Senior Finance Systems Manager

The post-holder will be responsible for managing the Finance Systems team: leading the administration, ongoing development and training agenda for our newly implemented S4HANA and SAP Ariba purchasing systems and supporting our 5000 users across the Brigade.

Do you have experience in SAP S/4HANA?, * Have recent, demonstrable experience managing the implementation and/or support of SAP finance systems, with S4HANA public cloud experience strongly desirable

• Have demonstrable experience providing ICT systems training and support to finance end users
• Have senior management experience within a large, complex organisation
• Demonstrate strong communication and inter-personal skills, with the ability to collaborate, influence and communicate effectively with staff across all levels and functions
• Have sound analysis and problem solving skills, with the flexibility to transition between the detail and bigger picture, 1. Recent experience of managing the implementation or support of SAP financial systems in a large, complex organisation.

2. Well-developed communication and inter-personal skills in order to collaborate, advise, influence and communicate effectively with staff across all levels.
3. Experience of providing ICT systems training, advice, and support to finance end users.
4. Evidence of strong analysis, prioritisation, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to define problems, identify solutions and prioritise tasks or projects.

• 26 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• Additional leave between Christmas Day and New Year
• Family (including maternity) leave and emergency support leave
• Hybrid working is available, subject to business need.
• Free access to the Brigade gym
• Use of the Brigade's Medical Adviser/physios/fitness advisers
• Free counselling
• Season ticket loan
• Join social networks including our Equality Support Groups
• Contributory pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff discount scheme including access to Blue Light Card retail and hospitality discounts
• Opportunity to access affordable accommodation

Criminal records check

In line with the Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) employment checks will be completed by successful candidates, which will include a Standard criminal records check. Successful candidate will be required to declare any convictions for offences and any offer of employment is subject to the LFC receiving a criminal records disclosure which it considers satisfactory. Job Reference: FRS01369

London Fire Brigade (LFB) is London's fire and rescue service - one of the largest firefighting and rescue organisations in the world. We are here to make London a safer city. Employing over 5000 people across our operational team (our firefighters), control (our call handlers who answer 999 calls), fire safety and our non-operational team (our team who work behind the scenes to support our front-line services, which includes Fleet, IT, HR, Finance, Procurement, Communications team and many more). This is an exciting time to join the LFB finance team. We have recently implemented SAP4HANA and SAP Ariba, the first public sector organisation to go live with this cloud-based system.