Finance Systems Analyst

Job Introduction

As our Finance Systems Analyst, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring our finance systems operate efficiently, accurately, and in line with business needs. Acting as the first point of contact for finance systems support, you’ll combine technical expertise with strong stakeholder engagement to deliver a high-quality, customer-focused service. Working within our Finance team, you’ll help safeguard system integrity, improve processes, and support performance reporting — ensuring our finance services deliver the best possible outcomes for our residents and colleagues. This is an exciting opportunity for a technically capable finance professional who thrives on problem-solving, collaboration, and making systems work smarter.

What you’ll do

• Provide first-line support for all finance IT system queries, resolving issues in line with Service Level Agreements and escalating complex cases where required.
• Act as system custodian, ensuring the completeness, integrity, and effective control of finance IT systems.
• Maintain and update approval chains and workflows within the D365 purchase order system, ensuring compliance with Financial Regulations.
• Monitor and troubleshoot finance system processes, including weekly and monthly interfaces, ensuring alignment with reporting timetables.
• Support month-end finance system activities and ensure all scheduled jobs run accurately and on time.
• Maintain user accounts and security profiles within finance systems, ensuring compliance with the Authorised Signatory List.
• Support change requests, ensuring alignment with the chart of accounts design framework and governance controls.
• Develop, maintain, and update procedure manuals and system documentation.
• Deliver training and guidance to staff on finance systems functionality, promoting best practice and effective system usage.
• Track and document system queries and resolutions to maintain a robust knowledge base.
• Support annual interim and final audit requirements from a finance systems perspective.
• Contribute to KPI tracking and performance reporting, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate

We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation. Pending confirmation of legislative changes, this role may require a qualification to demonstrate competence. If not already qualified, there may be an expectation to study towards a professional qualification.

Essential:

• Demonstrable experience working with a finance IT system, specifically Microsoft D365 or similar accounting systems.
• Experience maintaining strong financial system controls and data integrity.
• Experience working with large volumes of financial transactions within computerised systems.
• CCAB qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIPFA or equivalent) or actively studying, with ongoing CPD.
• Strong understanding of finance processes, procedures, and data management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Confident communicator with the ability to engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Commitment to ethical principles including integrity, objectivity, professional competence, confidentiality, and professional behaviour.
• Knowledge of, or interest in developing, SQL skills including querying and transforming data for reporting and analytics (desirable).

Once you join us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow within our organisation. You’ll also have access to a wide range of learning opportunities to help you achieve and maximise your potential.

Benefits include:

• Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
• Generous pension scheme
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
• Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations.
• Health cash plan
• Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance, and much more.
• Interest free loans - season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan, and training loan
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Life Assurance x 4 annual salary

Notting Hill Genesis is a not-for-profit organisation providing affordable homes for Londoners and it is now one of the largest housing associations in London. We are both a landlord and a developer, with more than 60,000 existing homes and 10,000 more in our pipeline and we employ around 1,500 staff.

We welcome applications from everyone. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer amongst other diversity commitments.

Selection Process

• Step 1: If you are interested, please send your application now! Closing date is 09 March 2026
• Step 2: Successful candidates will be asked to do an assessment
• Step 3: Successful candidates will be invited to interview

Please apply for this role online. If you are not able to apply online or if you have any reasonable adjustment requirements arising from a disability or medical condition to fully participate in the recruitment process, please discuss this with our hiring team via jobs@nhg.org.uk. NHG reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, so we advise you to submit your application at your earliest opportunity.