Strong financial controls and reliable business systems are essential to the successful delivery of services across West Northamptonshire Council. As a Financial Systems Analyst, you'll play a key role within our ERP Team, supporting the operation, compliance and continuous improvement of the financial systems used across four partner councils. Working within our Digital, Technology & Innovation service, you'll combine technical expertise with analytical problem-solving to help ensure our systems remain accurate, secure and compliant. 

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with experience of ERP systems, financial reconciliations and compliance activities who wants to make a real impact in a complex and collaborative environment. You'll work closely with finance professionals, auditors, compliance officers and technical colleagues, helping to strengthen controls, improve processes and support effective decision-making. 

With flexible working arrangements and the opportunity to work remotely for much of the week, this role offers the chance to develop your expertise while contributing to high-quality services that support our communities.

You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.

You'll provide specialist support for the Council's ERP systems, acting as a technical escalation point for compliance and reconciliation issues and helping to resolve complex data, system and process challenges. A significant part of the role will involve investigating discrepancies, undertaking root cause analysis and ensuring system integrity through effective governance, monitoring and quality assurance activities. 

You'll support financial and compliance audits by preparing evidence, validating reconciliations and reviewing working papers, ensuring appropriate audit trails and controls are maintained. Working closely with colleagues across Finance and Technology, you'll monitor user access controls, support compliance testing during upgrades and system changes, and help ensure systems continue to meet statutory, regulatory and organisational requirements. 

You'll also contribute to service improvement by identifying opportunities to strengthen controls, streamline processes and improve reporting. Through coaching, training and knowledge sharing, you'll support colleagues to build technical capability while helping to embed best practice across the wider service.

You're an analytical and technically capable professional with experience of working with ERP systems, financial reconciliations and compliance processes. You have a strong understanding of financial controls, data integrity and audit requirements, together with the ability to investigate and resolve complex issues methodically and accurately. 

You'll be highly proficient in Excel and comfortable working with large datasets, identifying trends and helping others understand the information they need to make informed decisions. Experience working with financial management systems such as Unit4 Business World, along with knowledge of public sector financial regulations, would be particularly valuable. 

You bring excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, enabling you to work confidently with technical and non-technical colleagues alike. Whether supporting audits, improving system controls or helping colleagues develop their understanding of compliance processes, you'll take a proactive and collaborative approach. Most importantly, you'll share our THRIVE values and our commitment to delivering efficient, reliable and innovative services that help West Northamptonshire thrive.

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services. Hear from our Chief Executive, Martin Henry, about building a career at WNC.

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential.  We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us. 

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Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we recommend applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

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