Finance Systems Manager

The role sits within the Finance, Planning and Data Insight section, which manages the University’s financial performance, ensures value for money, and supports compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. The team works closely with Finance colleagues (including Income, Payments and Accounting), Digital/IT services, and external partners to ensure systems are effective, secure and responsive to business needs. Duties of the Role The Finance Systems Manager leads the development, optimisation and support of the University’s financial systems, ensuring they are robust, secure and aligned to organisational priorities. The role provides strategic and technical leadership for the University’s core finance system (Unit4), delivering system improvements, supporting major transformation programmes, and ensuring high-quality financial data, reporting and controls across the institution. A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found within the attached job pack., To support this commitment we have our , a staff-led network that promotes and celebrates the rich cultural diversity among Essex staff, and our Colchester campus based Faith Centre, which hosts regular services, meetings and events organised by our chaplains and faith representatives. For more information see, This vacancy is only available to existing University of Essex staff Department The role sits within the Finance, Planning and Data Insight section, which manages the University’s financial performance, ensures value for money, and supports compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. The team works closely with Finance colleagues (including Income, Payments and Accounting), Digital/IT services, and external partners to ensure systems are effective, secure and responsive to business needs. Duties of the Role The Finance Systems Manager leads the development, optimisation and support of the University’s financial systems, ensuring they are robust, secure and aligned to organisational priorities. The role provides strategic and technical leadership for the University’s core finance system (Unit4), delivering system improvements, supporting major transformation programmes, and ensuring high-quality financial data, reporting and controls across the institution. A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found within the attached job pack., To support this commitment we have our , a staff-led network that promotes and celebrates the rich cultural diversity among Essex staff, and our Colchester campus based Faith Centre, which hosts regular services, meetings and events organised by our chaplains and faith representatives. For more information see: Please see the attached job pack, which contains a full job description and person specification, which outlines the full duties, skills, qualifications and experience needed for this role plus more information relating to the post. We recommend you read this information carefully before making an application. If you require help in making an application, or need information in a different format, please email the Resourcing Team ( ). *More information: p class=\“customHTML\” b class=\“customHTML\” This vacancy is only available to existing University of Essex staff \/b \/p \n p class=\“customHTML\” b class=\“customHTML\” Department \/b br class=\“customHTML\”\/ The role sits within the Finance, Planning and Data Insight section, which manages the University’s financial performance, ensures value for money, and supports compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements. \/p \n p class=\“customHTML\” The team works closely with Finance colleagues SPAN class=\“jobDetsMarker\” style=\“display:none;\” \/SPAN span class=\“jobDetsMarker\” \/span span class=\“jobDetsMarker\” \/span (including Income, Payments and Accounting), Digital\/IT services, and external partners to ensure systems are effective, secure and responsive to business needs. \/p \n p class=\“customHTML\” b class=\“customHTML\” Duties of the Role \/b br class=\“customHTML\”\/ The Finance Systems Manager leads the development, optimisation and support of the University’s financial systems, ensuring they are robust, secure and aligned to organisational priorities. \/p \n p class=\“customHTML\” The role provides strategic and technical leadership for the University’s core finance system (Unit4), delivering system improvements, supporting major transformation programmes, and ensuring high-quality financial data, reporting and controls across the institution. \/p \n p class=\“customHTML\” i class=\“customHTML\” A full list of duties and responsibilities can be found within the attached job pack. \/i \/p \n p class=\“customHTML\” b class=\“customHTML\”

The successful candidate should be a qualified CCAB accountant (or equivalent significant experience in financial systems). You will possess experience of financial systems (Unit 4 (Agresso) or similar) and system accounting, coupled with strong technical skills including SQL and advanced Excel. In addition you will be experienced in leading system developments, upgrades or transformation programmes., The successful candidate should be a qualified CCAB accountant (or equivalent significant experience in financial systems). \/p \n p class=\“customHTML\” You will possess experience of financial systems (Unit 4 (Agresso) or similar) and system accounting, coupled with strong technical skills including SQL and advanced Excel. In addition you will be experienced in leading system developments, upgrades or transformation programmes.

At the University of Essex, internationalism and diversity is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries, faiths and backgrounds, where you can find the world in one place., At the University of Essex, internationalism and diversity is central to who we are and what we do. We are committed to being a cosmopolitan, internationally oriented university that is welcoming to staff and students from all countries, faiths and backgrounds, where you can find the world in one place. \/p \n p class=\“customHTML\” To support this commitment we have our a class=\“customHTML\” href=\“https:\/\/www.essex.ac.uk\/staff\/diversity-and-inclusion\/global-forum\” Global Forum \/a , a staff-led network that promotes and celebrates the rich cultural diversity among Essex staff, and our Colchester campus based Faith Centre, which hosts regular services, meetings and events organised by our chaplains and faith representatives. For more information see