Finance Systems Developer - Fixed Term

Finance Systems Developer - Fixed Term
Location: RSPB UKHQ - The Lodge, Sandy, SG19 2DL
Salary: £33,027.00 - £35,259.00 Per Annum
Benefits: Pension Scheme, Life Assurance, 26 days annual leave
Duration: 2 year Fixed Term contract
Hours: Full -Time, 37.5 hours per week

The RSPB is one of the UK’s most respected conservation charities for the conservation of birds and nature. We bring people together who love birds and other wildlife, and who want to take action to restore the health and diversity of the natural world. As an RSPB employee, you will be helping to save nature every time you come to work. There’s never been a more important time to protect our wildlife and wild places.

What's the role about?

Your role as Finance Systems Developer will be in the skilled Finance Systems Team providing specialist expertise to support our current finance systems, key business users and liaising with other digital and IT teams within the organisation.

Your role will be to gather and analyse functional and non-functional requirements, from business analyst/requirement documentation/business advisor, as appropriate, to enable the design of a solution to meet the business need. Producing detailed designs including for example: physical data flows, class diagrams, file layouts, common routines and utilities, program specifications or prototypes, and backup, recovery and restart procedures to achieve a well-engineered result to meet the business requirement.

Essential skills, knowledge and experience:

• Ability to demonstrate the competencies required to undertake the duties associated with this level of post having acquired the necessary knowledge and skills in a similar role.
• Initiative and judgement to resolve problems independently and/or through a support team, with a depth or breadth of knowledge in systems development.
• Understanding of relevant legal requirements, organisational policies and procedures relative to the role, and the quality outputs and standards required.
• Detailed knowledge and experience of specialist software, best practices and methodologies relevant to the role. Expertise with relevant software packages, such as Open Accounts, eBis, IBM Cognos/PAFE.
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the operational requirements, including conceptualising and interpreting service.
• Strong people management skills and the ability to work collaboratively with peers and colleagues.
• Ability to influence others and explain / discuss concepts and ideas.
• Experience of and ability to understand, conceptualise and interpret the technical requirements of staff, volunteers and other stakeholders.
• Experience of working independently and resolving unforeseen issues and challenges.
• Experience of planning and progressing work activities within industry guidelines or organisational policy, occasionally applying initiative and independent judgement.

Desirable skills, knowledge and experience:

• HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) - The standard markup language for Web pages (eBis is web based).
• CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)- A stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in HTML.
• JavaScript - The Programming Language for the Web which can update and change both HTML and CSS.
• Microsoft Excel and Word.
• VB (Visual Basic) - The Programming Language for Microsoft Products.
• Creation and Management of Financial Reports and a basic understanding of double entry bookkeeping.
• Analytical Skills.

Closing date: 23:59, Fri, 29th Aug 2025.

We are looking to conduct interviews for this position from 01/09/2025.

Interested?

If you would like to apply and find out more about this position, please click the apply button to be directed to our website.

As part of this application, you will be asked to provide a copy of your CV and complete a short form. If you wish to provide a cover letter with your application, please include this at the end of your CV document upload.

This role will require completion of the standard pre-employment checks.

We are committed to developing an inclusive and diverse RSPB, in which everyone feels supported, valued, and able to be their full selves. To achieve our vision of creating a world richer in nature, we need more people, and more diverse people, on nature’s side. People of colour and disabled people are currently underrepresented across the environment, climate, sustainability, and conservation sector. If you identify as a person of colour and/or disabled, we are particularly interested in receiving your application. Contact us to discuss any additional support you may need to complete your application.

The RSPB is an equal opportunities employer. This role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The RSPB is a licenced sponsor. This role is not eligible for UK Visa Sponsorship - the successful applicant will need to have a pre-existing Right to Work in the UK in order to be offered an employment contract.

No agencies please.