Northern Powergrid
Finance System Partner (24-Month FTC)
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Finance Systems Partner
The Finance Systems Partner is responsible for supporting the implementation, maintenance, optimisation, and ongoing operational running of Northern Powergrid’s Oracle Fusion ERP platform.
This role acts as the key link between Finance, IT, and wider business stakeholders to ensure that Oracle Fusion remains an accurate, efficient, and well-controlled system supporting all financial processes, reporting, and compliance requirements.
The Finance Systems Partner will contribute to continuous improvement of end-to-end finance processes, support ongoing system enhancements, ensure effective controls, and help drive best practice use of the Oracle Fusion ERP environment. Experience in finance, system administration, reporting, and participating in ERP implementations will be essential.
During the period of delivery, they will also support the existing E-business and associated platforms, supporting month-end activity, issue triage and resolution, maintenance of platforms and reporting, and short-term developments to support process and system improvements, testing, and problem-solving.
Compensation and Benefits
Along with a competitive salary of between £45,000 - £50,000, we also offer great benefits such as:
- 10% Performance Bonus
- £4000 Retention Bonus
- Enrolment into our pension scheme
- 25 days holiday
Key Responsibilities
- Support on designated aspects of the Oracle Fusion ERP implementation, including requirements gathering, design walkthroughs, testing cycles, and go-live readiness.
- Support engagement with business stakeholders, ensuring requirements are well understood and appropriately translated into system and process solutions.
- Facilitate workshops, demonstrations, and engagements to secure buy-in from Finance and non-Finance teams during implementation and enhancement cycles.
- Support business users with day-to-day system queries, troubleshooting, guidance, and best-practice use of Oracle Fusion finance modules.
- Act as a first-line functional support partner for Finance, triaging issues and escalating to IT or vendors where required.
- Contribute to continual improvement by identifying opportunities to streamline processes, enhance controls, and optimise Fusion configuration.
- Maintain system configuration, documentation, data integrity, and controls across all relevant finance modules.
- Support creation and enhancement of reports (OTBI, BI Publisher, Smart View) to meet evolving business needs.
- Collaborate with Finance, IT, and external partners on upgrades, new functionality, and system optimisation projects.
- Ensure system readiness and data accuracy to support period-end and year-end financial activities.
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Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Required
- Experience working with Oracle Fusion ERP, ideally including some of the following:
- Core Finance modules (GL, AP, AR, FA, CM, Projects)
- Experience and/or knowledge of working with Oracle E-business Suite and reporting platforms
- Knowledge of system configuration and functional administration
- Reporting (OTBI, BI Publisher, Smart View, dashboards)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand complex technical and financial issues.
- Advanced Excel skills and proficiency with other Microsoft Office tools.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate system concepts for non-technical users.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, work under pressure, and meet deadlines.
- Strong teamwork, collaboration, and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Highly organised, with great attention to detail and a focus on data accuracy and control.
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Key Competencies
- Strong performance management focus with a commitment to continuous improvement.
- Ability to communicate complex system or financial concepts simply and effectively.
- Builds trusted relationships across Finance, IT, and wider business teams.
- Comfortable working with complex data models and translating them into clear insights.
- Able to balance competing priorities and respond flexibly to business needs.
- Highly driven, detail-oriented, and consistent in approach.
- Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to switch between tasks effectively.
- Comfortable managing change and supporting others through it.
We may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Applicants are considered on the basis of their suitability for the post irrespective of sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender re-assignment, race, age, or disability, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
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