
Merlin Housing Society – Job Description    Page 1 
 
JOB DESCRIPTION 
 
 
JOB TITLE:  Financial Systems Analyst 
RESPONSIBLE TO: Finance and Performance Reporting Manager 
CONTACTS: All staff of the Society, Board members, external auditors, residents and suppliers.  
 
 
 
General Description: 
 
This  role  will  be  responsible  for  the  ongoing  development  of  financial  systems,  including 
financial reporting to support business requirements.   
 
This will include the planning, user acceptance testing and acceptance of system upgrades 
in respect of financial systems.  In addition, undertake system administrator duties, query 
resolution  and  user  training,  together  with  the  application  of  rent  and  service  charge 
increases to the housing system and the provision of relevant data for budget and business 
plan preparation. 
 
The role will include the monitoring of key system controls and the provision/validation of 
data, analysis and reports to support the business in respect of: 
 
  Financial results 
  Internal trading accounts 
  Income 
  Arrears 
  Bad debt provisions and write offs 
  Target rents 
  Service charges 
 
 
Specific Duties and Responsibilities: 
 
Undertake ongoing reviews of financial systems and consider the use of new functionality to 
aid the Finance & Procurement function.  Continually review processes and procedures with 
a view to automate these as appropriate in order to increase efficiency and reliability of data.  
Work with other members of the finance team to integrate and streamline processes where 
possible. 
 
Oversee the integrity of all reporting covering the key control areas and develop reports as 
required from reporting systems.