LEAMIS Software Specialist in Leicester

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Software Specialist to join Leicestershire Traded Services LEAMIS Team. If you have an excellent knowledge of schools Financial Accounting Systems (FAS) and financial processes and would relish the opportunity to join a dedicated 2nd line support specialist team then please contact Lisa Cope, Senior Business Services Specialist to arrange an informal chat.

Join our accredited team of specialists providing comprehensive, specialist advice, support, training and consultancy on school FAS systems, currently SIMS FMS, SIMS Finance, Bromcom Finance, Access Finance and Access Budgets although knowledge of similar financial management systems would be an advantage.

If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term‑time working, part‑time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

• Possess a clear understanding of schools annual financial processes for local authority and/or academy schools/Multi Academy Trusts.
• Have an enthusiasm and passion to enable schools and academies to make maximum effective use of their Financial and Management Information Systems (FAS & MIS) resulting in the highest level of customer satisfaction.
• Have a 'Can Do' attitude and a proved track record demonstrating the ability to learn new systems quickly e.g. school's accounting and budget management systems.
• Experience of delivering training to new users.
• Ability to produce supporting resources for training courses, guidance bulletins, extract reports applicable for all levels within the education sector.
• Have a high knowledge of Microsoft including Excel to an advanced level.
• Experience in delivering excellent customer service.
• You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
• In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
• Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people.