Finance Systems Administrator

This is a permanent post based at the Oxford Road Campus of the University of Manchester. There is also a 12 month fixed-term post under reference PSX-028647 for the same role.

Are you ready to showcase your skills in finance systems and make a real impact? Join us as a Finance Systems Administrator, where you'll tackle diverse challenges, support critical operations, and contribute to the smooth running of our finance systems.

This is a technical role, focused on the support and administration of finance systems — not a clerical or secretarial position. You'll support system users, maintain data accuracy, and play a key role in system improvements.

If you have experience with finance systems, enjoy problem-solving, and are confident working with complex platforms (such as Oracle, Agresso, SAP, or similar), we’d love to hear from you.

The role
As Finance Systems Administrator reporting to the Finance Systems Manager, you will:

• Provide user support and resolve finance system issues, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, monitoring and escalation while ensuring compliance with SLAs.
• Possess strong IT, Excel and analytical skills, demonstrating accuracy and attention to detail
• Demonstrate excellent customer service skills and the ability to deliver a high-quality and professional service, maintaining good working relationships
• Assist with ad hoc reporting, large data extracts, and periodic reports, including PI and budget holder statements, to support business needs.
• Perform system maintenance and administration tasks, including configuration, reconciliation, period/year-end processes and access management.
• Support system testing activities, including planning, coordinating testers, managing the test script library, liaising with IT and business teams, ensuring adherence to test plans, assisting with defect management, and performing system administration testing.
• Support finance systems projects and governance groups, provide administrative assistance, and collaborate on maintaining and improving process maps and documentation.

About Finance Systems
The Finance Systems team sits within the Directorate of Finance and is responsible for maintaining the Oracle Financials application, along with a number of other finance and reporting packages.

Primary responsibilities of the team include providing systems support to users, overseeing systems processes at month end, responding to requests and issues as they arise, report development and distribution, ensuring systems-based control and reconciliation processes are in place and well managed, and supporting the continuous improvement of finance systems and processes.

The Team
The Directorate of Finance comprises approx. 240 employees spread across 8 different teams managing a variety of finance activities. Finance Systems is a small (5-10 person) team forming part of Financial Services (Central Finance), working closely alongside the areas of Financial Control, Corporate Finance, Tax, and Finance Operations.

Our mission is to be experts in the systems we maintain and the environment in which we operate, providing exceptional guidance, support and insight to all users and working collaboratively with IT partners to deliver modern, innovative solutions to meet the needs of the Directorate and the University as a whole.

What you can expect in return

As well as a competitive salary, and working for an internationally recognised University:

• A generous annual leave entitlement of 23-27 days (increases with length of continuous service)
• Additional closure days between Christmas and New Year on top of annual leave entitlement
• Access to a comprehensive employee assistance programme, supporting your physical, mental, and financial health and legal advice
• Leading pensions schemes, travel season tickets loans, cycle to work scheme, workplace nursery, staff networking groups discounts for all the family to enjoy and so much more.
• Training, career opportunities, and continuous professional development.
• Find out more about all the benefits of working at the University of Manchester here

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Andrew Tickle

Email: andrew.tickle@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.