Financial Systems Analyst - FTC

Location: London

Department: Finance - Financial Systems and Data Governance

Employment Type: FTC – 12 months Maternity Cover

Work Pattern: Full-Time

Overview

As part of the Financial Systems & Data Governance team, support the maintenance and development of ABCIB’s IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) system to meet new business requirements and improve existing processes. The role requires building strong relationships and providing excellent customer service across the bank, working closely with Finance, IT and Group colleagues. TM1 is an essential application for the bank used for management reporting, planning and analysis across Europe with Senior Management, Finance, Group and the business relying on it as a trusted source for ABCIB’s data and ever-evolving information requirements. The TM1 environment is going through a period of significant change, and this role is critical for enabling Finance’s MI, reporting and planning deliverables, ensuring TM1’s data is available, accurate, complete and consistent. The role will support the transition to new cubes, improve data alignment with Group and expand TM1 applications to a wider audience. The role is also expected to support end users with TM1 queries and advanced reporting builds, follow appropriate IT policies and maintain documentation.

What You Will Be Doing

• Support Financial Systems team with IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) development projects
• Maintain and document TM1 model, including rules, processes and dimensions.
• Work with internal customers to understand and translate requirements into TM1 solutions
• Support from a systems perspective Finance’s regular planning and reporting cycles, making full use of TM1’s capabilities to automate and streamline processes
• Support business and TM1 users with complex ad-hoc TM1 queries
• Support optimization of TM1 system architecture as resource requirements grow
• Support IT Operations team with monitoring of daily automated TM1 data loads, troubleshooting and fixing TM1 process issues
• Support TM1 testing of output from upstream system upgrades and implementations
• Maintain TM1 user access via joiners, movers and leavers process
• Train TM1 user base and Finance Systems team by sharing relevant knowledge, tips and techniques and providing documentation where necessary.

Candidate Specification

• IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) application development: cubes, dimensions, rules and processes.
• Excel and Planning Analytics for Excel (PAFE) advanced user
• Cubewise Arc for TM1
• Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW)
• SQL, MDX, VBA
• Financial planning, reporting and analysis
• Power BI model and dashboard development
• Qualified Accountant (preferable)
• Minimum 2 years TM1 development experience on IBM Planning Analytics v2+ software. Within the Financial Services sector ideal.
• Self-motivated and ability to work independently, articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong team ethic.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Bank ABC is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants and, in accordance with applicable laws, does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender identity, gender expression, race, colour, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law. We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment lead.