Title: Finance Systems Support Analyst
Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time, 35 hours
Salary: Starting from £54,000 per annum (London weighted salary) or £47,500 per annum (Regional salary), dependant on experience
Grade: 9
Reporting Office: London, Stratford or Manchester, Trafford
Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)
Closing Date: 6th September 2026
Interview Dates: 1st stage interview taking place via MS Teams on the 15th-16th September 2026 followed by 2nd stage in-person interview being held on the 21st-22nd September 2026
Please click here for the role profile - Finance Systems Support Analyst Role Profile.docx
Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more ...
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.
L&Q reserves the right to not progress applications for candidates who have had one unsuccessful application/interview process with L&Q for the same or similar role in the previous 12 months.
Join our Finance Management Application Support Team at L&Q:
L&Q is one of the UK's largest housing associations and providers of social and affordable homes. We house around 250,000 people primarily across Greater London and Greater Manchester. Our purpose is simple - to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.
Do you enjoy solving problems, improving systems, and supporting technology that makes a real difference to business operations? Join L&Q's Finance Management Application Support Team and play a key role in supporting and enhancing the systems that underpin our finance function. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled Finance Systems Analyst to work within a collaborative Application Support Technology team, helping to optimise finance systems, improve user experience, and support business-critical processes.
As a Finance Systems Analyst, you will provide application support for finance management systems, ensuring users receive effective, timely support while contributing to system improvements and ongoing optimisation. You will use your strong Unit4 and SQL skills to troubleshoot issues, analyse data, support integrations, and maintain high-performing finance applications.
Finance systems are critical to delivering efficient and effective services across the organisation. We need someone who can help maintain stability, resolve technical and functional issues, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement, ensuring our finance systems meet business needs and support operational excellence.
This role sits within the Application Support Team in technology and reports to the Finance Systems Manager. You will work closely with colleagues across Technology, Finance, and wider business teams to ensure finance applications are well supported, maintained, and continuously improved.
If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!
Your impact in the role:
To provide day-to-day support for finance management applications, with a strong focus on Unit4 systems.
Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve application issues, ensuring timely resolution and excellent service to users.
Write and maintain SQL queries to support reporting, analysis, troubleshooting, and data validation.
Support system upgrades, testing, configuration changes, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Work with stakeholders to understand business requirements and recommend effective system solutions.
Maintain system documentation, support materials, and knowledge articles.
Monitor application performance and identify opportunities to improve processes and user experience.
Ensure issues are managed in line with service standards and operational priorities. Key relationships
Finance teams and business stakeholders.
Technology and Application Support colleagues.
Third-party suppliers and system partners where required.
Internal users across the organisation requiring finance systems support. How you will help achieve departmental targets and goals
Help maintain reliable, high-performing finance systems that support business continuity and operational efficiency.
Contribute to improved service delivery through effective issue resolution and proactive support.
Support continuous improvement through system enhancements, process optimisation, and user engagement.
Strengthen data quality and reporting capabilities through effective SQL analysis and system management. What you'll bring:
Strong experience supporting finance systems, ideally within an application support environment.
Good Unit4 skills and experience supporting finance management applications.
Good SQL skills, including querying and troubleshooting data issues.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
A proactive, collaborative approach with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email (url removed)
About L&Q:
We're one of the UK's leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people's health, happiness and security. Our purpose is simple - to provide social homes and landlord services that everyone can be proud of.
250,000 people call our properties 'home', and we're proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.
People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values, which outline our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q - click here to read more.
At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger - and they're at the heart of everything we do.
When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience, and potential. We're proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We're a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we've introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent, and consistent. It's all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome. Find out more here .
Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK's largest housing associations.
Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!
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