Finance Systems Administrator in Liverpool

Hours: Monday to Friday, 09:00 - 17:00 (35 hours per week)

Location: Liverpool

Benefits:

• Annual leave starting at 25 days
• Annual bonus scheme
• Birthday privilege day and Christmas shutdown
• Holiday buy, sell and carryover scheme
• 2 charity volunteering or pro bono days
• Optional private medical insurance via BUPA
• Annual fitness allowance
• Flexible pension scheme
• ISA saving scheme and independent financial advice
• Electric or hybrid vehicle lease scheme
• Medicash EAP with access to counselling
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Access to confidential, expert support via Fertifa in relation to reproductive health and wellbeing
• Access to 10 days fully subsidised emergency or back‑up care per year via Bright Horizons
• Life assurance
• Group income protection
• Annual travel season ticket loan
• Hybrid working and dress for your day policy
• Bespoke training and development opportunities
• Financial contribution towards home working equipment

Role Overview:

The Finance Systems Administrator plays a key role in supporting the day‑to‑day operations of the firm’s finance systems. The role is responsible for enabling efficient integration between various systems, maintaining standing data, investigating and troubleshooting issues to support the business. This position requires a collaborative, proactive, and solutions‑focused approach, with flexibility to adapt to evolving priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as an administrator, to manage, maintain and monitor our financial systems including Aderant Expert, Intapp, CapiTrak, Sharedo, Emburse Enterprise.
• Provide system configuration, user management and system reconciliations.
• Provide user support across departments including Finance, HR, BD, IT and our Fee Earners in the business.
• Identify and implement system enhancements, opportunities to streamline and improve, in collaboration with internal teams.
• Analyse workflows and develop efficient procedures.
• Assist with system upgrades, patches, and technical evaluations, including user acceptance testing (UAT) for upgrades, patches, and new implementations.
• Support finance and IT projects, including month/year‑end processing.
• Create and execute SQL scripts.
• Generate ad‑hoc reports and support data requests.
• Liaise with internal IT teams to resolve issues, acting as a link between finance and IT.
• Conduct quality assurance and document processes for audit and operational purposes, while supporting audits and ensuring compliance with internal controls and data regulations.
• Be able to provide training to the wider business on various systems.
• Support the team with your experience and knowledge.
• Be available for evenings and weekends as required.

Essential:

• Previous experience supporting various financial systems, ideally within a legal or professional services environment.
• SQL skills with the ability to create and run queries independently.
• Excel knowledge, including, but not limited to, data extraction, power query and pivots.
• Good numerical skills and ability to understand systems and processes, troubleshoot problems and come up with solutions independently.
• Ability to manage time, priorities and work independently.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Discretion, sensitivity, and confidentiality in handling data.
• A proactive, team‑oriented approach with a willingness to take on additional responsibilities.

Desirable:

• Experience with Aderant Expert is highly desirable.
• Experience of data and system integrations.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to prepare written documents, such as process / service documents.
• Knowledge of the operational factors which exist in a large law firm.

If you don't meet all of the criteria above but feel that you could add real value to Hill Dickinson, we encourage you to apply and if successful, we can help you develop along the way.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

Hill Dickinson is committed to providing fairness and equal opportunity for all regardless of age, gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital or transgender status, nationality, religion or belief. We understand that our power as a firm comes from empowering our people and that it is only by encouraging and enabling individuals to be themselves at work that we can truly benefit from their rich and varied strengths. Hill Dickinson is an equal opportunities employer. All applications received by the firm will be considered based on their merit alone and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of background and from all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx.

Disability Support:

We are a Disability Confident employer, which means if there is anything that we can do to make your visit easier, so you are able to perform at your best, please let us know. You can contact the HR team at hrteam@hilldickinson.com should you require any adjustments to the application or interview process.

At Hill Dickinson, we welcome applications from individuals that are looking to return to the law as well as all routes to qualification, with both the SRA and CILEx. All successful candidates will be subject to our standard pre‑employment screening, including a basic criminal record check via Disclosure and Barring Service. Any offer of employment made is conditional upon completion of all checks. Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.