Finance Systems Analyst

Notting Hill Genesis Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Pension scheme

Enhanced maternity/paternity pay

Employee assistance

Health cash plan

Staff discounts

Cycle to work

Life Assurance 4x salary

Job summary

Notting Hill Genesis Group is seeking a Finance Systems Analyst to provide first-line support for finance IT systems and to act as custodian of D365 processes. You will maintain controls, assist with month-end activities, user access, and change governance, while documenting procedures and training staff.

The role emphasizes data integrity, process improvement, and collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience working with a finance IT system, specifically Microsoft D365 or similar accounting systems.
• Experience maintaining strong financial system controls and data integrity.
• Experience working with large volumes of financial transactions within computerised systems.
• CCAB qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA or equivalent) or actively studying, with ongoing CPD.
• Strong understanding of finance processes, procedures, and data management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident communicator with the ability to engage and work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.
• A confident role model who reflects the values of the organisation.
• Knowledge of, or interest in developing, SQL skills including querying and transforming data for reporting and analytics (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Provide first-line support for all finance IT system queries, resolving issues in line with Service Level Agreements and escalating complex cases where required.
• Act as system custodian, ensuring the completeness, integrity, and effective control of finance IT systems, and help develop robust and efficient system controls.
• Maintain and update approval chains and workflows within the D365 purchase order system, ensuring compliance with Financial Regulations.
• Monitor and troubleshoot finance system processes, including weekly and monthly interfaces, ensuring alignment with reporting timetables.
• Support month-end finance system activities and ensure all scheduled jobs run accurately and on time.
• Maintain user accounts and security profiles within finance systems, ensuring compliance with the Authorised Signatory List.
• Support change requests, ensuring alignment with the chart of accounts design framework and governance controls.
• Develop, maintain, and update procedure manuals and system documentation.
• Deliver training and guidance to staff on finance systems functionality, including new configurations, promoting best practice and helping users make the most of the system.
• Track and document system queries and resolutions to maintain a robust knowledge base.
• Support annual interim and final audit requirements from a finance systems perspective.
• Support the setting of departmental delivery standards and contribute to KPI tracking and performance reporting, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

Skills

D365 experience

Financial data integrity

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical problem-solving

SQL (desirable)

Communication skills

Education

CCAB qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA or equivalent)

Ongoing CPD

Tools

Microsoft D365

SQL

Job description

## Job Introduction**What you’ll do**Are you passionate about finance systems, data integrity, and driving continuous improvement?As our Finance Systems Analyst, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our finance systems operate efficiently, accurately, and in line with business needs. Acting as the first point of contact for finance systems support, you’ll combine technical expertise with strong stakeholder engagement to deliver a high-quality, customer-focused service.Working within our Finance team, you’ll help safeguard system integrity, improve processes, and support performance reporting ensuring our finance services deliver the best possible outcomes for our residents and colleagues.This is an exciting opportunity for a technically capable finance professional who thrives on problem-solving, collaboration, and making systems work smarter.**How you’ll do it*** Provide first-line support for all finance IT system queries, resolving issues in line with Service Level Agreements and escalating complex cases where required.* Act as system custodian, ensuring the completeness, integrity, and effective control of finance IT systems, and help develop robust and efficient system controls.* Maintain and update approval chains and workflows within the D365 purchase order system, ensuring compliance with Financial Regulations.* Monitor and troubleshoot finance system processes, including weekly and monthly interfaces, ensuring alignment with reporting timetables.* Support month-end finance system activities and ensure all scheduled jobs run accurately and on time.* Maintain user accounts and security profiles within finance systems, ensuring compliance with the Authorised Signatory List.* Support change requests, ensuring alignment with the chart of accounts design framework and governance controls.* Develop, maintain, and update procedure manuals and system documentation.* Deliver training and guidance to staff on finance systems functionality, including new configurations, promoting best practice and helping users make the most of the system.* Track and document system queries and resolutions to maintain a robust knowledge base.* Support annual interim and final audit requirements from a finance systems perspective.* Support the setting of departmental delivery standards and contribute to KPI tracking and performance reporting, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.**The ideal candidate**We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.Essential:* Demonstrable experience working with a finance IT system, specifically Microsoft D365 or similar accounting systems.* Experience maintaining strong financial system controls and data integrity.* Experience working with large volumes of financial transactions within computerised systems.* CCAB qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA or equivalent) or actively studying, with ongoing CPD.* Strong understanding of finance processes, procedures, and data management.* Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.* Confident communicator with the ability to engage and work collaboratively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.* A confident role model who reflects the values of the organisation.* Commitment to ethical principles including integrity, objectivity, professional competence, confidentiality, and professional behaviour.* Knowledge of, or interest in developing, SQL skills including querying and transforming data for reporting and analytics (desirable).**What’s in it for you?**Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.Benefits include:* Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)* Generous pension scheme* Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)* Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.* Health cash plan* Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.* Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan* Cycle to work scheme.* Life Assurance x 4 annual salary**All about us**Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 65,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,800 employees.For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit:https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.To find out more about our approach to equality, diversity and inclusion please visit: https://group.nhg.org.uk/careers/diversity-is-our-strength/**Selection Process**Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now!Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to do an assessmentStep 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interviewPlease apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via [e-mail] reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.