Financial Systems Analyst

**Job no**: 495262

**Work type**: Fixed Term Contract - Full time

**Location**: Melbourne, Sydney

**Categories**: Corporate Services

**About Allens**

As a leading law firm with a respected and established brand, our Corporate Services teams have the opportunity to work at the cutting edge of technology, workplace culture, process improvement, business strategy and growth. With Allens, you'll have the opportunity to identify and set new standards of excellence for the profession and play a vital role in delivering services to our clients that are responsive, innovative and focused on their needs. You'll be empowered to support client relationships and growth, find operational efficiencies and drive changes that make a real impact on our clients, people and communities. With a heritage spanning 200 years, shaping the future is in our DNA and our alliance with Linklaters connects our clients and teams with an international network of legal leaders that spans 41 offices in 26 countries.

We value personal growth and career progression equally. Through our in-depth career coaching and focus on innovation we aim to create future leaders in the legal industry.

**Your role**

At Allens, our business teams are also specialists in their field, using their unique knowledge and expertise to solve critical client and business challenges.

You'll be a part of our Financial Systems team, responsible for driving improvements and introducing new functionality within the business, primarily within the Expert Practice Management system (Expert).

As Financial Systems Analyst your day will include:

- Upgrading existing financial systems and the implementation of new functionality to these systems including configuration; writing business processes; system testing and coordinating user acceptance testing teams.
- Improving and supporting the firm's business critical financial systems.
- Supporting from a user perspective, the maintenance and implementation of effective systems used by the firm to record its financial transactions mainly within the practice management system (Expert) and its interfaces with systems which record supplier and disbursement transactions.
- Operational tasks involving the investigation and resolution of day to day issues which may require liaising with vendors; system set up or configuration changes

This is a full-time, 12 month fixed term contract opportunity however flexibility matters at Allens, so if you are seeking hybrid working or are looking for flexibility in your work, we would be happy to discuss what arrangements would work best for you.

**About you**

You will have:

- Previous financial systems experience, ideally with Expert or Aderant, in a law firm or professional service environment.
- In depth knowledge of systems accounting, implementation and maintenance from a finance perspective.
- The ability to autonomously lead and deliver projects working with different stakeholders across the firm.
- A learning mindset and attitude, with a desire to share your unique perspective to problem solve and add value
- Understanding of the life cycle of a project, with strong organisational, communication and time management skills.
- Experience defining, documenting and implementing acceptance testing procedures as part of overall systems quality control measures.
- Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that business requirements are met.
- A desire to learn, grow, network, mentor others

**Your development**

In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness, and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.

Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.

**Our perks**

Our benefits include:

- **Financial**: market competitive fixed remuneration; salary continuance insurance, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.
- **Health and wellbeing**: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, emergency childcare, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families and regular wellbeing sessions with our in-house consulting Psychologist.
- **Flexibility**: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.
- **Leave**: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access