Alliance Automotive Group (AAG) is a subsidiary of Genuine Parts Group, a US listed company and the world’s largest distributor of aftermarket spare parts for passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The group has global revenues of US$19Billion with operations in North America, Europe and Australasia.  The UK Group has annualised sales of c.£1bn. 

The UK Group is a dynamic business growing both organically and by acquisition, operating from over 300 locations and employing over 5,000 staff in the UK. The AAG network supplies 30,000 repairers, auto centres, fast fitters, transport operators, and body shops every single day. With over 250 million cars and 70 million commercial vehicles on Europe’s roads, our sophisticated supply chain and logistics infrastructure ensures the efficient delivery of spare parts to repairers in our markets.

To support the growth and increase in financial transactions, the UK IT Services function is recruiting a new Finance Systems Analyst to support the Finance Systems Manager in providing IT service management to stakeholders, 3rd parties and team members across a portfolio of finance software.

The Finance Systems Analyst supports a portfolio of finance software ranging from 3rd party packages to homegrown internal solutions. You will be first responder for support and debugging whilst executing project work in parallel. Strategically, you will support the Finance Systems Manager with rationalisation and continuous improvement plans by utilising a range of technical skills focused on Microsoft technology. You must be comfortable working independently and taking ownership of problems or issues through to resolution by co-ordinating with other team members or 3rd parties.

This a key role in the UK IT services department and therefore the candidate must have a technical background. However, due to the role specialism, it is expected that you will be familiar with accountancy terminology too and will have worked either within a Finance team or supported a large-scale Finance application in previous roles. You will need to have a strong technical background in Microsoft technologies and be capable of debugging and writing T-SQL & Microsoft Access code. You need to be familiar with electronic document transmission protocols such as XML, CSV & EDIFACT and be competent of working with suppliers to improve our inbound EDI invoicing percentage.

You are expected to be a technical problem solver and be able to get into the detail of specific issues so you can either resolve it yourself or co-ordinate with 3rd parties. You need to be a quick learner and not afraid to take control of situations when a complex problem occurs. To be successful, you need to be invested and engaged with the portfolio of work, ensuring all output meets the requirements of the stakeholders and being accountable for the quality of your deliverables.

This is a hybrid role as you need to be able to be on-site in our Bradford office (located on Euroway Trading Estate) some days a week to become familiar with existing process and identify improvements. These days are flexible and to be discussed during the interview stage.

Duties include:

• Resolving problems, incidents, and service requests for assets within your portfolio via the ITSM software (Halo ITSM)
• Debugging and resolving finance reconciliation problems caused by data errors and completing root cause analysis.
• Transferring all legacy transactional data interchange solutions to an enterprise EDI software (Lobster_data)
• Working with suppliers to improve overall percentage of inbound invoice & credit to UK Business Units, usually via XML transactions or PDF OCR.
• Supporting the Finance Systems Manager with change specification analysis and documentation.
• Writing T-SQL reports for Finance stakeholders
• Supporting Finance teams through month end, quarter end and year end processes

Professional Experience/Skills required:

• Proficient in Microsoft T-SQL and Microsoft Access technology. You should be comfortable of creating Power Query reports via Microsoft Excel. Experience with Microsoft SSRS and/or SSIS packages is desirable.
• Knowledge of EDI technology (CSV, XML & EDIFACT) and ability to read documentation in appropriate software packages.
• Exposure to Microsoft VBA or C# .NET code would be beneficial. Candidates will be expected to carry out low-level coding changes as they become more familiar with the applications.
• Experience of working within a Finance team or supporting a large-scale Finance application and be familiar with accountancy & financial terminology (Ledgers, Nominals, Invoices, Credits, Statements, etc.)
• Ability to analyse high level business requirements and translate them into system development and implementation documents.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrable problem-solving abilities.

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Alliance Automotive Group is an equal opportunities employer.