The Royal Parks
Assistant Systems Accountant
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The Royal Parks (TRP)
The Royal Parks (TRP) is a charity created in March 2017. We manage over 5,000 acres of diverse parkland, rare habitats and historic buildings and monuments in eight Royal Parks across London. These are Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, The Green Park, St James’s Park, The Regent's Park and Primrose Hill, Greenwich Park, Richmond Park and Bushy Park.
We also manage other important public spaces including Brompton Cemetery and Victoria Tower Gardens. Our eight Royal Parks and other iconic green spaces are among the most visited attractions in the UK with tens of millions of visits every year.
We are now looking for an Assistant Systems Accountant to join us on a full-time basis, for an 12-month fixed-term contract.
The Benefits
- Salary of £48,000- £53,000 per annum, depending on experience
- 26 days' annual leave plus public holidays
- Pension scheme (3% employee contribution; up to 10% employer contribution)
- Hybrid/agile working options
- Private medical insurance and healthcare cash plan
- Employee assistance programme and access to mental health first aiders
- Learning and development opportunities
- Cycle to work scheme
- Offices in a beautiful location
This is a terrific opportunity for a part-qualified accountant with experience working with ERP systems to join our historic organisation.
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Your role will go beyond financial operations, contributing to the success of our charitable organisation that is committed to ensuring the wellbeing of some of London’s best loved spaces.
What’s more, you’ll be based in the unique setting of Hyde Park where you’ll be able to enjoy breathtaking views of lush greenery, serene lakes and iconic monuments right from your workplace!
So, if you’re ready to elevate your career in the heart of London’s green haven, then apply today!
The Role
As an Assistant Systems Accountant, you will support the finance team in the management, administration and development of our Finance System.
Supporting our system users, you will act as first line support for finance and business users regarding system issues, errors and queries, provide training and user guides and work to maintain and improve processes.
You’ll also take ownership of areas of the internal coding structure and support wider departmental activities through reporting and analysis.
Additionally, you will:
- Maintain the system support model through the management of the finance helpdesk
- Maintain system user accounts
- Champion the system and work to improve working practices and the management and use of financial data across the organisation.
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About You
To be considered as an Assistant Systems Accountant, you will need:
- To be a part-qualified accountant
- Experience working with Microsoft Business Central or a similar ERP system
- Experience working with financial controls or in a process control environment
- Knowledge of a finance function and its outputs
Other organisations may call this role Assistant Accountant, Part-Qualified Accountant, Financial Systems Assistant, Systems Process Accountant, Systems Analyst, Finance Systems Specialist, Assistant Technical Accountant, or Assistant Financial Accountant.
We want to put everyone in the best possible position to succeed so if you think that you may need more support to complete our application process, please do get in touch.
The Royal Parks is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
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