Finance System Specialist

at  Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION-FOCUSED INDIVIDUAL WITH THE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS TO LEAD CHANGE EFFECTIVELY. THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL IDEALLY BRING THE FOLLOWING:

• Experience of maintaining and developing systems.
• Proven experience in administering and optimising integrated systems.
• Demonstrable experience of effectively troubleshooting, taking ownership for issues until resolution.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  Experience of working with finance systems, and knowledge of underpinning technical infrastructure of finance systems and how accounts are compiled would be beneficial for this position, however this is not essential.
  You can learn more about the requirements and responsibilities of the role in the job description attached.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Undertake extensive and detailed troubleshooting and testing to investigate system issues, identifying solutions to minimise service disruption.
• Day-to-day system support and system administration tasks, ensuring that SLA’s are met, and an outstanding customer service is provided.
• Ownership of the development and maintenance of system business processes, understanding stakeholder and operational needs.
• Co-ordinate workload and issue prioritisation within the team to reduce risk and provide an excellent customer service.
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance financial processes through system improvements and automation.
• Create an established feedback process gathering and analysing data to establish a development of work.
• Foster excellent business relationships with colleagues, suppliers and system users to enhance user experience.
• Work alongside the Finance Systems Manager to plan and deliver an accessible training schedule for the LSTM group.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS OF THIS ROLE:

• Flexible working - our preference for this position would be a hybrid model with 2 days per week working on-site however, we are happy to be flexible and we would consider remote working with a minimum of 1 day per month on-site
• Retention bonus - There is a retention bonus available for this position up to £2,500. £1,000 would be paid after completion of 12 month in the role, with the remaining £1,500 paid on completion of the 18 month contract