Finance Transformation Business Analyst Glasgow, Scotland
Job description
Finance Transformation Business Analyst A great opportunity has presented itself for an experienced Finance Transformation Business Analyst to join a market leader within the renewable energy sector. My client are looking for a candidate with deep knowledge of the Finance domain who 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.The Finance Transformation Business Analyst role sits within the Data stream of the Finance Transformation programme, a key initiative of which is an improved, rationalised Chart of Accounts that will underpin the processes, reporting and technology solutions included in the Finance Transformation road map.The Role As Finance Transformation Business Analyst, you will be responsible for delivering the Chart of Accounts re-design, developing and maintaining finance team and other stakeholder engagement, and to support the business process change required to implement to all impacted systems. The Finance Transformation Business Analyst will be responsible for detailed data analysis, to identify and target data issues requiring remediation, and drive the necessary data cleansing that is required to deliver the design. You will need to possess a broad knowledge of both finance processes and systems to be able to interpret findings, establish the root causes of issues and recommend remediation actions. As a Finance Transformation Business Analyst you will have responsibility for:
- Delivering on programme assignments. You will be expected to lead the delivery of changes and must be able to deal effectively with a wide range of technical and functional groups to oversee outcomes to a successful conclusion.
- Managing stakeholder expectations spanning group business areas with conflicting priorities
- Developing and maintaining 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 time lines
- 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 The Finance Transformation Business Analyst will need to demonstrate:
- Accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) desired
- 5+ years relevant Finance Business Analyst roles
- 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. ERP implementations) or other operating model transformations or finance process-improvement
- Understanding of the impact of the relationship between finance and other functions (risk, tax, compliance etc.)
- Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills, with an awareness of analytical tools and data manipulation products
- Finance Domain knowledge with demonstrable expertise of finance data, finance systems and reporting solutions
- Well-developed communication skills, capable of explaining complex technical problems in a simple, structured and compelling way to business stakeholders of all levels.
- Experience of Oracle products would be advantageous.
- Experience of utility sector or other capital-intensive organisations would be advantageous.
- Well-developed stakeholder relationship skills with the ability to quickly gain credibility and build effective relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Ability to work with technology partners to translate these requirements into functional and technical design.
- Appreciation of data and systems architecture
- Excellent Excel skills combined with strong data analysis experience.
- Must be legally entitled to work in the UK.
This is mainly a remote role, occasional office visits will be required, for a 12-month PAYE contract via Umbrella and represents a great opportunity for an experienced Finance Business Analyst to join my prestigious Client at a time of growth.If this sounds like your next role, apply now in confidence
Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
