Finance System Analyst

2 weeks ago


Cambridge, United Kingdom Wellcome Sanger Institute Full time

Do you want to help us improve human health and understand life on Earth? Make your mark by shaping the future to enable or deliver life-changing science to solve some of humanity's greatest challenges.

A new opportunity to join our Finance Systems Team as a Finance Systems Analyst has arisen.

The role of Finance System Analyst will lead the system improvement, managing system access, develop workflows, document key processes, and providing technical support for users across the wider group.

**About the role**:
Supporting the Head of Financial Systems Team in managing the Adaptive budgeting planning and forecasting system to ensure: it is fit for purpose by delivering accurate, reliable and timely financial information.

You'll be an integral member of the Finance System Team with the primary objective to develop Sanger's Finance and budgeting forecasting processes, integration with the finance system, how the Finance functionality impacts on users and how to develop the system to manage organisational risk whilst meeting the needs of users.

Providing technical accounting and system expertise to other cross-functional teams.

**Essential Skills**:

- Experience in Workday Adaptive or similar BI forecasting tools
- Experience in Financial Budgeting and Planning system with Adaptive Insight preferred
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Systems (or related area) and/or, part-qualified accountant
- Experience of finance system, preferably UBW
- Ability to communicate effectively (verbally and written) with all levels of management and staff and clearly present ideas and solutions to more complex technical issues.
- Proven ability to influence and persuade.
- High level of problem solving/analytical skills.
- Ability to actively question and listen to be able to problem solve.
- Experience in driving and managing change in a complex organization.
- Proven ability to develop and maintains effective working relationships with stakeholders, customers and cross-functional teams with an approach that is open, flexible, and transparent to identifying solutions with a personal ethos of continuous improvement.

**About Us**:
The Finance Systems Team support the critical Finance and Procurement systems including UBW, Adaptive, Concur.

We focus on improvements and also systems admin to keep the continued functionality of our key systems.

**Other Information**:
Salary in the region of £53,000 to £64,000

**Working at Wellcome Sanger**:
Our flexible-hybrid working environment is designed to support a healthy work-life balance. This means you can work flexibly with a combination of working from home, and working from our Campus to allow you to focus on being productive and part of the team while enjoying the benefits of working flexibly.

We aim to attract, recruit, retain and develop talent from the widest possible talent pool, thereby gaining insight and access to different markets to generate a greater impact on the world. We have a supportive culture with the following staff networks, LGBTQ+, Parents and Carers and Race Equity to bring people together to share experiences, offer specific support and development opportunities and raise awareness. The networks are also a place for allies to provide support to others.

We want our people to be whoever they want to be because we believe people who bring their best selves to work, do their best work. That's why we're committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at Sanger Institute. We will consider all individuals without discrimination and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, where everyone can thrive.

**Our Benefits**:
We are proud to deliver an awarding campus-wide employee wellbeing strategy and programme. The importance of good health and adopting a healthier lifestyle and the commitment to reduce work-related stress is strongly acknowledged and recognised at Sanger Institute.


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