Finance Systems and Processes Analyst

Permanent

Manchester: £34,500 - £39,600

Guildford: £36,900 - £41,200

Hybrid Working

Are you looking for an opportunity to shape business strategies by utilising your expertise in finance and payroll processes?

Here at AQA we're keen to see you realise your potential. As the UK's largest provider of academic qualifications, joining us means investing in your own development as much as our charitable purpose.

The main purpose of the Finance Systems and Processes Analyst (Which we call a Finance Systems and Processes Coordinator internally) is to lead and deliver continuous improvement initiatives, collaborating with others within Finance and the wider business.

You will be a conduit between the finance team that you will be representing, the wider business and our system support teams in order to maximise system possibilities and drive process efficiencies. You will influence business areas in terms of system capability and the 'art of the possible' and make recommendations on design issues based on your product knowledge and knowledge of existing processes. You will be providing documentation to support business cases and help drive decision making by clearly documenting options, possibilities, risks and relevant pros and cons of any system or process change.

What's in it for me?

• You will have access from day one to an incredible pension scheme with employee and employer contributions jointly totalling, up to 18.5%
• 25 days annual leave, rising a day per year for your first five years with Bank Holidays and additional closure days at Christmas.
• AQA work in a smart hybrid way. This team are in the office for a minimum of two days per week or as business dictates - meetings are more productive in person, so you will need to live within a commutable distance of the Guildford or Manchester office.
• You will also benefit from Private Medical Insurance and a Health Care Cash Reward Plan as well a paid volunteering days, newly refurbished office spaces with discounted eateries, as well as a gym, a games room and a yoga studio at our Manchester office.

Need to know (to be successful in this role, you will need to know):

• Good understanding of Finance transacting and Payroll processes
• Have knowledge of a Finance and Payroll systems, (ideally Workday and ITrent)
• Best practice in Continuous Improvement and Project methodologies, including risk and issue management
• How to pay attention to detail, while recognising when good is good enough
• Microsoft Office tools, including Visio and PowerPoint
• How to communicate clearly to a wide range of audiences up to and including Exec level
• How to give and receive feedback
• How to proactively deliver in a challenging environment
• How to build your knowledge of the wider business, business areas, and stakeholder requirements, and the ability to use this knowledge to create meaningful system improvement
• How to work collaboratively with stakeholders across AQA Group in the spirit of "One AQA"

What do I do next?

Please upload your most recent CV with a cover letter detailing your skills and experience for this role.

We know that you are more than what is written on your CV. If you feel like you have something to offer the team, but don't quite tick all the criteria boxes, please get in touch.

You could wait until applications close at 23:59 on Sunday 19 May to apply but we will be interviewing as applications come in and reserve the right to close the advert early should we find the right person so apply today.

Every application will receive a response.

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