Business Analyst - Core Finance

Tokio Marine HCC; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global insurance provider is seeking a Business Analyst - Core Finance to bridge finance and IT functions. This role involves requirements gathering, solution design, and stakeholder management to enhance financial reporting systems. Ideal candidates will have strong financial acumen and experience with tools like Pega and ERP systems. Join a dynamic organization offering a competitive salary and benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Employee benefits package

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting.
• Proficiency in requirement gathering, writing user stories, and process mapping.
• Experience using data manipulation tools and basic programming.

Responsibilities

• Understand current finance processes and document functional requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to design system solutions.
• Develop and deliver training materials to end users.

Skills

Financial acumen

Business analysis skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Tools

Pega

Peoplesoft ERP

Azure Dev Ops

Job description

Job Title: Business Analyst - Core Finance

Reporting to: Finance Product Manager

Direct Reports: None

Position Type: Permanent

Overview

Why Tokio Marine HCC? Standing still is not an option in the current world of Insurance. TMHCC are one of the world's leading Specialty Insurers. With deep expertise in our chosen lines of business, our unparalleled track record and a solid balance sheet, TMHCC evaluates and manages risk like no one else in the industry. Looking beyond profit, empowering our people and delivering on our commitments are at the core of our customer values, and so is a desire to grow and provide creative and innovative solutions to our clients.

The Finance Change Team provides expertise, management, and coordination of the Finance portfolio of change, supporting Finance and the Business in achieving its strategic objectives. The Core Finance Business Analyst will be responsible for documenting the functional & non-functional requirements of the Finance Function with respect to, primarily, Pega (and other core finance applications), ensuring that the users' needs are accurately and articulately documented and understood by the development team(s). The Core Finance Business Analyst will work closely with product owners, architects and engineering delivery leads to ensure solutions meet business needs.

Job Purpose

Working within the Finance Change function, bridging the gap between the finance department and IT by analysing business needs within financial systems, identifying areas for improvement, designing solutions, and collaborating with technical teams to implement changes, ensuring accurate financial reporting and efficient system operations across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirements gathering: Understand current finance processes, identify pain points, and document functional requirements for system enhancements or new features.
• System analysis: Evaluate existing finance systems, analyse data flows, and identify potential areas for optimisation.
• Solution design: Collaborate with stakeholders and solution architects to design system solutions that align with business needs, including process mapping, workflow design, and data integration.
• Implementation support: Work with IT teams to implement new system features, configure settings, and manage data migration. Assist with the creation of test documentation including UAT.
• User training: Developing and delivering training materials to end users on new system functionalities and updates.
• Reporting and analysis: Create reports and dashboards to monitor system performance and identify trends, providing insights for decision-making.

Performance Objectives

• Requirements and Analysis: Understand finance processes, identify pain points, document requirements through user stories, and evaluate existing systems for optimisation.
• Solution Design and Implementation: Collaborate with stakeholders and solution architects to design system solutions, work with IT to implement new features, configure settings, and manage data migration.
• Training, Support, and Reporting: Develop and deliver training, troubleshoot system issues, provide user support, and create reports and dashboards to monitor system performance and provide insights.

Skills and Experience Specification

Essential:

• Financial acumen: Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, and key financial metrics.
• Business analysis skills: Proficiency in requirement gathering, writing user stories, process mapping, data analysis, and solution design.
• Technical knowledge: Familiarity with finance systems (ERP, workflow, payment, treasury, consolidation & reporting systems), data manipulation tools, and basic programming skills.
• Communication skills: Ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Stakeholder management: Building strong relationships with finance users, architects, data experts, IT teams, and business leaders to ensure project alignment.

Desirable:

• Experience with the following tools: Pega, Payment solutions (e.g. Bottomline (cards & DD)), Tagetik, Peoplesoft ERP and other General Ledger/ERPs, Anaplan
• Experience working within the insurance industry
• Experience using Azure Dev Ops and similar tools
• Experience and qualifications in Agile / Scrum methodology

What We Offer

The Tokio Marine HCC Group of Companies offers a competitive salary and employee benefit package. We are a successful, dynamic organization experiencing rapid growth and are seeking energetic and confident individuals to join our team of professionals. The Tokio Marine HCC Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer.