Finance Business Partner - Systems

Hours of work:
Full-time - 35 hours per week

Tenure:
Fixed term until December 2027

Hybrid Working: 2 days/week on Campus or minimum requirement of 40% on Campus, with 60% considered desirable where possible

The University of Liverpool is seeking a motivated and collaborative Finance Business Partner - Systems to join our Finance Systems Team at a pivotal time of change and transformation.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the delivery of major finance systems initiatives, including the migration of our Unit4 ERP platform to the cloud, enhancements to finance and procurement processes, improved reporting capabilities, and the introduction of a new Chart of Accounts.

If you have experience working in finance systems, enjoy solving complex business challenges, and are passionate about systems improvement and organisational change, we'd love to hear from you.

As a member of the Finance Systems Team, you will:

• Support the delivery of the University's Unit4 cloud migration project.
• Work with Finance, Procurement, IT Services and business stakeholders to analyse requirements, manage change and deliver improvements.
• Provide first-line support for finance systems queries, process issues and configuration errors.
• Assist with the implementation of finance process enhancements,
• Coordinate and support system testing activities and issue resolution.
• Help maintain and enhance management information tools, dashboards and reporting capabilities.
• Monitor data quality and support ongoing data validation and cleansing activities.
• Document finance system processes, procedures and controls to support standardisation and knowledge sharing.
• Deliver training and guidance to finance and non-finance colleagues.
• Lead and contribute to finance systems improvement projects across the University.
• Build effective relationships with system suppliers, IT Services and business users to promote best practice and continuous improvement.

We're looking for someone who can combine finance knowledge with strong systems and stakeholder management skills.

You will have:

• Experience working within a Higher Education finance environment.
• Strong understanding of finance and procurement systems and how data flows between systems.
• Experience working collaboratively across teams and organisational boundaries.
• A proactive approach to identifying opportunities for improvement and delivering change.
• Financial accounting knowledge and experience of financial systems.
• Degree-level qualification (or equivalent).
• A recognised accounting qualification or be actively working towards one (CCAB or CIMA).
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.

We're particularly interested in candidates with experience of:

• ERP implementation or cloud migration projects.
• Delivering finance systems change in complex organisations.
• Unit4 ERP Finance and Procurement systems.
• Process documentation and user training.
• Project management and business process improvement.

We are committed to enhancing a workforce as diverse as our community and particularly encourage applicants who are of minoritised genders and ethnic backgrounds, living with a disability, and/or are members of the LGBTQIA+ community.