Finance Manager

2 months ago

Slough, United Kingdom Slough Borough Council Full time
  • Pay Level 9
  • Contract Type: Permanent
  • Working Hours: 37 hours a week

The closing date for applications is: 20th August 2024

Interviews will be held week commencing: TBC

What you'll be doing:
  • To help the team support and maintain the Unit4 system
  • Assist on Unit4 Development work (upgrades, improvement work, module implementations)
  • Ensuring that Finance and HR system users operate with optimised processes
  • Responsible for reviewing, designing, and ensuring compliance with system controls, access, processes and workflows
  • Serve as an in-house Unit4 super user and expert, responsible for resolving issues, delivering training, and promoting best practices
  • Create financial/HR reports to meet business requirements, providing insights and recommendations to management
  • Review user of the system to identify improvements that can be made for the end-user experience
  • Team training and development &a;ndash; including transfer of skills and knowledge
  • Proactively identify and resolve potential problems in an effort to prevent them from occurring and improve the overall customer experience.
  • Work closely with other members of the IT team and other stakeholders to support and implement business solutions
  • Prioritise workload based on severity and impact
  • Ensure all incidents and requests for service etc. are managed in a timely and appropriate manner following relevant processes
  • Write code and complete SQL scripting within established guidelines and standards
  • Maintain user access and data control &a;ndash; to ensure robust control of sensitive data and access by stakeholders
  • Maintain reporting structures, system parameters, attribute data and chart of accounts
  • Analysing and documenting current system processes to identify areas for improvement and to enhance maintainability

What you'll need:

  • Extensive knowledge of Unit4 Business World/ERP (Agresso)
  • Experience of working on multiple modules e.g. AP/AR/GL, Planner, Logistics, HR, Payroll
  • SQL and script-writing skills Excelerator, RERX, Browsers or otherwise
  • 1st and 2nd line support experience, and be able to escalate higher issues to Unit4 (or other partners) directly
  • Proficient in configuring Unit4 to effectively meet business requirements
  • Finance qualified/part qualified (CCAB/AAT or similar) or qualified by experience (Good exposure of working within a financial environment)
Our Council:

People are proud to live and work in Slough where diversity is celebrated and where residents can enjoy fulfilling prosperous and healthy lives. Our vision is to make a difference to our communities and our environment.

What we offer:

Slough Borough Council is a fantastic place to work offering a supportive place to grow and develop your career with a real opportunity for your input to be valued and heard. Ambition and innovation will be required now more than ever.

Alongside a competitive salary, there are a range of great benefits including:

  • 26 days annual leave (not including Bank holidays), rising to 30 days between 2 - 5 years' service and 33 days after 5 years' service.
  • Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Our commitment to equality and diversity through a range of employee networks
  • Wellbeing initiatives
  • Tax - free childcare and childcare services
  • Discounted car parking
  • Season loan ticket - to help with the cost of your rail / bus journey to &a;amp; from work.
Interested?

You will need to submit an applicationby clicking the "Apply" details below.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Applicants should be aware that should you be appointed, allposts will besubject to satisfactorypre-employment checks.
Slough Borough Council is an inclusive employer and encourages and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds. We select staff on merit and aim to have a workforce that is representative of the community it serves.To monitor the effectiveness of our processes to promote equality and inclusion, we askapplicants to complete the Equalities Monitoring Section on our application form, though this is entirely voluntary and will not affect the progress of your application. In accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR, the information you provide will only be used for the purposes of equality monitoring.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all applicants who have chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form and can evidence the minimum criteria for the role through their application.
We want our application process to be open and accessible. If you wish to make your application in an alternative format, please email quoting the job reference &a;ndash; our Accessibility Statement has more information.

Please click on the apply button below to submit your application. We look forward to hearing from you
We reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a number of suitable applicants therefore, please submit your application as soon as possible.

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