Finance Systems ERP Project Manager

Posted 26 April by Reed Talent Solutions
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£75,000 per annum
Bedford , Bedfordshire
Permanent, full-time
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The Money and Pensions Service vision is everyone making the most of their money and pensions. This new organisation brings together the free services delivered by the Money Advice Service, The Pensions  Advisory Service and Pension Wise.  We are an Arms-Length  organisation, sponsored by the Department for Work and Pensions,  with a joint commitment to ensuring that people have access and  guidance to the information they need to make effective financial  decisions over their lifetime. The organisation will also engage with HM Treasury, which is responsible for policy on financial capability and debt advice. Working hand-in-hand with stakeholders throughout the UK, the Money and Pensions Service will ensure that money and pensions guidance is available to those that need it, adapting to people’s changing needs throughout their lives.

The Finance Systems ERP Manager will be expected to work collaboratively with stakeholders across the business to deep dive in to system requirements.  The purpose of the role is to manage the entire end to end project lifecycle for implementing new systems like ERP, payroll, expenses, invoicing etc. You will lead on scoping out the details, making system recommendations, implementing the new ERP/other systems and post implementation problem solving.

 In this role you will be responsible for the following;
  • End to end responsibility for new systems delivery, from scoping through to implementation and post implementation problem solving.
  • Design and implementation of integrations between the ERP application and other applications.
  • Work closely with IT to manage security risks
  • Create and maintain a comprehensive project plan, ensuring realistic and achievable timelines.
  • Track and maintain an issues log during build, IAT and UAT process.
  • Present scoping findings to senior leadership with recommendations
  • Responsibility for tracking costs against budget
  • Coordinate data migrations to ensure successful go-lives
  • Prepare Post Project Evaluation
  • Providing ERP end-user training and technical support.
  • Documenting ERP processes and preparing deployment progress updates and training


Skills and experience;
  • Strong technical expertise in cloud-based HR, Payroll and Finance solutions
  • In depth knowledge and experience of all stages of the project life cycle including development of business cases and mobilisation of projects
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines and with great attention to detail in a complex and dynamic environment
  • Excellent project management skills


Desirable Skills:                 
  • Experience of using SAGE 200 financials and Sage 50 payroll
  • Knowledge of Excel in Business (EiB)
  • Financial and management accounting knowledge with relevant experience gained in a large and/or complex organisation
  • Computer software skills, including Excel, Power BI, and data manipulation
  • Financial Services ERP implementation advantageous


The Money and Pensions Service is based in Bedford and as a key employer in the town we work hard to ensure that we are an active part of the community. This is a great opportunity for you to join us in Bedford and to be an integral part of the Money and Pensions Service team.

We are already forging great relationships with Bedford Borough Council and other local organisations to ensure that we are an active part of the community and fully integrated to play our part in the Government’s “levelling-up” strategy. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to be one of the first colleagues to join us in Bedford and to be an integral part of helping us establish ourselves in the town.

At the heart of the Money and Pensions Service are our values – caring, connecting and transforming, which are the foundation of our success. They permeate every area of our work and define all our business relationships and the way we work with each other. We’re not only looking for the best people in and around Bedford to come and work for us, but we need people who align themselves to our values: -
  • Caring
    We care about our colleagues and people whose lives we are here to transform.
  • Connecting
    We will transform lives through our ability to make positive connections.
  • Transforming
    We are committed to transforming lives and make a positive societal impact.


About MaPS

At MaPS, we help people – particularly those most in need – to improve their financial wellbeing and build a better, more confident future. Working collaboratively across the UK, we make sure customers can access high-quality money and pensions guidance and debt advice throughout their lives, however and whenever they need it.

About our people 

In our move to Bedford, we aim to attract and retain the absolute best talent, so we can achieve our objectives and continue to make a difference to millions of people’s lives.  We are keen to encourage applications from individuals across the whole community with the skills, knowledge, and behaviours for the job, and who show a strong commitment to MaPS’ objectives, values, and vision.  It is important to us that we continue our ambition to be a genuinely diverse and inclusive organisation, so that we reflect the people we are here to help.

Our inclusive working environment

By fostering our values, we are immensely proud of the inclusive working environment that we have created. The diversity of our people is a strength that we embrace and wish to build upon, so we are committed to attracting people of all backgrounds.

We work hard to ensure that we have a progressive approach to inclusion, equity and belonging.  We really do want our colleagues to “bring their whole selves to work.”

By way of brief example, we have an enviable ethnic diversity mix, equal gender balance with a zero mean gender pay gap and thriving colleague and ally networks,...

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