Financial Systems Accountant

Make sure to read the full description below, and please apply immediately if you are confident you meet all the requirements. We are the public body that looks after England’s historic environment. We champion historic places, helping people understand, value and care for them. Historic England has a fantastic opportunity for you to join us as our Financial Systems Accountant. Please note, this role does not require you to be a qualified accountant but a knowledge of accountancy would be beneficial. This is a 12 month Fixed term Contract. This role is hybrid working with a minimum of one day per week in the Swindon office.

What you will be doing:

• As our Financial Systems Accountant, you will help maintain and develop the organisation’s and our customers’ financial systems, develop reports and provide support to users as part of a shared service.
• You will lead on financial systems reporting strategy, including creating, maintaining and enhancing reports (using Crystal Reports and XQuery), as well as the Excel based management information system and other management reporting tools.
• To resolve support issues, you will interrogate and manipulate the MS SQL database.
• Working with software suppliers, you will implement new releases, resolving software issues and identifying areas for improvement.

Who we are looking for:

• Experience of supporting a finance system of over 250 users.
• Experience of financial or performance reporting.
• Experience of MS SQL, Crystal Reports and XQuery.
• A willingness to get involved and work collaboratively with team colleagues and the wider business.
• Ability to problem solve with attention to detail.

We are an equal opportunity employer which values diversity and inclusion. If you have a disability or neurodiversity, we would be happy to discuss reasonable adjustments to the job with you. Having just won the Gold Award from MIND, we also recognise the importance of a healthy work-life balance. We are an inclusive employer and believe that flexible working options are for everyone. We want to make sure our working arrangements don’t prevent anyone from joining us because of their personal circumstances. We also want to provide you with the best balance in your home and work life that we can. We are open to considering options including job sharing, part-time working, compressed hours working and different working locations, including hybrid working.

Why work for Historic England:

• We offer a wide benefits package including a competitive pension scheme starting at 28% employer contributions, a generous 28 days holiday, corporate discounts, free entry into English Heritage sites across the country and development opportunities to ensure you achieve your goals.
• We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity for everyone. Diversity helps us to perform better and attract more people to support our work. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and candidates with disabilities as they are underrepresented within Historic England at this level.

Historic England want all of our candidates to shine in the recruitment process. Please tell us what we can do to make sure you can show us your very best self. You can contact us by email at recruitmentTeam@Historicengland.org.uk if you have any recruitment queries. To ensure a fair and inclusive recruitment process for everyone the use of AI or automated tools is not permitted. Provisional interview dates: 16th and 17th July - In person. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we find the preferred candidate.