Finance Systems Assistant

United Trust Bank’s Finance Department is responsible for a wide range of activities that are vital to the operation of the bank. Finance reports business performance, produces regulatory filings, forecasts future performance, and ensures suppliers are paid on time, so there is always something going on. The team are focused on using technology-driven solutions and have a can-do attitude to problem solving.

The team are looking to hire a Finance Systems Assistant who will support the Finance Department's digital strategy by supporting systems, data, and related controls, while serving as a representative for the Finance Department on Bank-wide projects.

This is a hybrid role working 3 days in the office (City of London location) and 2 days working from home.

Responsibilities:

• Provide support to the finance team in maintaining systems, data, and procedures to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Maintenance & ownership of system reconciliations.
• Maintenance and ownership of daily issues tracking communications and resolution.
• Support testing activities on Finance projects, including assisting with user acceptance testing for new systems, processes, and updates affecting finance operations.
• Assist with system queries, escalate complex issues where necessary, support data quality checks, maintain system records, and perform quality assurance and routine testing.
• Contribute to operational risk management by maintaining the Finance Department risk register and supporting risk reviews.
• Participate in ad hoc tasks or projects as assigned by the Finance Systems Analyst or management.
• Assisting with bank-wide small change, impact and risk analysis and testing.
• Attending small change working group meetings.
• Keep informed of changing business operations and system developments across the Bank.
• Assist with finance system developments and version updates, ensuring accurate and current documentation of changes.
• Assisting with quarterly system updates, testing and communication.

Skills and Experience sought:

• Finance or accounting experience.
• Technology experience & interest (such as SQL, Alteryx, data analysis tools etc.)
• Experience in systems, finance reporting or data roles would be beneficial.
• Some programming experience and experience in data extraction, manipulation, and visualisation.
• MS Excel experience.
• Basic understanding of systems and data, with a willingness to learn and develop further knowledge.
• Supportive approach to implementing changes and assisting with incremental improvements.
• Strong organisational skills to assist in planning, prioritising, and completing assigned tasks within deadlines.
• Clear and effective communication skills to interact with colleagues and support the wider finance team.
• Attention to detail to maintain data integrity.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We're an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. During the application process, you will be asked to complete an equality questionnaire on a voluntary basis and any data we collect will be treated confidentially and used for evaluation purposes. This will be for a period of 6 months or longer with your permission. This helps us understand our applicants so we can make sure we are doing everything we can to attract a diverse range of people and ensure our recruitment processes are fair and inclusive.