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The Finance Systems Analyst helps people with sight loss to live the life they choose by developing, upgrading and maintaining the data structure, data integrity, financial control and effectiveness of the core finance systems and reporting suites, enhancing the organisation’s ability to provide meaningful information both to external stakeholders and to internal decision-makers.
This role would suit individuals who have recently completed their studies or are looking for a career change, with an interest in business systems and finance.
We’re committed to enabling our staff to work where best suits the needs of the individual, their team and the organisation. We want our staff to flourish and work in environments which maximises their potential and best serves our stakeholders.
For this role you’ll be working 35 hours per week, worked 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. We are looking for you to attend the office at least 2 days per week, the remainder of your week may be spent working from home.
We offer a generous pension scheme, annual leave, life assurance and enhanced pay for parenting and sickness leave. In addition, we provide an Employee Assistance Programme, flexible benefits package and discounts and cashback scheme to care for our people.
We reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date.
Diversity
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality.
We encourage applications from people with disabilities as they are currently under-represented in the organisation and guarantee an invitation to interview for all applicants with disabilities who demonstrate, within their application form, sufficient evidence to meet the essential criteria for the job.
Safeguarding
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.
Candidate profile
To be able to fulfil this role, the skills and experience we are looking for in a potential candidate include:
- Educated to A level standard (QCF Level 3 / SQCF Levels 6-7)
- GCSE grade C or above in Maths and English (QCF level 2 / SQCF level 5)
- Computer/business systems qualification
- Experience of working with finance or business systems
- Demonstrable experience of working in a support or customer facing environment
- Basic knowledge of financial systems functionality
- Ability to demonstrate familiarity with financial reporting concepts
If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. We cannot provide sponsorship for this role.
How to apply
Applications need to be made using the online application form, accessed using the ‘apply’ button above. The system has a one-hour time limit. We would advise you to prepare your answers separately and then copy and paste into the online form once finalised.
If any mandatory fields are missed, a pop-up box will appear at the top of the page advising which sections require completion. Please note that you’ll have to upload a CV as this is a mandatory requirement as part of our Safer Recruitment Policy.
Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years.
If there is not enough space in your application form to provide this information, please ensure you upload additional documentation containing the additional detail.
