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IT Finance Systems Specialist

Employer
DLA Piper
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
29 Aug 2019

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Vacancy Type
IT, Finance, Financial systems
Contract Type
Permanent
Experience Level
Officer / Analyst / Engineer / Executive / Coordinator
Role Classification
Other Professional

Job Details

THE OPPORTUNITY

A new opportunity for an IT Finance Systems Specialist has arisen within DLA Piper's technical team based in Leeds due to our successful growth and expansion. You will be providing technical knowledge to ensure there is a seamless process with our business critical finance systems by resolving issues, maintaining systems and providing excellent level of service to our internal team.

As our evolving technical vision is going through an exciting IT transformation change, you will be exposed to more opportunity to work on the latest product enhancements and more significant projects as we continuously improve our IT function.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Act as subject matter expert for specific finance systems

  • Help and support in the technical design of new solutions

  • Provide support and resolution of customer issues including analysis, change control, and implementation, working with colleagues

  • Take a keen interest in other areas of the business where your positive work will impact in various departments

  • Analyse business requirements and choose viable solutions

ABOUT YOU

  • Preferred experience of finance systems in the legal sector (e.g. Elite, 3E) although not necessary

  • Able to build trust and rapport to develop effective relationships, internally and externally

  • Good understanding of SQL including procedure and job creation, backup, recovery and process monitoring

  • Knowledge of technical architectures (e.g. client server, Citrix)

  • Understanding of AD, browser application installation, dll installation

  • A high attention to detail is required given the criticality of the systems involved

  • Logical thinker with strong problem solving skills

ABOUT US 

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering  practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

OUR VALUES

In everything we do connected with our People, our Clients and our Communities, we live by these values:

  • Be Supportive - we care about others, value diversity and act thoughtfully

  • Be Collaborative - we give, we share and we join in

  • Be Bold - we stand tall and challenge ourselves to think big

  • Be Exceptional - we exceed standards and expectations

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION  

At DLA Piper we are working hard to ensure that our talent pool is diverse. For us, diversity isn't just about visible differences, it's the unique blend of talents, skills, experiences and perspectives that makes each of us an individual.

We know it's crucial to have a culture and environment where those differences are genuinely valued and that's why we strive to be a business where everyone can thrive, develop and succeed based on their talent. Our aim is to build an inclusive and supportive culture where all our people feel they belong and can achieve their best.  

AGILE WORKING   

We recognise that people have responsibilities and interests outside of their career and that as a business, we all benefit from working flexibly. That's why we are open to discussing with candidates the different ways in which we are able to support requests for agile working arrangements.

PRE-ENGAGEMENT SCREENING

In the event that we make an offer to you, and where local legislation permits, we may conduct pre-engagement screening checks that may include but are not limited to your professional and academic qualifications, your eligibility to work in the relevant jurisdiction, any criminal records, your financial stability and references from previous employers.

Company

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world.

We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality and value to our clients, and we achieve this through practical and innovative legal solutions that help our clients succeed.

We’re proud to serve an international client base that includes more than half of the Fortune 250 and nearly half of the FTSE 350 companies. We help the world's top companies with their business-critical issues. Many of the deals we work on are complex and challenging – transcending not just practice areas, but borders, languages and legal systems. With offices throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, we represent more clients in a broader range of geographies and practice disciplines than virtually any other law firm in the world. Our lawyers have wide experience in arbitration, banking, competition and trade, as well as corporate crime and corporate finance. We have strong practices in employment, energy, hospitality and leisure, insurance, intellectual property, litigation, mergers and acquisitions and have developed key teams in pensions, private equity, real estate, tax, and technology

As a firm we are committed to diversity and to building an inclusive culture for all of our people, where differences are genuinely valued. For us, diversity isn't just about visible differences, it's the unique blend of talents, skills, experiences and perspectives that makes each of us an individual and we know it's crucial to have a culture and environment where those differences are genuinely valued.

Company info
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Telephone
+44 (0)20 7349 0296
Location
160 Aldersgate Street
London
EC1A 4HT
GB

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