Finance Systems Manager

Who you are

• 6+ years' hands-on experience with financial systems, including at least 3 years leading teams, operating credibly at both strategic and technical levels
• Strong technical skills, including SQL proficiency and system integration and configuration experience, with the ability to personally troubleshoot complex reconciliation and system issues
• A track record as a working manager who leads by example and participates directly in technical delivery and problem resolution
• Deep operational knowledge of finance processes, with hands-on experience of administering, configuring and supporting Autorek in a complex finance environment
• Project-coordination skills, with the ability to manage timelines, resources and deliverables for system implementations
• University degree in Finance, Business, Technology or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Experience designing, implementing or upgrading finance systems solutions
• Experience in fintech, investment management or trading environments, with an understanding of the trade lifecycle and settlement processes
• Experience with the platforms in IG's finance estate (AutoRek, FIS Integrity TMS, iRecs)

What the job involves

• Employment type: 6 months fixed term
• Reporting line: Head of Finance Systems & Change
• Direct reports: Yes — leads the Finance Systems team (systems specialists and analysts)
• As Finance Systems Manager, you will lead the team responsible for IG's financial reconciliation and treasury systems, with particular ownership of the AutoRek platform
• You will combine people leadership with hands-on technical expertise, ensuring the stability, control environment and continuous improvement of critical finance systems that support regulatory, operational and financial reporting processes
• The role will also support the administration and development of FIS Integrity TMS and other finance platforms
• This role sits within the Finance Systems & Change team, part of IG's global Finance function
• The team owns IG's finance technology landscape: maintaining business-as-usual operations across all finance systems, delivering enhancements and new solutions, and driving the digitisation of the finance function
• As IG pursues a more efficient and scalable operating model, the team is central to IG's finance transformation — modernising platforms, improving data quality, and enabling finance to deliver faster, more reliable insight to the business
• This role leads the Systems team within Finance Systems & Change, managing the specialists and analysts who keep IG's critical financial infrastructure running. It reports to the Head of Finance Systems & Change and is a hands-on leadership role, combining people management with direct technical delivery
• Lead and develop the Finance Systems team — setting objectives, managing performance, building capability through mentoring and training, and owning recruitment and succession planning
• Own the AutoRek platform administration and roadmap, ensuring reconciliations are robust, scalable and aligned with business and regulatory requirements
• Act as the senior subject matter expert for AutoRek, overseeing system configuration, reconciliation design, exception management and platform optimisation
• Oversee day-to-day operations across the finance systems estate as a hands-on manager, ensuring SLAs and system availability are maintained and personally resolving complex issues
• Safeguard the financial controls and regulatory compliance that underpin IG's operations, ensuring audit readiness at all times
• Own key vendor relationships, leading technical discussions, system upgrades, and build strong partnerships with Finance and Operations leadership
• Drive transformation across the estate — including automation and process-optimisation opportunities — while maintaining deep technical involvement in system configuration and performance tuning
• Support project delivery by coordinating resources and timelines for system implementations, partnering with project and product managers while personally leading critical technical workstreams