LEAMIS Software Specialist
| Posting date: | 22 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 February 2026 |
| Location: | leicestershire, LE3 8RS |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6880 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: £35,451 - £39,165 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Working Hours: 29.6 hours per week, term-time plus 8 days
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 8th February
Interview Date(s): TBC
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Software Specialist to join Leicestershire Traded Services LEAMIS Team. If you have an excellent knowledge of schools Financial Accounting Systems (FAS) and financial processes and would relish the opportunity to join a dedicated 2nd line support specialist team then please contact Lisa Cope, Senior Business Services Specialist to arrange an informal chat (details below).
About the Role
Join our accredited team of specialists providing comprehensive, specialist advice, support, training and consultancy on school FAS systems, currently SIMS FMS, SIMS Finance, Bromcom Finance, Access Finance and Access Budgets although knowledge of similar financial management systems would be an advantage.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:
- Possess a clear understanding of schools annual financial processes for local authority and/or academy schools/Multi Academy Trusts.
- Have an enthusiasm and passion to enable schools and academies to make maximum effective use of their Financial and Management Information Systems (FAS & MIS) resulting in the highest level of customer satisfaction.
- Have a ‘Can Do’ attitude and a proved track record demonstrating the ability to learn new systems quickly ie: school’s accounting and budget management systems.
- Experience of delivering training to new users.
- Ability to produce supporting resources for training courses, guidance bulletins, extract reports applicable for all levels within the education sector.
- Have a high knowledge of Microsoft including Excel to an advanced level.
- Experience in delivering excellent customer service.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Lisa Cope, Senior Business Services Specialist
Telephone: 0116 2311280
To contact me by email, please click here
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.
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