Functional Consultant

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

About us

At Aptitude we love complexity.

We immerse ourselves in the intricacies of finance digitization, subscription management, compliance, and revenue management which gives us the power to make a real impact. Once we understand how an organization works, we can implement software solutions that provide the clarity, confidence, and control they need to drive growth and achieve their ambitions.

Aptitude has served the offices of finance for over 20 years, delivering financial control and insights to empower our clients to achieve their strategies and ambitions. We are currently serving over 75 CFOs whose organisations generate a combined revenue of over $1 Trillion.

We are proud of our growing team of smart, motivated and passionate people, and believe diverse experiences and perspectives build stronger teams and better solutions.

Headquartered in London, we have seven office locations around the world with clients across four continents.

What you'll do and what we offer

Role overview:

Functional support for Solution Implementations:

Gain a thorough understanding of Aptitude’s software and the client’s requirements.

Handle functional aspects of Aptitude’s software implementation.

Configure Aptitude’s product to meet client needs.

Collaborate with the business to define accounting rules for software configurations.

Participate in functional testing.

Perform some responsibilities on client premises; travel may be required.

Maintenance of the functional aspects of the solution:

Maintain functional aspects of the implemented solution.

Collaborate with the client’s accounting/tax/compliance and IT teams to identify potential improvements.

Analyse financial data processing anomalies and issues; propose workarounds and/or fixes.

Maintain functional configurations to ensure correct processing of financial data.

Assist clients with compliance-related requests.

Investigate and explain data processing outputs to the accounting/tax/compliance teams.

Time zone flexibility and standby support during evenings, weekends, and holidays may be required.

The offer:

Full training on the products is provided with additional training resources available for the broader development (e.g. LinkedIn Learn)

A comprehensive compensation package which will vary depending on your level of experience and how it matches the role description.

Real opportunities for rapid progression within the company.

Interesting and dynamic work in a global company

We do our best to support our global team’s work-life balance via a flexible work schedule

Various well-being programmes and initiatives

What we're looking for

What we’re looking for
Accountancy:

Experience in accountancy (financial and/or tax accounting) is required

Proficient knowledge of accounting principles and the various facets of Technical Accounting is expected.

Understanding of double entry, FX concepts and period end processes is necessary.

Ability to evaluate functionality of software products / financial instruments from an accounting perspective is needed.

Ideally, experience in working on compliance audit requests.

Accountancy:

Experience in accountancy (financial and/or tax accounting) is required

Proficient knowledge of accounting principles and the various facets of Technical Accounting is expected.

Understanding of double entry, FX concepts and period end processes is necessary.

Ability to evaluate functionality of software products / financial instruments from an accounting perspective is needed.

Ideally, experience in working on compliance audit requests.

Technical Skills:

Proficiency in Excel, including the use of pivots and functions, is required.

Basic to Intermediate knowledge of SQL, with the ability to interpret and write queries, is preferred.

Familiarity with fundamental database concepts, such as keys and joins, would be an advantage.

Consultancy:

Capability to quickly gain an understanding of the project and/or client’s environment

Ability to learn new software to the practitioner level and understand its functionality and use for accounting/compliance (e.g. Aptitude Product(s)).

Follow the agreed timelines to complete the assigned tasks.

Ability to task-switch and effectively prioritize work

Take full ownership of the tasks, adhering to the timelines and quality expectations, and seeking guidance where necessary.

Proactively request feedback on performance and contribute improvement ideas to the team, as well as strive to expand your knowledge and skill set at all times.

Availability and work shifts:

Work inside client’s business hours (whether CET or EST / PST)

Possible standby cover during weekends and/or bank holidays

Implementation

Awareness of delivery approaches, agile, waterfall or hybrid, and the different project stages.

A capable practitioner of the Aptitude Product(s) implemented for the assigned client(s) with a broad knowledge of the complete suite of Aptitude Products.

With support:

Able to interpret requirements or specification and understand how this relates to software configuration.

Able to work with the business to define accounting rules and related functional software configuration.

Able to ensure defect occurrences are minimised by developing effective unit-test strategies.

How to apply

Please click on the ‘Apply now’ button below, including your CV/resume and any other relevant information that will help us get to know you better.

Diversity and Inclusion

If you’re interested in working at Aptitude, but don’t feel you meet every single requirement of the role, we’d still like to hear from you! A diverse workforce is an essential part of our culture, and we’re dedicated to ensuring that our staff can show up as their authentic self – safe in the knowledge that their differences will be embraced and respected by all. We’re strong advocates of supporting applicants from a wide variety of backgrounds which include different ages, genders, ethnicities, physical abilities and sexual orientation, and we work hard to build the confidence of our workforce through inclusivity, equity and ongoing training. So, if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we’d encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the candidate we’ve been looking for, whether it’s for this role or another.