Head of Finance Systems Permanent NEW

Company Industry: Food & Beverage

Job Title: Head of Finance Systems

Location: London – 4 days per week in the office

Employment Type: Full-time

Salary: Up To £80,000 depending on experience

Key Responsibilities

* 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.

Requirements

* 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.