Head of Finance Systems

Company Industry: Food & Beverage

Job Title: Head of Finance Systems

• Take responsibility for the development and optimisation of the Finance systems landscape, with NetSuite as the core ERP.
• Maintain a clear Finance Systems & Data roadmap in partnership with the Interim Data Analytics & Systems Director and Finance Director.
• Build and maintain reliable Finance reporting tables, data models and controlled SQL-based logic.
• Reduce reliance on repeated NetSuite exports, large Excel models and manually maintained reporting.
• Identify and automate manual and repetitive Finance processes across transaction processing, reconciliations, reporting and close-related activities.
• Build automated exception reporting to identify differences, missing data and unexpected transactions.
• Support faster and more controlled month-end and year-end processes.
• Use SQL, APIs, data pipelines and other appropriate tools to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy.
• Work with Finance and IT to strengthen governance around Finance systems, master data, user access and permissions.
• Support the integrity of key structures including the chart of accounts, entities, suppliers, customers, locations, departments and reporting dimensions.
• Establish clear requirements, testing and user acceptance processes for material system and data changes.
• Maintain appropriate documentation, audit trails and version control across systems, integrations and reporting logic.
• Act as the principal systems and data partner to the Finance Director and wider Finance team.
• Work closely with Accounting, FP&A, Operations, Supply Chain, IT and Data & Analytics.

Location: London - 4 days per week in the office

Employment Type: Full-time

• Strong experience across Finance systems, Finance technology, financial data or a closely related discipline.
• Deep understanding of how operational transactions become accounting entries, financial statements and management reporting.
• Strong ERP experience, ideally with NetSuite, or comparable platforms such as Oracle, Workday or SAP.
• Experience across Finance processes including AP, AR, payments, payroll, procurement, treasury, FP&A and reporting.
• Strong SQL capability, with the ability to independently query, validate and reconcile financial data.
• Working knowledge of Power BI or similar BI tools.
• Experience with APIs, integrations, data pipelines and modern data architecture.
• Experience automating manual Finance or accounting processes and improving reconciliations and transaction-to-GL flows.