Senior Application Engineer

Peninsula; Manchester; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Peninsula Business Services in Manchester is seeking a senior application engineer to modernise our finance and HR systems. You will take technical responsibility for operation and upgrades across Dimensions v2, FocalPoint, and related tools, while coordinating with in-house teams and outside suppliers worldwide.

This role requires deep Microsoft stack expertise, a proven track record with finance data, and the ability to lead architectural discussions with senior stakeholders as we move to

Qualifications

• Substantial experience building solutions, data pipelines and integrations on the Microsoft stack.
• Proven track record working with finance professionals, systems, processes and data.
• Experience liaising with senior stakeholders in international corporate businesses.
• Ability to lead, troubleshoot, and manage technical debt in future system design.

Responsibilities

• Own operation and modernization of finance and HR systems.
• Collaborate with Data Team, Development Team and external vendors globally.
• Support Finance and ICT stakeholders, including senior leaders.
• Act as technical liaison with third-party vendors.
• Own the application environment (Dimensions v2, FocalPoint, Orbis Task Centre, Access Document Management, People XD, Access aCloud).
• Collaborate with Infrastructure and Data teams to manage servers and databases.
• Work with in-house teams to upgrade and troubleshoot integrated applications and data flows.
• Identify solutions, define requirements, and select vendors for modernization.

Skills

Microsoft stack experience

Finance process knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Technical leadership

Tools

SQL

CRM systems

DevOps practices

Cloud architectures

Job description

Salary: £39,000 - 39,000 per year

Requirements

• We seek substantial experience developing solutions, data pipelines, and systems integrations across legacy and contemporary technologies using the Microsoft stack.
• We seek a proven track record of working with finance professionals, systems, processes, and data.
• We seek experience liaising with stakeholders at the highest level in international corporate businesses.
• We need a candidate willing and able to develop and implement solutions, troubleshoot existing deployments, manage technical debt, and provide technical leadership in future systems design, architecture, and strategy.

Responsibilities

• We will have the successful candidate take technical responsibility for the operation and modernisation of our finance and HR systems.
• We will have the successful candidate work in our Data Team alongside our in-house Development Team and third-party technology suppliers across the globe.
• We will have the successful candidate support and manage our Finance and ICT stakeholders, including senior internal leaders.
• We will have the successful candidate act as the technical liaison with existing third-party vendors.
• We will have the successful candidate take ownership of our application environment, including systems such as Dimensions v2, FocalPoint, Orbis Task Centre, Access Document Management, People XD, and Access aCloud.
• We will have the successful candidate collaborate with our Infrastructure and Data teams to manage the servers and databases those systems rely upon.
• We will have the successful candidate work with our in-house teams to upgrade, streamline, and troubleshoot integrated applications and data flows.
• We will have the successful candidate help identify solutions, define requirements, and select vendors as we modernise our core systems.

Technologies

• Cloud
• ICT
• Support
• CRM
• DevOps
• SQL

More

We are Peninsula Business Services, and this is a full-time office-based senior application engineer role at our headquarters in Manchester. We support a global business with operations in the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Our PBSG Finance division uses a suite of applications from The Access Group, integrated with proprietary applications and data integrations built in-house. We are undertaking a long-term, multi-year transformation of our finance and HR systems, moving from on-premises, self-hosted solutions to fully cloud-based SaaS equivalents across our global operations within the next two years. This role offers the opportunity to provide technical leadership for a major modernisation programme within a large international consultancy business with recurring annual revenues approaching 500M.

last updated 36 week of 2026