Lead Business Analyst (HFM/Finance Systems) - (CONTRACT)

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Job Summary

• Leads the translation of business and finance requirements into high-quality functional solutions, with a focus on the HFM application stack. Ensures alignment between finance, IT, and data processes to deliver accurate, controlled, and scalable financial reporting and consolidation capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Requirements & Stakeholder Management

• Lead the elicitation, analysis, and documentation of business and system requirements across finance and IT stakeholders
• Facilitate workshops, interviews, and working sessions to define clear, testable requirements
• Ensure full traceability from requirements through to delivery and testing
• Act as the primary liaison between Finance and Technology teams

HFM Functional & Process Expertise

• Drive analysis and solution design across the HFM lifecycle including:
• Data integration (source systems to HFM)
• Metadata management (entities, accounts, hierarchies)
• Consolidation processes (intercompany eliminations, journals, FX translation)
• Reporting outputs and disclosures
• Support month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring system readiness and issue resolution
• Translate finance requirements into HFM rules, calculations, and functional specifications

Data & Impact Analysis

• Analyse financial and operational data to identify trends, risks, and business impacts
• Assess upstream and downstream impacts of changes across the finance data ecosystem
• Ensure data integrity, reconciliation, and alignment across systems

Process Improvement & “As Is / To Be” Design

• Document current and future-state processes across finance and reporting landscapes
• Identify inefficiencies and recommend improvements aligned to best practice
• Support continuous improvement of consolidation, reporting, and control processes

Solution Design & Delivery

• Contribute to solution design, ensuring alignment to architecture, data standards, and governance
• Define functional specifications for HFM enhancements and integrations
• Support Agile delivery including backlog refinement, sprint planning, and prioritisation

Testing & Quality Assurance

• Define test strategies, scenarios, and acceptance criteria
• Lead UAT for finance systems, ensuring business sign-off and readiness
• Validate that solutions meet functional, data, and reporting requirements

Governance, Risk & Compliance

• Ensure solutions comply with financial controls, audit requirements, and regulatory standards
• Support documentation required for audit and governance reviews
• Maintain strong control over financial data accuracy and reporting integrity

Experience & Skills

• 5 to 8 years’ experience in Business Analysis within Banking, Financial Services, or Insurance
• Strong experience with Oracle HFM / Hyperion stack and finance consolidation processes
• Solid understanding of financial reporting, group consolidation, and finance controls
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments
• Proven capability in data analysis, solution design, testing, and stakeholder management

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