Finance Business Analyst

Our client is on the hunt for a candidate to take on the role of a Finance Business Analyst, where you will the Finance Business in the analysis, improvement and redesign of core and support business processes from current state assessments to post-implementation support in order to deliver an improvement in efficiency, high levels of standardization and straight-through processing with defined exception management. The ideal candidate should be a subject matter expert and have working experience in certain areas including: Finance systems & financial accounting System migrations Data and insights Regulatory & financial reporting Process improvement in order to support and drive the related reporting process with the help of his/her peers in the team. Requirements: Relevant degree (Finance, accounting, IT or equivalent). Minimum 5 years experience in a Linked Investments/Financial Services Provider environment. 5 years Business Analysis experience and/or Process Improvement experience. Business Analyst, Process Improvement specialist or Finance professional with experience in process improvement. Experience working in an Agile software development environment. Demonstrable experience working with multiple stakeholders to obtain an understanding of business processes. Demonstrable ability to operate independently, efficient, and effective in a chaotic, high transaction volume and sometimes extremely complex environment. Knowledge of business process mapping systems such as Visio and Blueprint. Other standard systems such as Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Duties & Responsibilities: Gathering requirements: Responsible for detailed business analysis - Stakeholder engagement via workshop facilitation, meetings, research and interviews to elicit and understand business requirements for major finance related projects and change requests. Gain and apply understanding of the business in which we operate and the future domains in which we have the ambition to operate. Conduct thorough analysis of proposed technology solutions using investigative and information-gathering skills to highlight the impact of solutions on business processes and systems. Collaborating with cross functional teams, including IT professionals, other business analysts, and finance professionals to deliver effective solutions. Data analysis: Ability to write and interpret data queries. Analise large data sets and understand the granular detail as part of the analysis phase and subsequent solution invention process. Ability to use tools like Qlikview / PowerBI / Excel, SQL, Databases etc. to analyse data and develop solutions.