Oliver James
Finance Business Analyst

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Senior Business Analyst - Finance Transformation
London | Hybrid - 50% office based | 9-Month FTC | c.£100k - £110k
We are supporting a specialist financial services organisation looking to appoint a Senior Business Analyst to play a key role across a major Finance transformation roadmap. Sitting at the intersection of Finance, Data and Technology, you will take ownership of translating complex Finance priorities into clear, structured and delivery-ready requirements. This is a high-visibility role suited to someone who combines strong Business Analysis capability with a Product Owner mindset and can independently drive change from initial requirements and business design through to delivery and testing.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead requirements gathering, definition and documentation across a portfolio of Finance transformation initiatives.
- Act as the key bridge between Finance, Data, Technology, external vendors and delivery teams.
- Translate complex Finance requirements into clear, sequenced and actionable change requirements.
- Own business design and review solution design documentation, ensuring proposed solutions meet Finance requirements.
- Take ownership of UAT planning and execution, maintaining clear traceability between requirements and testing.
- Improve delivery quality by ensuring requirements are complete, validated and signed off before development.
- Work closely with senior Finance stakeholders while reducing reliance on SMEs for day-to-day delivery.
- Help improve and modernise the approach to Finance change within a predominantly waterfall environment.
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Experience Required
- Strong Senior Business Analyst experience within Finance Transformation - this is not suited to a generic BA without significant Finance experience.
- Strong understanding of Finance processes, data flows and reporting, ideally across Financial Control, FP&A and/or Treasury.
- Experience operating with a Product Owner mindset, taking genuine ownership of change rather than solely documenting requirements.
- Strong process and data-flow mapping skills, with the ability to visualise end-to-end processes and system interactions.
- Experience working across Finance, Data and Technology teams and managing relationships with third-party vendors.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to challenge, influence and align senior stakeholders.
- Experience owning UAT and testing activity through to completion.


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Particularly Relevant Experience
- The upcoming roadmap includes a significant General Ledger transformation, making previous GL implementation or transformation experience highly desirable. Experience improving month-end close processes would also be particularly relevant.
- Experience in any of the following would also be valuable:
- Finance Data & Reporting transformation, including working closely with BI/Data teams.
- Treasury transformation or Treasury Management System implementations.
- Workday or Oracle Finance.
- Tableau or wider BI/reporting environments.
- Finance automation or AI use cases.
This is an opportunity to take genuine ownership across a significant Finance change roadmap, with exposure to senior Finance stakeholders and major programmes spanning General Ledger, Finance Data & Reporting and Treasury. The initial appointment is a 9-month FTC, with potential for extension and the possibility of a longer-term permanent opportunity.
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