Business Analyst - Finance Operating Model

The Dog; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 89,000; Part time

Job summary

Dog & Gun in Liverpool seeks an experienced Business Analyst to shape a Finance Operating Model for a high-visibility programme. You will lead workshops, interviews and reviews to map current processes, governance, and data flows, and help define a practical future-state operating model.

You will work with senior stakeholders to identify pain points, clarify ownership, and support target operating model design, enabling sustainable improvements in finance performance.

Qualifications

• Strong BA experience in operating model design, finance transformation, or business change.
• Expertise in current-state assessments, process mapping and ownership modelling.
• Experience supporting target operating model and future-state design initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops with senior stakeholders to understand current operating model.
• Conduct stakeholder interviews and process reviews to map current ways of working.
• Identify pain points and clarify ownership and accountabilities across functions and processes.
• Support target operating model design and contribute to transition to improved ways of working.

Skills

Operating model

Process mapping

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Finance processes

Job description

Business Analyst - Finance Operating Model

Date Posted: 2026-09-24T13:49:27

Location: Dog & Gun, Merseyside, GB, L11 9

Contract Type: Contract

Contract End Date: 2026-10-23T00:23:05.997

Additional Details:

• Rate: £400 per day
• Outside IR35
• Duration: 6 months with a chance of extension
• Work Arrangement: Hybrid (Liverpool circa 3 days per week)

We're looking for an experienced Business Analyst to play a key role in a major Finance Operating Model programme. This is a highly visible piece of work focused on understanding how the finance function operates today and helping shape a more effective future-state operating model.

You'll lead discovery workshops, stakeholder interviews, and process reviews to map current ways of working across people, processes, governance, controls, systems, data, and reporting. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you'll identify pain points, clarify ownership and accountabilities, support target operating model design, and help drive the transition to improved ways of working.

Skills & Experience

• Strong Business Analysis experience within operating model design, organisational change, finance transformation, or business change
• Expertise in current-state assessments, process mapping, and ownership/RACI modelling
• Experience supporting target operating model and future-state design initiatives
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation skills
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to bring structure and clarity to complex environments
• Good understanding of Finance processes, controls, ownership models, and cross-functional dependencies

This is a role for someone who can ask the right questions, challenge constructively, identify where accountabilities or processes are unclear, and help shape a Finance operating model that is practical, sustainable, and capable of supporting their finance priorities.