We are currently partnering with a rapidly growing speciality Insurer to recruit a Finance Systems Business Analyst. The successful candidate will support the Head of Finance Systems and wider Finance team in delivering finance systems, process and data transformation.Act as a key bridge between Finance, Technology, and Data teams, ensuring Finance requirements are clearly understood and translated into practical, scalable solutions.• Develop and maintain a strong understanding of the end-to-end Finance systems landscape, including system architecture, interactions, data flows, integrations, ownership models, and reporting dependencies.• Support the delivery of the Finance Systems strategy through business analysis, requirements definition, process design, solution evaluation, and implementation support.• Contribute to the development and ongoing evolution of the Finance Systems Blueprint by documenting the current-state architecture, identifying gaps, and supporting the design of the target-state operating model.• Identify opportunities to simplify Finance processes, automate manual activities, strengthen controls, reduce complexity, and improve scalability.• Define detailed business requirements, process maps, user stories, dependencies, decision points, data requirements, and implementation inputs for transformation initiatives.• Support the development of Databricks as the single source of truth for Finance data, including data ownership, standards, governance, quality controls, and reporting requirements.• Identify and coordinate the resolution of data issues, helping to improve data consistency, completeness, accuracy, reliability, and usability.• Review Finance integrations and recommend improvements to ownership, monitoring, resilience, performance, and scalability.• Partner with Finance, Technology, Data, Procurement, Human Resources, and external vendors to deliver effective system, data, reporting, and process improvements.• Support the optimisation of key Finance platforms, including NetSuite and Concur, by assessing system capabilities, processes, controls, reporting, integrations, vendor roadmaps, and enhancement opportunities.• Identify opportunities to improve Procure-to-Pay, travel and expense processes, automation, analytics, and reporting while reducing manual reconciliations, spreadsheet dependencies, and end-user computing solutions.• Support testing, implementation, stakeholder adoption, benefits tracking, governance, and continuous improvement to ensure Finance technology investments deliver maximum value.Business analysis experience across Finance systems, data transformation or process improvement.• Strong understanding of finance processes, controls, reporting, integrations and data flows.• Permanent
Banking - Business Analyst - Finance - Contract in London employer: Edenbrook
Edenbrook is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, making it an ideal place for professionals in the financial reporting sector. With a strong commitment to employee development, we offer numerous growth opportunities and support for continuous learning, all while working in a dynamic environment that values integrity and excellence. Located in a vibrant area, our team enjoys a balanced work-life experience alongside competitive benefits tailored to enhance both personal and professional well-being.
