Robert Walters
Senior Finance Business Analyst
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Senior Finance Business Analyst
Location: London (hybrid working)
Who We Are:
We are a consultancy operating within Robert Walters, the world's most trusted talent solutions business. Across the globe, we deliver recruitment, outsourcing, and talent advisory services for businesses of all sizes, opening doors for people with diverse skills, ambitions, and backgrounds.
The Role:
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Senior Finance Business Analyst to join Robert Walters as a Consultant. As a Consultant, you will benefit from permanent employment with Robert Walters and will be deployed on an assignment within our clients' organisations, in return we will provide you with the opportunity to develop your skills with ongoing training and professional support. This role offers an exciting opportunity to join a global business, providing top-tier service to our blue chip clients.
As a Senior Finance Business Analyst, you will assist with accounting and reporting activities ensuring the accuracy and consistency of underlying data, and to liaise with external and internal customers to deliver financial results.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage a broad range of operational accounting activities, enabling delivery of robust financial results working in conjunction with Financial Control
- Manage and drive the refinement of process, procedures and systems to continuously improve the efficiency and control across accounting and balance sheet substantiation activities
- Support key stakeholders through the delivery of meaningful variance and trend analysis while working in conjunction with our Financial Control and Business Partnering teams
- Oversight of and mentor staff involved in preparation and posting of general ledger journal entries
- Represent Finance Operations and input into projects / change programmes, impacting accounting activities, as necessary
- Maintain strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, including our auditors, to ensure service delivery meets customer expectations
- Lead colleagues, in a matrix fashion, working on accounting activities, at our offshore shared services centre
- Work with Senior Finance Managers to set the tone and create a culture of continuous improvement within accounting activities in Finance Operations
- Contribute to the refinement of process, procedures and systems to continuously improve efficiency of accounting
- Undertake month end activities such as reconciliations and analysis of accounts to ensure correct procedures are followed
- Contribute to the production of reports and accounts ensuring accurate reporting and Management Information in line with respective timescales
- Develop own knowledge of standard procedures and processes
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Qualification/Essential Skills:
- Qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA, CIMA) or equivalent
- Insurance industry experience is essential
- Experience working in a complex environment, ideally within Insurance Accounting teams
- Strong financial accounting background, with proven experience in developing controls
- Proficient in MS Excel (including pivot tables, IF statements, VLOOKUPs, and handling large datasets), with strong working knowledge of other MS Office applications
- Highly analytical with strong attention to detail, capable of interpreting complex financial data and producing detailed commentary
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with stakeholders across finance, actuarial, underwriting and external auditors
- A proactive mindset toward process improvements, automation initiatives and contributing to system enhancements within financial reporting
- Familiarity with Oracle, Hyperion Financial Management and TM1 is desirable
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Additional Information:
We are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience. If you have a disability or long-term health condition and require adjustments to the recruitment process, our Adjustment Concierge Service is here to support you. Please reach out to us at adjustments@robertwalters.com to discuss further.
This position is being recruited on behalf of our client through our Outsourcing service line. Resource Solutions Limited, trading as Robert Walters, acts as an employment business and agency, partnering with top organizations to help them find the best talent. We welcome applications from all candidates and are committed to providing equal opportunities.
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