Finance Business Analyst

Role Purpose: Finance Business Analyst- 9 Month Contract

This role is a 9 month contract and plays a key part in driving Finance transformation and change initiatives – specifically the implementation of a Finance TOM including, as a priority, a new transaction level sub-ledger. The Finance Business Analyst will be responsible for analysing business needs, capturing and translating requirements, and supporting the delivery of finance projects across technology and operational areas. The successful candidate will bridge the gap between Finance stakeholders and delivery teams, leveraging agile methods and strong documentation skills including process mapping.

 

The ideal candidate will bring solid experience of Finance processes understanding the role of finance as a business partner as well as its core operational and reporting responsibilities. They will understand payments business or financial operations, and be comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile project environment. A professional accountancy qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA, ACA) would be advantageous.

 

Key Responsibilities:

1. Collaborate with Finance and cross-functional teams to capture detailed business and functional requirements aligned to strategic goals.
2. Document and analyse current-state and future-state processes using BPMN 2.0 standards, identifying inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement.
3. Work with Agile delivery teams, participating in ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, daily stand-ups), creating and managing user stories, and ensuring continuous delivery.
4. Act as a Finance subject matter liaison between operational teams, technology, and external partners to ensure alignment on requirements and priorities.
5. Create test plans and test scripts; support user acceptance testing (UAT); identify, track and help resolve defects and gaps.
6. Support the rollout of new processes or systems through documentation, training materials, and workshops, ensuring successful adoption.
7. Maintain clear and auditable documentation across requirements, testing, risks, and issues logs to support governance and compliance standards.
8. Contribute to enterprise projects including GL/ERP and Sub Ledger upgrades and implementations, internal payment system changes, and automation initiatives.

 

Key Skills and Competencies: 

Professional Experience

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst, ideally in Financial Services, Payments, or Fintech environments
• Proven experience in designing and implementing automated, event-driven accounting frameworks based on transaction-level messaging data
• Exposure to ERP systems and associated O2C, P2P and R2R processes
• Understanding of data models and data architectures including master data management
• Preferably experience with technology-led financial services (e.g., e-money, digital wallets, settlement platforms) or financial products
• An understanding of payments business models, funds flow architecture, and FX (foreign exchange) operations would also be helpful

Technical Skills

• Skills in BPMN 2.0 process mapping using tools such as Visio
• Proficiency in Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence and comfortable working in Agile/Scrum environments
• Experienced in documenting requirements and writing user stories
• Experienced in managing testing and defect resolution, including UAT
• Excellent analytical, documentation, and communication skills including ability to communicate findings and proposals clearly using PowerPoint presentations

Personal Attributes

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to challenge and add value.
• Proactive and adaptable, capable of working both independently and collaboratively.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines while prioritising and managing a varied workload.
• A strong team player who thrives in a professional yet friendly environment.

 

Qualifications:

• Strong academic background, including a university degree
• Preferable to have accountancy qualifications such as ACCA, CIMA, or ACA