Senior Finance Systems Analyst

Arrow Global Group; Manchester; In loco; GBP 45.000 - 65.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Arrow Global Group seeks a Finance Systems Analyst to own key finance applications for Fund Operations and Finance teams in Manchester. You will initially act as internal Product Owner for Stavpay and Kyriba, with scope to broaden ownership as our fintech landscape expands.

You will combine accounting expertise with systems focus to drive reliability, security and controlled development across critical processes, controls and governance.

Competenze

• Experience with business-critical Finance applications or systems.
• Strong understanding of finance processes and controls.
• Experience owning, administering or managing finance/operational apps.
• Hands-on with SaaS/third-party applications and governance.

Mansioni

• Own performance, service, controls and development of key Finance apps.
• Manage roadmaps, enhancements and priorities balancing risk and cost.
• Collaborate with Finance, Fund Operations, Treasury and Tech to deliver improvements.
• Escalation point for issues, coordinating ITSM and vendor resolutions.
• Manage changes, releases and UAT with testing and governance.
• Monitor processes, integrations and automated jobs; coordinate fixes.
• Ensure access controls, segregation of duties and audit trails.

Conoscenze

Finance knowledge

Accounts payable

Treasury

Cash management

Financial controls

Vendor management

IT service management

Change governance

UAT & releases

Strumenti

Stavpay

Kyriba

SaaS applications

CAB framework

Descrizione del lavoro

Description

We’re looking for a Finance Systems Analyst to take ownership of business critical applications supporting our Fund Operations and Finance teams.

Department:

Finance

Location:

Manchester, UK

Description

We’re looking for a Finance Systems Analyst to take ownership of business critical applications supporting our Fund Operations and Finance teams.

Initially, you’ll be the internal Product Owner and System Owner for Stavpay (accounts payable and invoice management) and Kyriba (treasury management), with the opportunity to take ownership of additional Finance and Fund Operations applications as our technology landscape develops.

This is a hand on role where you’ll combine your accountancy background and passion for systems to drive our applications to be reliable, secure, appropriately controlled and fit for purpose whilst striving for their continued development.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the performance, service, controls and ongoing development of key Finance applications.
• Manage application roadmaps, enhancements and priorities, balancing business needs, risk and cost.
• Work closely with Finance, Fund Operations, Treasury and Technology to understand requirements and deliver improvements.
• Act as a key escalation point for application issues, working with our IT Service Desk, Application Support teams and external vendors to resolve incidents and problems.
• Manage application changes, releases and UAT, ensuring appropriate testing and governance is in place.
• Monitor critical processes, integrations and automated jobs and coordinate the resolution of failures.
• Ensure applications have appropriate access controls, segregation of duties, audit trails and governance.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

You’ll have strong experience managing business-critical Finance applications or systems, ideally within a complex organisation, with a good understanding of Finance processes and controls.

You’ll Also Bring

• Strong practical Finance knowledge, particularly accounts payable, treasury, cash management and financial controls.
• Experience owning, administering or managing Finance or operational applications.
• Hands‑on experience with SaaS / third-party applications, including configuration and administration.
• Strong knowledge of incident, problem and change management.
• Experience working within formal IT service management and change governance/CAB frameworks.
• Experience managing third-party technology vendors and driving them to deliver outcomes.
• Experience managing application releases, UAT and integrations.
• A good understanding of application access, risk, controls and governance.