Senior Financial Systems Developer

Systems Accountants; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Systems Accountants is seeking a Senior TM1 / IBM Planning Analytics Developer for a 12-month fixed-term contract. This hybrid role involves developing and enhancing TM1 solutions to support finance, reporting, and regulatory requirements.

Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of experience in TM1 development, strong SQL skills, and familiarity with financial processes. This role offers an opportunity to work within a high impact finance systems team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience developing IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) solutions within Financial Services.
• Strong expertise in TM1 development (cubes, dimensions, rules, TI processes, workflows, active forms).
• Experience with PAX and PAW.
• Good working knowledge of SQL for querying and building ETL processes.
• Familiarity with FP&A processes and financial reporting requirements.
• Strong Excel and VBA skills.
• Understanding of MDX for subsets and dynamic views.
• Experience across the full development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) models.
• Design and deliver dynamic reporting solutions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements.
• Build and optimise ETL processes and data integrations.
• Document solutions and promote best practice development standards.

Skills

TM1 development

ETL processes

SQL

Excel

VBA

Power BI

Education

Professional accounting qualification

Job description

TM1 / IBM Planning Analytics Developer (Senior) – 12 Month FTC

Location: Hybrid

Client: Financial Services

Salary: up to £80,000

This role is a 12-month fixed-term contract.

The Role

This role sits within a high impact finance systems team and will focus on developing and enhancing IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) solutions supporting FP&A, reporting, and regulatory requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) models, including cubes, dimensions, rules, and TurboIntegrator (TI) processes.
• Design and deliver dynamic reporting solutions using Active Forms, PAX, and PAW.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and identify system enhancements and automation opportunities.
• Build and optimise ETL processes and data integrations, leveraging SQL where required.
• Support data modelling and warehouse design aligned to finance and reporting needs.
• Ensure robust testing, deployment, and change management processes.
• Provide ongoing system support, troubleshooting, and user assistance.
• Document solutions and promote best practice development standards.

Key Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience developing IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) solutions within Financial Services.
• Strong expertise in TM1 development (cubes, dimensions, rules, TI processes, workflows, active forms).
• Experience with PAX and PAW.
• Good working knowledge of SQL for querying and building ETL processes
• Familiarity with FP&A processes and financial reporting requirements.
• Strong Excel and VBA skills.
• Understanding of MDX for subsets and dynamic views.
• Experience across the full development lifecycle.

Desirable Skills

• Exposure to Power BI for reporting and data visualisation
• Professional accounting qualification (desirable)