Systems Accountant - Wellington at Ministry of Social Development, Wellington - Wairarapa
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role
About us
The Ministry of Social Development is a people-centred organisation. We're in communities across the motu, working with partners to help New Zealanders be safe, strong and independent.
We provide social policy and advice to government and assistance, including income, employment and housing support to people of all ages, families, whānau and communities.
As a Te Tiriti o Waitangi partner we are committed to supporting and enabling Māori, whānau, hapū, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations.
Our people are as diverse as the communities we serve. We care about the wellbeing and success of our people and provide a supportive and inclusive working environment where people can thrive and be who they are.
Systems Accountant
It's an exciting time to work at MSD as we're embarking on our Transformation journey to strengthen our systems, processes and ways of working.
About our team
Our Finance Group provides critical support for MSD's business-as-usual activity and our Te Pae Tawhiti transformation programme.
To strengthen how we support MSD's approximately $40 billon of funding, we are:
- putting in place new corporate platform toolsets over the next few years as our work will shift from collecting and collating financial information
- implementing modern, user friendly, efficient and effective financial management processes
- changing our ways of working to be more agile and adaptable
- focused on providing our people with training and development opportunities to grow their financial management capability, skills and experience
About the role
We are seeking an experienced Oracle Finance system professional who is familiar with Oracle Cloud. You will be an essential member of the Finance and Corporate Portfolio teams at MSD.
You will be supporting the day-to-day operations of the Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Cloud solution and be instrumental in the implementation of Oracle Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Cloud.
About you - Skills and experience
We are looking for someone with a '1-team, can-do' attitude, who is proactive and has a willingness to learn new skills and work across the Finance and Corporate Portfolio teams.
You will have the opportunity to:
- Be involved in system integration testing
- Co-ordinate user acceptance testing
- Lead the analysis of Oracle Quarterly (and monthly) Patch upgrades for business impacts
- Assist in functional reconciliation of migrated data
- Manage data integrity processes and controls
- Ensure the maintenance of workflows
- Lead the engagement with system users and owners
- Train and assist the business units
- Assist in the implementation of the new FMIS Release 2
Further skills and experience we are looking for:
- Strong interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to work with colleagues across all levels
- Effective in providing advice across financial systems, including supporting and translating the needs/requirements of all teams within the Finance function and business units, documenting system change requests, conducting business analysis on systems and process improvements alongside management
- Able to identify and document areas where system inter-connectivity could be improved
- Effective in communicating system changes, upgrades to users across the Ministry
- Experience in collating and analysing data to provide meaningful advice and insights for decision making
- Strong organisational skills / juggling multiple work items and be agile in managing competing priorities to support the delivery of the Ministry's priorities
- Adaptable and be comfortable working at multiple levels to deliver objectives
- Self-starter, proactive with a high level of initiative and innovation combined with sound and mature judgement
Education and Professional Memberships
- Relevant tertiary qualification
- CAANZ qualification (or equivalent)
What we can offer
A dedicated and supportive team that is changing how we do things.
A flexible working policy; we are happy to discuss solutions that may work for you and the business.
Learning and a step-up for your career!
Position Description
Salary range: $99,546.00 - $120,778.00
How to apply
To apply, click the 'Apply Now' button to upload your CV, cover letter and complete the online application form.
Note: Your cover letter will be a key part of our assessment process, so please highlight how your experience relates to the key responsibilities listed in the position description.
All applications must be made online. If this is not possible or if you have any queries, please contact us at jobs@msd.govt.nz
Internal MSD Employees – please apply through your myHR portal at work. This will ensure that your myHR employee profile is visible as internal candidate.
Closing date: Wednesday, 27 September 2023
Joining us
Joining MSD means being part of a whānau that celebrates the diversity each individual represents. We show manaaki, we care about the wellbeing and success of people and want everyone to thrive, and be who they are in a supportive and inclusive working environment. We work together to make a difference for communities while doing the right thing with integrity. We are a Treaty partner committed to strengthening relationships with Māori, Hapū, Iwi and communities to realise their own potential and aspirations.
If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to tell us when you apply so we can assist you through the recruitment process.
MSD has a COVID-19 vaccination policy that encourages, but does not require, employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and its variants, unless the role is identified as requiring vaccination at the time.
Ngā taipitopito tūranga mahi | Job details
| Employer: | Ministry of Social Development |
| Location: | Wellington - Wairarapa |
| Position type: | Ongoing - Full Time |
| Category: | Accounting & finance |
| Date listed: | 18-Sep-2023 |
| Closing date: | 27-Sep-2023 |
| Reference: | NZ/1750094 |
| Attachment: | Systems-Accountant-January-2023.docx (Word, 193KB) |
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| Website: | https://jobs.msd.govt.nz |
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