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Finance Product Development Analyst
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Finance Product Development Analyst
Milton Keynes (Hybrid Working)
Contract until September 2026 with the strong possibility of extensions
Day rate: £400.00 via an umbrella company
Overview
We are seeking an experienced Finance Product Development Analyst to act as the key link between Finance, Change, and Technology teams, ensuring Finance requirements are fully represented and embedded across a portfolio of business change initiatives.
This role is responsible for assessing the impact of change, identifying process improvement opportunities, supporting regulatory compliance, and driving operational excellence across Finance. The successful candidate will combine strong financial knowledge, data analysis expertise, and stakeholder management skills to deliver effective solutions and minimise disruption to business operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide a consultative service to business and technology stakeholders, assessing the impact of proposed changes and recommending appropriate solutions.
- Act as the Finance Subject Matter Expert (SME) and represent Finance requirements across change and transformation initiatives.
- Champion Finance objectives and ensure alignment between business change activities and Finance strategy.
- Work collaboratively across Finance teams to assess the impact of changes to systems, processes, reporting, and controls.
- Analyse and evaluate change initiatives, ensuring Finance requirements are captured, understood, and successfully delivered.
- Identify process inefficiencies and improvement opportunities across Finance and the wider business.
- Conduct analysis of business processes, system interactions, and data flows, undertaking root-cause investigations and recommending solutions.
- Use data and analytical insights to support decision-making, identify trends, and drive process enhancements.
- Lead initiatives focused on automation, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement, including Robotic Process Automation (RPA) opportunities.
- Support Finance leadership in managing change adoption, mitigating risks, and addressing potential business impacts.
- Develop and manage change delivery plans, ensuring alignment with project objectives, timelines, and stakeholder requirements.
- Track and report on project benefits, providing regular updates to Finance management.
- Act as a key liaison between Finance and Technology teams, including system support, infrastructure, and application management functions.
- Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), system testing, business transition activities, and implementation support.
- Manage and track business outcomes through tools such as Jira and Confluence.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation relating to processes, systems, and change activities.
- Support resource planning and demand management activities across Finance projects.
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- Experience within Financial Services, Finance, Accounting, or another regulated environment.
- Strong understanding of Finance processes, controls, reporting requirements, and SAP.
- Experience delivering or supporting business transformation, process improvement, or change initiatives.
- Strong data analysis skills, with experience working across reporting, systems, automation, and process optimisation.
- Demonstrable experience analysing business processes, data flows, and complex technical issues to identify practical solutions.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage and influence both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Proven stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to work effectively across Finance, Technology, and wider business teams.
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities and delivering solutions within a changing environment.
- Strong organisational, presentation, and documentation skills with excellent attention to detail.
Desirable
- Experience designing and developing data flows within Tableau.
- Knowledge of Power BI, advanced Excel, and process automation tools.
- Qualifications or training in Business Analysis, Change Management, Agile, PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma, or related disciplines.
- Experience supporting software upgrades, system implementations, or Finance transformation programmes.
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