Finance Systems Manager

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SUMMARY

This role is part of the Crick finance team, working closely with and assisting members of the wider Finance, Grants and Procurement teams.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Finance Systems Manager will ensure the optimisation of implementation of finance systems current and future, and contribute to the longer-term development of a seamless approach to the implementation of finance systems. The role will be both responsive to requests from the finance teams for systems developments, and pro-active in identifying and implementing optimisation opportunities, whilst ensuring adherence to best practice for documenting changes.

Specific responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

Ensure best use is made of current systems being primarily Unit4 Business World / Agresso, but also BravoSolution, Worktribe, Adra / Trintech Balancer, Bottomline PT-X. In particular for Agresso, develop a program to address and resolve outstanding implementation / development issues and work closely with the finance team to manage the process of agreeing and implementing new development requests;

Develop and assist in delivery of a strategy to ensure the Agresso system is updated to latest versions and new developments utilised;

Provide second and third tier support for the Agresso system (drawing in external / vendor support where required);

Develop vendor relationships and ensure that vendor or other expert external support is utilised effectively;

Ensure that vendor developments of systems are monitored and considered for implementation where relevant;

Ensure that a delineation of duties across finance and IT is agreed and made clear, with emphasis in defining tasks that can be carried out by tier 1 support within the IT team, and support tier 1 training where appropriate;

Ensure that a full programme of day-to-day housekeeping and maintenance tasks for all systems is documented and that Systems Analysts are appropriately trained to be able to complete the tasks;

Develop an Agresso training programme with a particular focus on non-finance users;

Help to ensure implementation and integration of any new finance systems, potentially including budgeting / forecasting tools;

Contribute to the ongoing development and implementation of finance systems RACI documents

KEY EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES

The post holder should embody and demonstrate our core Crick values: Bold, Imaginative, Open, Dynamic and Collegial, in addition to the following:

Essential Experience:

Extensive experience in providing tier 2 and tier 3 specialist support for and with deep knowledge of the functionality and best practice in running Unit4 BW Agresso systems;

Experience with data warehouse / reporting systems;

Ability to code SQL queries;

Experience with ETL processes.

Essential Competencies:

Planning and Organising: Sets clearly defined objectives; Plans activities and projects well in advance and takes account of possible changing circumstances; Manages time effectively; Identifies and organises resources needed to accomplish tasks; Monitors performance against deadlines and milestones;

Relating and Networking: Establishes good relationships with customers and staff, Builds wide and effective networks of contacts inside and outside the organisation; Relates well to people at all levels.

Presenting and Communication: Clear presenter to colleagues at all levels; Responds quickly to the needs of an audience and to their reactions and feedback; Projects credibility;

Ability to cope with pressure and setbacks: Remains calm and professional when dealing with conflict; Works productively in a pressurised environment; Keeps emotions under control during difficult situations. Balances the demands of different stakeholders; Maintains a positive outlook at work; Handles criticism well and learns from it.

Intellectually curious with a restless desire to drive improvement. Rapidly learns new tasks. Gathering comprehensive information to support decision making; Demonstrates a rapid understanding of newly presented information;

Ability to focus on customer needs and satisfaction. Setting high standards for quality and quantity. Monitors and maintains quality and productivity. Works in a systematic, methodical and orderly way; consistently achieving project goals.

Persuading and Influencing: Makes a strong personal impression on others; Gains clear agreement and commitment from others by persuading, convincing and negotiating; Promotes ideas on behalf of self or others; Makes effective use of political processes to influence and persuade others.

Desirable:

Experience with Unit4 BW Agresso upgrades / change programmes;