Finance Business Analyst - contract

Finance Business Analyst

Contract role - 12 months

£500-£550 per day Inside IR35

Remote working with occasional travel to company sites

Are you a Finance Business Analyst looking for a new contract role?

My client is 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 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 roadmap.

In your role as a Finance Transformation Business Analyst you will have responsibility for:

• Delivering on programme assignments. Candidates 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

Skills and Expertise

• Accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) desired
• Plenty of relevant Finance Business Analyst roles in background
• 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

If this is the role for you, please APPLY NOW!

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnerships, pregnancy or maternity or age