IT Application Administrator - Accounting

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Would you like to work for one of the World's largest banks in an exciting, dynamic and international environment?

We are currently recruiting for an IT Application Administrator - Accounting for our Systems Department in Amsterdam or Duesseldorf .

MUFG Bank Europe N.V. (MBE) is a fully-owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), one of the largest ranked Financial Groups in the world in terms of assets. A world-class set of businesses and more than 180,000 employees in 50 markets. MUFG offers stability in an ever-changing market, providing services to high-profile clients worldwide.

For more than 50 years MBE offers corporate and investment banking services to both Japanese and non-Japanese corporate customers in the Netherlands and through its branches. The goal is to be among the top performing foreign-owned banks operating in the Netherlands, providing value-added banking services and excellent operations, fulfilling both Japanese and Global Multinational Corporate customers' needs.

At MBE we are committed to contributing to a more sustainable future. Thus, we will encourage you to embed environmental, social & governance (ESG) factors in your everyday work and in our culture.

The MBE subsidiary based in the Netherlands is a network of branches (Germany Branch (Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Munich), Spain Branch (Madrid, Barcelona), Belgium Branch (Brussels), Austria Branch (Vienna)), managed from Amsterdam.

Your impact at MUFG

The position is open in the MBE Data Store (MDS) team of the IT Department. MDS is a strategic asset of the MUFG Bank Europe being aimed to accumulate and process bank's information for both reporting to regulators and supporting internal business processes.

In a complex and quickly changing IT environment there is a need of a technical expert / administrator. Someone who has a good knowledge of finance and financial processes like accounting and regulatory reporting. She/he will be part of a team of administrators to take on the daily tasks, like monitoring, picking up request, incidents, deploy changes, implement and develop improvement.

The role includes the following:

• Act as first level contact for Accounting Hub application for business users.

• Support business in their day-to-day business and improve quality of service and process.

• Apply cloud and ETL engineering skills to solve problems and design approaches to support end to end data environment.

• Monitor, troubleshoot and debug reporting and accounting processes.

• Assess query performance and actively contribute to optimizing the code.

• Write technical documentation, specifications and create confluence pages and keep these up to date.

• Support internal audit by submitting required evidence.

• Create reports and dashboards in the BI portal.

• Work with Development Lead, DWH Architect and QA Engineers to plan, implement and deliver best ETL strategies for data warehouse, accounting hub and reporting engine One Sum X.

• Work with business and analysts to understand requirements to create technical design specifications, gaining a sound understanding of business processes for related applications so that integration processes fulfill the end-user requirements

• Assist the business with their regulatory reporting to the regulators and fix issues they find on their path or with newly released One Sum X reporting software.

• Communicate effectively in a collaborative, complex and high performing team environment as per Agile principles

In order to be successful in the role, you will need the following:

• Administration and configuration experience with accounting applications

• Familiarity with the role of a subledger in the finance architecture

• Some awareness of accounting principles including IFRS

• Familiarity with Oracle Databases

• Ability to write basic PLSQL queries

• Administration experience on accounting applications or ERP applications, like Oracle or SAP

• Experience working with and supporting business users

• Verbal and written communication skills in English

Experience / knowledge in the following are advantageous:

• Experience with database administration, like Oracle and SQL Server

• Experience with administration of analytic applications like SAS, Axiom, Moody's

• Experience with administration of regulatory reporting applications like One Sum X

• Familiarity with AWS technologies, Aptitude Accounting Hub is hosted as a Saa S offering on AWS

Personal requirements:

Integrity and Responsibility

• Balance Risk with Opportunity

• Customer Focus

• Demonstrate Global Perspective

Professionalism and Teamwork

• Drive For Results

• Collaborate and Build Partnerships

• Communicate Effectively and Professionally

Challenge Ourselves To Grow

• Influence and Inspire Others

• Lead Change & Seek Continuous Improvement

• Think Strategically

• Manage and Develop Talent

What we have to offer:

• To work in an ambitious, international environment with colleagues from different countries and cultures, who strive for the best in one of the largest banks of the world

• Gross salary based on experience and consistent with the market

• 8% holiday allowance and 13th month payment

• 30 vacation days per year, optional you can buy 15 additional days

• Commuting allowance based on annual public transport 2nd class, most economical way, or € 0,21 per km with a max of 75km one way

• € 5,00 net remote working compensation per day, with a maximum of € 60,00 per month

• Possibility to order a mobile phone (up to € 800,-)

• Possibility to order office equipment for home office (up to € 500,-)

• Remote Working Policy i.e. Working From Home (WFH) and Remote Working in another Country

• Bicycle plan (fiscal benefit)

• Company fitness (fiscal benefit)

• Mental health workshops and budget for external courses (i.e. Dutch language classes)

• Employee contribution towards Pension insurance (max 5%, currently 2%), our pension scheme is based on a defined contribution scheme

• Training & development possibilities paid by the bank

Additional information :

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.

The role is based in the Netherlands or Germany. All candidates need to be willing to relocate to these locations. Internal employees will be supported in case of relocation.

For more information regarding this position you can contact our Talent Acquisition Specialist at: recruitment@nl.mufg.jp

We are open to considering flexible working requests in line with organisational requirements.

MUFG is committed to embracing diversity and building an inclusive culture where all employees are valued, respected and their opinions count. We support the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment, and oppose all forms of discrimination on the grounds of age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, race, gender reassignment, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnership.

We make our recruitment decisions in a non-discriminatory manner in accordance with our commitment to identifying the right skills for the right role and our obligations under the law.

Job ID 10067018-WD