Department Student Education and Experience Directorate provide administrative, academic and advisory services and opportunities for development to support the student experience. Working collaboratively with students, colleagues and external partners we facilitate learning, development and success. As a highly focused professional service directorate we make a significant impact on the University’s ability to achieve its ambition of offering an outstanding and valuable experience, and to support our colleagues in achieving excellence in research, teaching and the student experience. We provide a collection of professional services which contribute to the quality of the student and staff experience. The Finance Department leads the delivery of efficient, accurate, and compliant financial operations across the university together with financial planning, forecasting / budgeting and business partnering services The Department is central to driving financial awareness, value for money, consistency, standardisation and process improvement across finance functions, while ensuring alignment with sector-specific regulatory requirements, audit standards, and institutional policies. By promoting service excellence and operational efficiency, we support the university’s financial sustainability and contribute to its strategic goals in a complex and evolving Higher Education environment. About the Role As a Senior Student Systems Analyst you can look forward to joining an enthusiastic and friendly team who work in partnership with finance and colleagues across the University to provide high quality administrative systems and services to support the student experience at York. The Student Systems team is responsible for the development, management, and maintenance of our student record system (SITS), its integrations with other business systems and its key financial modules. These systems are core to the running of the University with Academic and Professional Service departments relying on them to underpin their key activities. A detailed understanding of these processes provides a valuable foundation to those seeking career progression within the sector. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved with a team that is responsible for providing enhancements and new solutions to these activities, supporting the student journey from application through to graduation and ensuring that our systems meet changing business needs and priorities. You will also provide day-to-day support across a number of areas including the Fees team, resolving problems as they arise and identifying areas for future improvement and development. If you are a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual, with experience of software development and service change projects through all phases from initial analysis and process mapping, through to live deployment we would be interested in hearing from you. You must have strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills, be able to work independently or as part of a team, and be willing and able to learn new systems and processes quickly. You will play a key role in a cross functional team, supporting the implementation of a number of key University projects, and contributing to the ongoing enhancement of the student experience at the University. The role is matrix managed between the Finance and Student Systems team. Interview date: To be confirmed For an informal discussion about the post, please contact: Rob McCarthy, Head of Student Systems at rob.mccarthy@york.ac.uk, tel: 44 (0) 1904 322071 Condition of employment This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Consequently, all applicants will be asked to declare both unspent and spent convictions on their application form. Appointment of the successful candidate will be conditional on a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The University strives to be diverse and inclusive – a place where we can ALL be ourselves. We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University. We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. EqualityatYork