Finance Systems Manager
Low Carbon Contracts Company
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Job summary
Low Carbon Contracts Company is seeking a Finance Systems Manager in Birmingham/Leeds. You will bridge Finance and Technology, leading ERP reviews, automation initiatives and data governance across Finance Operations, Scheme Settlements and Procurement.
The role requires strong accounting and leadership experience, with a focus on compliant, audit-ready finance technology. You will manage the Finance Process Specialist, drive change management for new systems, and collaborate with IT and
Qualifications
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Experience leading a Finance or Management Accounting team.
- Experience of process and data management including how technology can be deployed to deliver efficiency, effectiveness, and control to meet defined business requirements.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences and communicate complex ideas in simplified terms.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including cross-functional collaboration.
- Proven track record of transforming manual financial processes into automated, controlled end-to-end solutions with embedded validation, audit trails, and full documentation.
- Demonstrable experience acting as a Finance-Technology bridge — representing Finance requirements in technology forums and translating them into system specifications for IT and vendor delivery.
- ERP system implementation or migration experience, including requirements definition, controls mapping, UAT, and user adoption.
- Demonstrable line management experience, with evidence of developing individuals of differing technical capability and driving team performance.
- Understanding of AI capabilities and limitations in a finance context, including the ability to critically evaluate and govern AI tool deployment within a public body audit framework.
Responsibilities
- Lead the Finance Systems function, developing the technology strategy across Finance Operations, Scheme Settlements and Procurement.
- Oversee ERP review and future updates (Sage X3 or future ERP).
- Lead the finance workstream of ERP migration, including requirements gathering and data migration validation.
- Govern AI adoption within Finance ensuring audit readiness and public body compliance.
- Develop and maintain dashboards/reports for financial analysis and decision-making (Power BI, Excel).
- Line manage the Finance Process Specialist and future roles, setting objectives and development plans.
- Coordinate with IT for system connectivity and governance forums, translating finance requirements into IT specs.
- Provide training and user support for system functionality and changes.
Skills
Education
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Job description
Department: Finance & Procurement
Employment Type: Full Time
Location: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom; Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 37.5 / week
Salary: circa £83,000 depending on experience
Location: Leeds (LS1 4HR) OR Birmingham (B2 5DB)
WFH policy: Employees are required to attend the office 2 days/week
Flexible working: Variety of flexible work patterns subject to line manager discretion e.g. Compressed 9-day fortnight.
Reports to: Head of Finance
Deadline Note: We reserve the right to close the advert before the advertised deadline if there are a high volume of applications.
LCCC is at the heart of the UK’s transition to Net Zero, administering government-backed low carbon energy schemes that are transforming the energy landscape. The Finance Systems Manager reports to the Head of Finance and Procurement and plays a pivotable role in ensuring our finance function has the technology, automation and audit-ready controlled processes to support that mission - leading the development of LCCC’s finance technology across Finance Operations, Scheme Settlements and Procurement.
The Finance Systems Manager acts as the bridge between the Finance & Procurement department and LCCC’s Technology Hub, representing Finance’s requirements in all technology and system decisions. The role requires a strong blend of finance expertise, technical capability, and stakeholder influence—engaging credibly with finance colleagues, IT teams and system vendors. It also requires close collaboration with wider LCCC teams and external delivery partners, including EMRS and Scheme Operations, to ensure alignment across schemes and the maintenance of robust financial controls and audit-ready processes.
The role provides direct line management of the Finance Process Specialist and any future roles within the finance systems team. The role also carries responsibility for governing AI adoption within Finance and ensuring all technology outputs meet audit and public body requirements.
The key responsibilities of the role are outlined below, covering both LCCC and ESC. However, this is an overview of the role and is not exhaustive. As the size and number of different schemes continues to grow, the dynamic nature of the role may lead to further enhancements. LCCC recognises the evolving nature of the responsibilities and reserves the right to assign other duties commensurate with the role as required.
- Line manage the Finance Process Specialist and any future roles, ensuring improvement projects are scoped correctly and delivered to time and quality.
- Provide day-to-day management, objective setting, performance oversight, and development support to direct reports, building technical capability across team members of varying ability.
- Lead change management activity for new system and process deployments, developing communication and training plans that bring finance colleagues of all technical abilities with them.
- Oversee review of the current ERP system (Sage X3) and consider future change or updates.
- Act as the Sage X3 (or future ERP system) Finance champion, including the administration role, ensuring the system is progressively removed from manual transactional processes in Scheme Settlements, Finance Operations and Procurement.
- Lead the finance workstream of LCCC’s future ERP migration — owning requirements gathering, controls mapping, UAT coordination, data migration validation, and finance-side user adoption.
- Act as the main point of contact with IT to cover the period of connectivity with the new settlement system and future systems.
- Represent Finance & Procurement as the authoritative voice in corporate technology forums and governance processes, translating finance and audit requirements into clear system specifications for IT and vendors.
- Ensure Finance technology development is in line with company direction and LCCC’s corporate technology strategy.
- Support the team with banking software and related financial system tools.
- Identify opportunities to automate financial processes and improve efficiency in Scheme Settlements and Finance Operations.
- Lead process transformation projects from discovery and mapping to solution design, build, testing, and controlled handover, ensuring each automated solution includes validation, exception flagging, and audit trails.
- Implement workflows and integrations between finance systems and other business applications.
- Design automated outputs to be operable and updatable by finance staff without specialist technical knowledge, including clear guidance and self-checking for monthly, quarterly, and annual refresh cycles.
- Foster continuous improvement within the team, supporting colleagues of varying technical skills to adopt new tools and translating complex system logic into accessible, well-documented outputs.
- Evaluate and govern AI tool deployment in Finance, identifying where AI can improve efficiency, data quality, or reporting.
- Ensure AI-assisted outputs are auditable, explainable, and comply with NAO and LCCC public body requirements. Keep informed on AI developments and advise the Head of Finance and Procurement on adoption strategy.
- Ensure data accuracy, integrity and security across all finance systems.
- Maintain data governance, access controls and retention policies across all finance systems, aligned with LCCC’s obligations.
- Lead Finance’s transition to a data warehouse or equivalent solution to improve reporting efficiency and functionality for Scheme Settlements, Finance Operations and Procurement.
- Develop and maintain dashboards and reports for financial analysis and decision-making.
- Serve as the team’s Power BI and Excel champion, setting standards for financial reporting and data visualisation.
- Lead finance system implementation, upgrades, and migration projects, collaborating with IT, procurement, and other stakeholders to deliver on time and within scope.
- Provide technical support and training to finance teams on system functionality.
- Act as the primary point of contact for system-related issues and enhancements
Essential
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
- Experience leading a Finance or Management Accounting team.
- Experience of process and data management including how technology can be deployed to deliver efficiency, effectiveness, and control to meet defined business requirements.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences and communicate complex ideas in simplified terms.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including cross-functional collaboration.
- Proven track record of transforming manual financial processes into automated, controlled end-to-end solutions with embedded validation, audit trails, and full documentation.
- Demonstrable experience acting as a Finance-Technology bridge — representing Finance requirements in technology forums and translating them into system specifications for IT and vendor delivery.
- ERP system implementation or migration experience, including requirements definition, controls mapping, UAT, and user adoption.
- Demonstrable line management experience, with evidence of developing individuals of differing technical capability and driving team performance.
- Understanding of AI capabilities and limitations in a finance context, including the ability to critically evaluate and govern AI tool deployment within a public body audit framework.
Desirable
- A graduate or higher degree in a relevant discipline.
- Knowledge of a backend coding language (e.g. Python or R).
- Experience of a visualisation or automation tool (e.g. SQL, Power BI, Power Automate, or similar).
- Hands‑on experience deploying AI tools in a finance environment (e.g. Microsoft Copilot, AI‑assisted analytics, or process automation AI).
- Knowledge of CfD, Capacity Market, or similar energy industry or public body schemes.
- Project management qualification (e.g. Prince2, APM, or equivalent).
Benefits
- Annual performance based bonus, up to 10%
- 25 days annual leave, plus eight bank holidays
- Up to 8% pension contribution
- Financial support and time off for study relevant to your role, plus a professional membership subscription
- Employee referral scheme (up to £1500), and colleague recognition scheme
- Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave and shared parental leave
- Free, confidential employee assistance, including financial management, family care, mental health, and on‑call GP service
- Three paid volunteering days a year
- Season ticket loan and cycle to work schemes
- Family savings on days out and English Heritage, gym discounts, cash back and discounts at selected retailers
- Employee resource groups
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