Business Analyst - Financial Operations

PRG; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK seeks an experienced Project Manager / Business Analyst to support a Borough Council with their Financial Operations program. This hybrid role focuses on enhancing debt recovery performance and requires advanced Excel skills, familiarity with project tools, and experience in local authorities. Applicants should have relevant certifications and experience in using Power BI. Immediate applications are encouraged.

Qualifications

• Proven experience supporting or delivering projects within a Local Authority.
• Familiarity with project management tools and techniques.
• Knowledge of debt recovery processes or financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Support mobilisation and delivery of multiple workstreams within the programme.
• Maintain and update project documentation including delivery plans and KPI dashboards.
• Coordinate programme boards and ensure projects are on track.
• Track performance, identify risks and elevate issues as required.
• Analyse operational and financial data to identify performance issues.
• Document processes and support the design of improved workflows.
• Prepare reports and dashboards for senior stakeholders.

Skills

Advanced Excel skills

Project management tools familiarity

Power BI experience

Education

PRINCE2, Agile, APM or equivalent certification

Tools

Oracle

NEC

Job description

Job Title: Project Manager / Business Analyst
Contract: 6 months
Rate: 400- 500 per day (depending on experience)
Location: Hybrid, London-based office and remote working

Panoramic Associates are supporting a Borough Coucnil with a Project Manager / Business Analyst role, to support delivery of a Financial Operations programme.

The role will focus on improving debt recovery performance across a range of service areas, coordinating workstreams, and expanding into new areas.

Working closely with finance leadership, service teams, and business intelligence specialists, you'll provide hands‑on project delivery and analytical support to ensure measurable outcomes and benefits are achieved.

In this role you will:

• Support mobilisation and delivery of multiple workstreams within the programme.
• Maintain and update project documentation including delivery plans, RAID logs, and KPI dashboards.
• Coordinate programme boards and ensure the projects are kept on track and reported accurately.
• Track performance, identify risks and dependencies, and elevate issues if required
• Analyse operational and financial data to identify performance issues and opportunities for improvement.
• Document processes, highlight inefficiencies, and support the design of improved workflows.
• Contribute to business cases and benefits tracking to support strategic decision‑making.
• Prepare reports, dashboards, and scorecards for senior stakeholders.

What we're looking for:

Essential

• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, formulas, dashboards).
• Proven experience supporting or delivering projects within a Local Authority
• Familiarity with project management tools and techniques (RAID logs, RAG status, Gantt charts).

• Experience using Power BI to build or maintain dashboards.
• Knowledge of debt recovery processes or financial systems (e.g. Oracle, NEC).
• PRINCE2, Agile, APM or equivalent project delivery certification.

Pop an application through if the above role is of interest!