Systems Administrator

Salary – £50,000 - £65,000

Hours - Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week 

Holiday – 23 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays) increasing by one day per each year of service (up to a maximum of 28 days)

Location -  Hybrid, Midlands / Greater London Area South / Home Counties 

About the Systems Administrator role

We are TC Group, the fastest-growing top 20 accountancy firm in the UK. We’re business advisors and accountants, with over 30 years of experience we’ve honed our skills and developed our service offering to deliver a much wider range of bespoke support and advice to ambitious business owners and their businesses. 

We’re looking for a Systems Administrator to join our Central systems team. Based remotely, we are ideally looking for candidates around the Midlands, South, London / home counties area. 

This Systems Administrator role plays a pivotal role in ensuring systems are set up appropriately; maintained; well-integrated and well supported within a holistic framework across the practice.  This will be a highly organised individual, with experience working of enterprise systems administration an IT Services environment.   This is a Cloud-First environment with some core practice management on-premise solutions that are hosted by TC Group’s Manager in a Citrix environment. 

The role will have excellent development opportunities to grow with the organisation and in planning how new systems are adopted.  The role will be supported in professional training and certifications with exciting cross-functional opportunities to participated in strategic Technology initiatives led by the Central services to underpin the support of TC Group for future growth.

Key responsibilities of a  Systems Administrator  will include:

• Information gathering and assessment to provide timely and accurate visibility of all systems.
• Ensuring suitable monitoring is in place for the ensuring high quality experience to the Partner firms with the goal for overall excellent Partner experience in services provided.
• Planning changes to align with prioritisation for the delivery of agreed roadmap and priorities.
• Identify, coordinate and lead sessions to understand the use of systems, minimise legacy approach based on data.
• Coordinate the testing, commissioning and decommissioning for systems to ensure smooth adoption across the practice, working with technical teams as needed.
• Support compliance with GDPR, ISO, and other standards. Coordinates with security teams and vendors to maintain safe, audited, and resilient systems.
• Support M&A activity in in relation to the systems migrations that are associated with acquisition and integrations (1-2 per month) that are core to TC Group’s successful growth. Participate as needed on-site.
• Assist in the planning, execution, and monitoring of new systems to ensure all are aligned with the relevant policies, standards and Technology operating model.
• Identify risks and propose mitigation strategies to ensure confidentiality, integrity and high availability of all systems.

About you 

We are looking for candidates with the following core competencies and skills:

Technical 

• Significant experience in a similar role
• Bachelor Degree (Computer Science, engineering), Relevant IT qualifications (Microsoft Certifications)
• Proficient with MS Azure / Active Directory 
• Experienced with SSO and integration tools
• Strong understanding of systems architecture 
• Familiar with Citrix environment
• Awareness of relevant standards such as GDPR, ISO27001, ITIL, Cyber Security frameworks as relate to securing systems and data

Interpersonal

• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills
• Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution abilities

Organisational

• Effective time management and ability to prioritise tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Worked in a multi-site environment ideally 20+ sites
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights.

Full benefits available for the  Systems Administrator:

• group life assurance 4 x salary
• opportunity to purchase additional holiday days 
• access to our employee benefits portal – cashback and vouchers on everyday purchases 
• employee Assistance Programme
• employee Referral Bonus – we’re always looking for talented individuals to join our team
• regular training and development - continuous development and support not only for your professional qualifications but also for your personal goals and aspirations

About us 

TC Group is growing and changing at quite a pace! We’re an ambitious group of people with the same aim – to create a consistent, high-quality experience for our clients. Like us, our client list is growing – we’re supporting more and more of the UK’s ambitious business owners, SME’s and large Corporations and it’s a real team effort. We’re helping them make courageous decisions to grow their businesses. 

We always seek the best talent, looking for individuals who are technically brilliant, solution-focused and continually strive to be the best in class. Each member of our team plays an integral part in creating the unique feel and culture of our business, which in turn helps us continue to grow, develop and evolve. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates from all backgrounds. 

We can only accept applications from candidates who are based in the UK and unfortunately we are unable to provide Sponsorship.