Finance Systems and Data Specialist

Faversham House Group Ltd; East Grinstead; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - GBP 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An independent media company in East Grinstead is seeking a Finance Systems & Data Specialist. The role involves leading the implementation of systems, ensuring data integrity, and providing insights for decision-making. Candidates should have a solid finance background and experience with ERP systems like Microsoft Business Central. The position supports hybrid working arrangements and contributes to a collaborative work environment, aiming for positive change and innovation.

Qualifications

• Qualified finance professional with a solid understanding of accounting principles.
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems like Business Central or SAP.
• Proven ability to interpret financial data and communicate insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead the systems implementation and automate reporting processes.
• Analyze and translate financial data into actionable insights.
• Support decision-making for growth and scalability.

Skills

Finance background

ERP systems experience

Financial data reporting and analytics

Strong analytical capability

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Business Central

Job description

Your mission

This role has arisen due to the planned retirement of the current Projects & Systems Accountant and the concurrent transformation of the finance function. The business is in the process of replacing SAP ByDesign with Microsoft Business Central and implementing a best-in-class FP&A solution, significantly increasing the importance of finance systems, data integrity, automation and insight.

Rather than a like-for-like replacement, this role has been redesigned to reflect the future needs of the business. The Finance Systems & Data Specialist will play a critical role in delivering the systems implementation, embedding automation and reporting, and ensuring that high-quality financial and operational data is analysed and translated into actionable commercial insight to support decision‑making, growth and scalability.

Your profile

Our ideal candidate will be a technically strong finance professional who is equally comfortable working with systems and data, and who can interpret and explain financial information to support better commercial decisions across the business.

Ideally, they will have:

• A strong finance background (qualified or qualified by experience) with a solid understanding of core accounting principles
• Hands‑on experience working with ERP systems (e.g. Business Central, SAP, NetSuite or similar)
• Proven ability to work with financial data, reporting structures and dashboards, ideally using Power BI or similar tools
• Strong analytical capability, with the ability to interpret data and communicate clear, actionable insight to non‑finance stakeholders

Why us?

About Faversham House

Faversham House is a multi‑award winning, progressive, and independent media company with70+staff based in East Grinstead, West Sussex. Our modern head office is located less than an hour from London, reflecting a buzzing, growing and dynamic business against the backdrop of inspiring surroundings. The offices have undergone a major refurbishment to reflect a modern working environment focussed on collaboration and able to cope with hybrid working. Additionally, Faversham House is proud to be a B Corp, demonstrating our commitment to social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. What’s more, we have one of the most collaborative working environments within the industry.

We have a hybrid working model including both home and office working, dependent on team requirements, job role and responsibilities. Our product offering includes digital and in person paid and free conferences, awards, exhibitions and bespoke digital and in person events in addition to our publishing activities. We are increasingly focused on audience generated revenues, powerful data analytics and providing our industries with the tools they need to succeed.

We are trusted by thousands of B2B professionals to deliver high‑quality insight for better business decision making through our diverse portfolio of digital information and insight, and digital and in person exhibitions, conferences and events. We operate in two key markets creating powerful connections and providing persuasive marketing solutions:

• Utilities (water, gas and electricity)
• Sustainability (businesses and organisations who want to be resource efficient and socially and environmentally responsible)

Our purpose and values

We are a purpose driven business and we aim to live our purpose and values in all we do.

Our purpose is to spark ideas and actions making positive change happen. Our values are:

• Ambitious: Be brave and achieve great things
• Creative: Think differently and try something new
• Caring: Love what you do and do what’s right

We are an equal opportunities employer who values people as individuals with diverse opinions, cultures, lifestyles and circumstances. We are committed to equality and fairness of opportunity and to providing a service and following practices which are free from unfair and unlawful discrimination. The goal is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.