Finance Business Analyst in London

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Job Description

This role is responsible for providing business analysis for Finance Change Projects and Initiatives whilst building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders across the business. The candidate will support the review of the current processes and use their findings to make recommendations about business decisions.

Key Accountabilities

• Owns the delivery of Finance Business Analysis for any assigned finance project, providing a high-quality service to the Finance Change Team, Finance Team and other business stakeholders.
• Work with Finance to produce quarterly reporting timetable/tracker to ensure all deliverables scheduled are on track.
• Monitor, record and report back to Finance Manager on status and corrective actions required. Use tools such as dashboards, highlight reports, checkpoint reports.
• Organised After Action Reviews with Finance Team to assess improvements for next quarter reporting cycle.
• Developing working relationships to understand the existing finance environment, finance requirements and eliciting business requirements from stakeholders at all levels of seniority, documenting proposals for change.
• Support end-to-end system development; tasks include:

• Development of initial concept
• Draft Technical change specifications relating to systems developments.
• Manage an appropriate release timetable.
• Execution of User Acceptance and Regression testing.
• Work with Group Finance as Antares Global representative on Group initiatives, for example, Business Transformation Programme.
• Providing support on the implementation of a new Finance system with respect to testing, reconciliation and change management.
• Small Change management. As part of continuous improvement, analyse processes to create small change initiatives.
• Documenting current state and future business processes as required with the business owners and conduct Gap Analysis.

Knowledge & Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Experience and/or working towards certification in change delivery methods such as PRINCE2, agile and SDLC.
• Insurance industry experience is a must.
• Technical Close experience.

Skills & Demonstrable Experience

• Demonstratable experience within the insurance service industry including projects, service and differing business models.
• High degree of organisational, task planning and time management skills.
• Experienced in managing change within Finance.
• Experience of current end to end process mapping and future state process mapping.
• Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels including the ability to influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders.
• Strong insurance technical knowledge with practical application to systems and processes.
• Strong Ms Excel skills, competent and efficient at dealing with manipulating data from different sources.
• Willingness and ability to challenge the status quo and drive innovation and improvement through process or system changes including having a continuous improvement mindset.
• General understanding of process automation including interface implementation such as API AND ETL.

At Antares, we empower our talented team members through active involvement and collaboration, driving strategic and business goals whilst delivering exceptional services to our customers and partners. Our unique organisational structure fosters unparalleled sharing of information, knowledge and expertise, creating a vibrant and innovative working environment. Our culture of excellence is fuelled by continuous learning and development opportunities across all areas of our international operations. We believe in nurturing your potential and helping you grow with us.

Empowerment: Be a part of decision-making processes that shape our future.

Collaboration: Work with a diverse team of experts who share their knowledge and insights.

Growth: Access to continuous learning and development programs to enhance your skills.

Innovation: Thrive in an environment that encourages creativity and forward-thinking.

Join us and be a part of a team that values your contributions and supports your professional journey. Together, we can achieve greatness!