Head of Finance Data and Systems
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- Swindon, Wiltshire
- Any
- External
- Expires In 3 months
Head of Finance Data and Systems
£68,525 gross per annum
UKRI Band G
Full Time
Polaris House Swindon or Caxton House London (Hybrid Working Available)
Open Ended
Closing date: 27th May 2025
Job Overview
The post holder will be responsible for leading work to enhance the use of financial data and systems, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Finance function and financial planning and management across UKRI.
UKRI are in the process of moving from an on-premise Oracle ERP to cloud-based Oracle Fusion, and will be using new EPM functionality. At the same time we have recently scaled up use of our new grants management tool, TFS. This exciting role will prioritise and shape the transformational work to optimize our processes, identify continuous improvements to systems, and maximise value from our data and reporting across our various systems, bringing in colleagues from across finance.
Responsibilities include providing finance data stewardship, harmonizing and optimizing processes, expanding data analytics capabilities, and delivering reporting improvements for end users and finance teams.
In the longer term, once our transition is complete, we envisage the role will continue to drive continuous improvement in our use of data and reporting, with a growing focus on the interface between finance and business users.
Reporting to ...
£68,525 gross per annum
UKRI Band G
Full Time
Polaris House Swindon or Caxton House London (Hybrid Working Available)
Open Ended
Closing date: 27th May 2025
Job Overview
The post holder will be responsible for leading work to enhance the use of financial data and systems, to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Finance function and financial planning and management across UKRI.
UKRI are in the process of moving from an on-premise Oracle ERP to cloud-based Oracle Fusion, and will be using new EPM functionality. At the same time we have recently scaled up use of our new grants management tool, TFS. This exciting role will prioritise and shape the transformational work to optimize our processes, identify continuous improvements to systems, and maximise value from our data and reporting across our various systems, bringing in colleagues from across finance.
Responsibilities include providing finance data stewardship, harmonizing and optimizing processes, expanding data analytics capabilities, and delivering reporting improvements for end users and finance teams.
In the longer term, once our transition is complete, we envisage the role will continue to drive continuous improvement in our use of data and reporting, with a growing focus on the interface between finance and business users.
Reporting to ...