Finance BI Transformation | Microsoft Fabric | Outside IR35
£450-500 per day
Outside IR35
6 Month Initial Contract
London (1-2 Days Per Week)
A leading global consultancy is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support a major Finance BI transformation programme. The organisation is migrating finance reporting from legacy SQL Server and SSAS environments into a consolidated Microsoft Fabric FinanceBI semantic model, creating a modern reporting and analytics capability across key finance functions.
This is a highly visible role where you'll act as the senior functional lead across requirements gathering, specification development, UAT and change management, whilst helping bring structure and direction to a growing BA function.
The Role
You’ll work closely with Finance stakeholders, Architects, Developers and the wider BI team to translate business requirements into scalable reporting and data solutions.
- Leading requirements gathering workshops with Finance stakeholders
- Converting business requirements into detailed functional specifications
- Acting as the key liaison between Finance and technology teams
- Defining data model, reporting and governance requirements
- Supporting the design of scalable ETL and reporting solutions
- Owning UAT planning, execution support and defect triage processes
- Designing and coordinating change management activities for go-lives
- Producing process maps, data dictionaries and requirements documentation
- Providing leadership and structure to the wider BA pod
- Supporting delivery across multiple Finance BI workstreams
Key Projects
You'll be delivering against a strategic Finance BI roadmap including:
- Finance BI Semantic Model build within Microsoft Fabric
- Case Margin Reporting
- Working Capital Reporting
- Revenue Recognition Reporting
- Sold vs Actual Case Margin Insights
- Global Finance Reporting Dimensions
- Investment Insights and Analytics
Requirements
We're looking for candidates who can demonstrate:
- Strong experience as a Senior or Lead Business Analyst delivering BI, Data Warehouse, Analytics or Data Platform programmes
- Proven track record gathering requirements, producing detailed functional specifications and leading UAT processes
- Strong stakeholder management across both Finance and Technology teams
- Experience leading or mentoring Business Analysts within a project environment
- Experience working on Finance Reporting, Finance Transformation or Finance Systems programmes
- Strong understanding of data modelling, reporting and analytics solutions
- Ability to bring structure and governance to a fast-moving agile delivery environment
Essential Domain Experience
Candidates must be able to demonstrate experience delivering these finance reporting workstreams:
- Case Margin Reporting
- Working Capital Reporting
- Revenue Recognition Reporting
- Margin, Profitability or Sold vs Actual Analysis
- Global Finance Reporting and Dimensional Models
- Investment Reporting, Insights or Analytics
Applicants who can demonstrate multiple examples across these areas will be particularly well suited to the programme.
Highly Desirable
- Microsoft Fabric experience
- Power BI experience
- SQL Server / SSAS environments
- Finance Data Warehouse or Semantic Model programmes
- Change Management ownership
- Professional Services, Consultancy or Partnership environments
- Experience operating within complex stakeholder landscapes
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