Finance Systems Manager 

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Fund Services Team at Mercer. This role will be based in Sydney. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least three days a week in the office. 

We will count on you to: 

Partner with IT to execute finance systems strategies and roadmaps, simplifying processes and enhancing system capabilities. 

Oversee ERP platform operations and upgrades, ensuring scalability for future needs while maintaining data accuracy and implementing changes efficiently. 

Act as the primary interface between Fund Services, Mercer Technology, Project Teams, and Admin Operations, providing high-level technical support and analysis on finance systems and processes. 

Manage and maintain financial systems and key interfaces, ensuring ongoing improvements and effective documentation of accounting processes and data flows. 

Drive strategic direction for regulatory reporting in collaboration with various teams, enhancing automation and efficiency in reporting solutions.

What you need to have: 

Proven experience with Oracle ERP systems and a minimum of 10 years in ERP management. 

Strong background in Accounting, Superannuation, and Technology, with the ability to manage interfaces and provide technical support. 

Excellent collaboration skills, with a focus on building relationships between IT and Finance to achieve strategic objectives. 

Ability to step into a managerial role, demonstrating leadership potential and a commitment to succession planning. 

What makes you stand out: 

Knowledge of financial systems and processes. 

Familiarity with business intelligence tools for analytics and insights to support decision-making. 

Previous experience in a similar specialist role, with a track record of successful project management and process improvement. 

Why join our team: 

We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders. 

 We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities. 

Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being. 

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $23 billion and more than 85,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit mercer.com, or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.