Finance Business Analyst

Finance Business Analyst
£500 - £550 per day
12-month contract
Location - Scotland (Perth, Glasgow & Edinburgh)
Hybrid working

Role Description

The company are looking for a candidate with deep knowledge of the Finance domain. You will have strong change management experience gained in previous finance transformation roles. A background in the energy sector would be beneficial but not a necessity.
This role sits within the Systems stream of the Finance Transformation programme, a key initiative of which is implementation of Oracle FCCS (Financial Consolidation & Close), which forms part of the Finance Systems Strategy and Roadmap.

Main Role Purpose

The post holder will be responsible for facilitating the Consolidation & Close System design, developing and maintaining finance team, IT and other stakeholder engagement, and to support the business process change required to implement to all impacted systems. The post holder will be responsible for detailed process mapping, to identify and target data issues requiring remediation, and drive the necessary path clearing and data cleansing that is required to deliver the design. The post holder needs to possess a broad knowledge of both finance processes and systems to be able to interpret findings, establish the route causes of issues and recommend remediation actions. In your role as a Finance Transformation Business Analyst you will have responsibility for:

Delivering on programme assignments
Ensuring customer (Business & Finance) satisfaction by providing timely, value-added services that meet or exceed expectation
Manage stakeholder expectations spanning group business areas with conflicting priorities
Developing trusted relationships with internal customers
Ensuring management information is provided to and easily understood by programme lead, senior management & committees
Ensuring timely escalation & control of risks, issues, dependencies and timelines
Establishing best practices for development, leading Proof of Concept exercises for planning and reporting
Understanding business models and help translate this into business requirements
Working collaboratively with relevant teams Identifying opportunities for improvement
Analysing data to provide recommendations of approach by identifying patterns and key issues

Skills and Expertise

Finance / Accounting

Experience of delivering transformation projects within finance functions, either as a consultant or as part of an in-house change-delivery team. This could be finance technology projects (e.g. EPM or ERP implementations) and finance process-improvements
Accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) desired
Good understanding of financial consolidation & close and management accounting concepts
Understanding of the impact of the relationship between finance and other functions (IT, risk, tax, compliance etc.)

Projects / Business Analysis

Understanding of the project lifecycle from requirements through to implementation
Strong Business Analysis and demonstrated problem-solving skills, with an ability to work with stakeholders across all business functions to define requirements
Ability to work with technology partners to translate these requirements into functional and technical design
Appreciation of business and technical architecture

Other

Experience of Oracle EPM implementation desirable
Strong relationship skills with experience in a customer relationship role
Well-developed interpersonal, organisational, negotiation, problem-solving and communication skills
Ability to professionally and effectively present information and respond to questions from all levels of management
Excellent Excel skills combined with strong data analysis experience
Be able to effectively adapt to changes in deliverables and timelines due to Programme prioritisation
Be a team player as well as be able to proactively prioritise deliverables

Please be aware this advert will remain open until the vacancy has been filled. Interviews will take place throughout this period, therefore we encourage you to apply early to avoid disappointment.

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