Banking and Financial Systems Specialist

Hampshire County Council; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 56,000; Part time

Job summary

Hampshire County Council is seeking a Banking & Financial Systems Specialist to strengthen the Transactional Finance team in Winchester. The hybrid role focuses on banking operations, SAP finance systems and critical interfaces, ensuring continuity and robust controls.

Across this 1-year temporary position, you will act as SME for complex banking processes, lead knowledge transfer, and help document essential system knowledge to support resilience and operational stability.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in banking operations within a large finance environment.
• Strong knowledge of SAP finance processes and related banking activities.
• Experience supporting financial interfaces, system integrations and data feeds.
• Experience with balance sheet reconciliations and banking control environments.
• Knowledge of cash allocation systems, preferably Serrala.
• Proven ability to investigate and resolve complex operational and system issues.
• Experience producing operational documentation and conducting knowledge transfer.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist expertise across corporate banking processes, controls and procedures.
• Support operational management of banking arrangements and financial systems.
• Investigate, diagnose and resolve complex banking exceptions, processing failures and incidents.
• Maintain interfaces, files and feeds between banking platforms, SAP and other finance systems.
• Support development of robust banking controls and risk mitigation activities.

Skills

Banking operations

SAP finance processes

Data feeds

Issue investigation

Cash allocation

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Serrala

SAP interfaces

Job description

Job Reference: HCC625338
Salary Range: £50,564 - £56,219 pro-rata, per annum (actual salary £30,338 - £33,731 per annum)
Work Location: Elizabeth II Court, Winchester (Hybrid Working)
Hours per week: 22.2
Contract Type: Temporary (1 year)
Closing Date: 6 November 2026
Interview Date: 16 November 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Banking & Financial Systems Specialist to join our Transactional Finance team at Hampshire County Council.

Are you looking for a challenging and diverse role working as part of a friendly and supportive team, with an opportunity to make a real difference?

The Role:

The purpose of the role is provide specialist expertise and business continuity support across banking operations, cash allocation processes, financial interfaces and SAP-related activities. The postholder will act as a subject matter expert (SME) for complex banking processes, key financial systems and associated projects while leading the transfer of critical technical and operational knowledge into the wider team.

The role is designed to strengthen organisational resilience, reduce reliance on key individuals, support operational stability, and ensure critical banking and finance system knowledge is documented, retained and embedded within the service.

What you’ll do:

• Provide specialist expertise across corporate banking processes, controls and procedures.
• Support the operational management of banking arrangements and associated financial systems.
• Investigate, diagnose and resolve complex banking exceptions, processing failures and operational incidents.
• Maintain critical interfaces, files and feeds between banking platforms, SAP and other finance systems.
• Support the ongoing development of robust banking controls and risk mitigation activities.

What we’re looking for:

• Significant experience within banking operations in a large and complex finance environment.
• Strong working knowledge of SAP finance processes and associated banking activities.
• Experience supporting financial interfaces, system integrations and data feeds.
• Experience of balance sheet reconciliations and banking control environments.
• Knowledge of cash allocation systems, preferably Serrala.
• Proven ability to investigate and resolve complex operational and system-related issues.
• Experience producing operational documentation and delivering knowledge transfer activities.
• Experience working with multiple stakeholders across finance, operational and technical teams.

Hampshire County Council is recognised nationally asone of the highest performing local authorities in the UK. A modern, forward-looking local authority, it offers a pleasant, supportive, and collaborative working environment.

Hampshire County Council is also a flexible employer interested in making the most of your skills and offers a great work life balance. We invest in you through our internal development programmes and training and offer a competitive salary and benefits package .

This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check and Non-Police Personnel Vetting. Further information about this process will be provided to successful candidates. Candidates must have resided in the UK for a minimum of 3 years for the Non-Police Personnel Vetting in order for clearance to be obtained.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.