Finance System Analyst

Cardiff University's Finance Department is recruiting a Finance System Analyst to work within the Finance Systems Team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting and enhancing the University's financial systems, ensuring they remain robust, efficient, and aligned to customer and institutional needs., · Provide professional advice and guidance on financial processes, systems and procedures to internal and external customers, using judgement and creativity to suggest the most appropriate course of action where appropriate, and ensuring complex and conceptual issues are understood · Investigate and analyse specific issues within Oracle EBS, SAP Concur and other financial systems, creating recommendation reports, supported by advances within financial systems. · Ensure that the provision of the financial systems is delivered to the institution, proactively changing the delivery according to customer requirements · Collaborate with others to make recommendations for developments of established processes and procedures · Establish working relationships with key contacts, developing appropriate communication links with the University's Schools/Directorates and outside bodies as required · Create specific working groups from colleagues across the University to achieve Finance's objectives and contribute to wider university working groups. · Supervise specific project teams on an occasional basis to accomplish key objectives · Develop and deliver training to a variety of staff across the University on changes to financial systems. · Undertake a variety of administrative duties to support the Financial Systems and Data team. · Instruct and guide other employees across the University to support the usage of Oracle EBS, SAP Concur and other financial systems as required General Duties · Ensure that an understanding of the importance of confidentiality is applied when undertaking all duties · Abide by University policies on Health and Safety and Equality and Diversity · Perform other duties occasionally which are not included above, but which will be consistent with the role

1. Degree/NVQ 4 or equivalent Professional membership/experience

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

2. Substantial experience of working with Oracle e-Business Suite and SAP Conur financial systems

and processes.

3. Able to demonstrate professional knowledge within specialist discipline to give advice and

guidance to internal and external customers

4. Ability to set up standard office systems and procedures and make improvements as appropriate

Customer Service, Communication and Team Working

5. Ability to communicate conceptually detailed and complex information effectively and

professionally with a wide range of people

6. Evidence of ability to explore customers' needs and adapt the service accordingly to ensure a

quality service is delivered

Planning, Analysis and Problem solving

7. Evidence of ability to solve expansive problems using initiative and creativity; identifying and

proposing practical solutions and resolving problems with range of potential outcomes

8. Evidence of demonstrable knowledge of key advances within specialist discipline

9. Evidence of ability to work unsupervised to deadlines, planning and setting priorities for own work

and that of others and monitoring progress.

Other

10. A willingness to undertake further training and development

Desirable Criteria

11. Postgraduate/Professional qualification

12. Experience of working in a Higher Education environment

13. Confident user of Microsoft 365 applications.

14. Fluency in Welsh, written and oral

The post is full time (35 hours per week) and open ended.

Salary: £33,951 - £36,636 per annum (Grade 5)

This role is eligible to be offered on a blended working basis, meaning that as well as spending time working on campus you can also choose to spend some time working from another location, e.g. your home. The University is committed to offering this flexibility, wherever the role and business need allows, supporting work-life balance. As the biggest university in Wales - and a major employer, with more than 7,000 staff - we are an ambitious and innovative university located in a beautiful and thriving capital city. We can offer you the chance to work in a vibrant organisation, with great benefits and opportunities for progression., Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements., Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.