Finance Business Analyst

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City of London, City and County of the City of London
11 months ago
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Our client, a London market insurer based in London City is seeking a Finance Business Analyst to join their finance team to drive finance transformation initiatives within the organisation.

Your expertise in data analysis, solution architecture, and data flows will be essential in ensuring the success of our finance transformation projects.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract working on a hybrid basis in London, with high likelihood of extension.

If you have accounting experience (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) and have moved into a business analysis role within an insurance firm, we would love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for writing strong business cases, creating comprehensive business requirements, and leading finance workshops.
Create detailed business requirements documents that capture the needs and objectives of the finance transformation projects.
Conduct thorough data analysis to support decision-making
Design and implement solution architectures that align with business requirements
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery.
Monitor and report on the progress of finance transformation projects

About you:

Technically you will have:

Proficiency financial modelling, budgeting, and data analysis.
Experience with Power Query for automating data transformation.
Familiarity with Power BI
Knowledge of SQL for working with large datasets.
Experience with finance-specific software such as Phinsys and PeopleSoft.
Understanding of data governance and data quality tools.About your experience:

Ideally you will have experience in Lloyds market transformation / financial reporting.
You will have proven experience as a business analyst working on finance transformation projects.
You will have strong skills in writing business cases and creating business requirements documents and
You will have extensive experience in conducting finance workshops and facilitating discussions with stakeholders and proficiency in data analysis, solution architecture, and data flows will be essential.
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a keen attention to detail.

For an opportunity to join a standout team, apply today

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