of other systems into the finance systems (e.g. payroll, P2P, T&A) current and new.
- Support of upgrades to SAP and/or other finance systems.
QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES
- Ideally minimum 2-3 years’ experience in a similar role.
- Proven track record of successful software/application deployment and administration.
- Experience of developing reports from relational databases.
- Strong background in Finance (preferably ACCA, CIMA, ACA or AAT qualified).
- Working knowledge of SAP software (requirement).
- Working knowledge of OneStream software (desirable).
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships with all stakeholders.
- Ability to work under time pressure and deliver: demonstrable planning and organisational skills, across multiple tasks & workstreams.
- Self-motivated team player with ability to lead, drive and /or support teams, taking accountability for completeness & delivery.
- Effectively plans ahead to anticipate problems, plans for worst-case and best-case scenarios.
- Excellent attention to detail, ensuring consistent quality & accuracy of work.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Swissport as an equal opportunity employer bases its hiring decisions on the business need and the best qualified candidates available and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of any protected category. Candidates who are offered employment may be subject to a criminal record and other background checks as permitted or required by company policy or applicable law.
About Us
Swissport International AG, on behalf of more than 850 client-companies, provides best-in-class airport ground services for some 282 million passengers annually and handles approximately 4.8 million tons of air cargo at 115 warehouses world-wide. With a workforce of some 66,000 the world’s leading provider of airport ground services and air cargo handling is active at more than 310 airports in 49 countries on six continents. Swissport delivers unparalleled value in the areas of Ground Handling, Cargo Services, Executive Aviation, Travel Services, Fuelling and Aircraft Maintenance. We strive to operate with the core values of People, Professionalism, and Partnership in all that we undertake. Our mission is simple – “To provide the aviation industry with consistent and tailor-made solutions around the globe, for a better customer experience.”