OneStream Business Analyst - Hybrid Working

ZipRecruiter; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled Business Analyst with expertise in OneStream to join their dynamic Finance Change Team. This hybrid role involves critical responsibilities such as managing product backlogs, facilitating UAT, and validating implementations. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills, excellent communication abilities, and a solid understanding of financial reporting. You will play a pivotal role in the redevelopment of OneStream Architecture, working collaboratively with stakeholders and third-party consultants. If you're ready to make a significant impact in a global business environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in finance software implementations and MI requirements.
• Experience with OneStream and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate requirements and acceptance criteria for projects.
• Manage product backlog and facilitate testing phases.

Skills

Influencing and Negotiating Skills

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Organizational Skills

Financial Reporting Knowledge

Agile Methodologies

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Related Field

Tools

OneStream

Agile Scrum

Job description

Job Description

OneStream Business Analyst - Hybrid Working

Our client, a global Insurance company, is currently looking to hire a Business Analyst with OneStream experience to join the team on a hybrid working contract basis, with the client site based in London.

This role operates within the Finance Change Team and is crucial to the redevelopment of the OneStream Architecture, leveraging the capabilities of the OneStream MI solution. Responsibilities include facilitating and writing requirements, acceptance criteria, and validating solution implementation. The project adopts a hybrid agile delivery model by a third party, and the role will manage the product backlog and facilitate UAT and Business Acceptance testing phases.

Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities

1. Facilitate and write requirements and acceptance criteria for Epics and Stories.
2. Ensure requirements and acceptance criteria are approved by stakeholders.
3. Review proposed solution designs to meet requirements and acceptance criteria, ensuring their acceptance.
4. Support formulation and acceptance of key design decisions.
5. Validate implementation across sprint reviews and testing phases; provide feedback, raise bugs, and facilitate test case and evidence capture.
6. Facilitate and perform Data Reconciliation.
7. Support and facilitate product backlog review, prioritisation, and sizing sessions with the business and implementation team.
8. Manage and refine the product backlog to reflect current priorities and sizing.
9. Support formulation of Change Requests (CRs), providing impact assessments, cost benefits, and recommendations.
10. Conduct and facilitate defect triage to correctly identify and prioritize bugs versus feedback for resolution.

Knowledge and Experience

• Strong influencing and negotiating skills.
• Good communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and professionally.
• Understanding of project governance and lifecycle.
• Solid analytical and organisational skills to review, challenge, and influence solutions and processes.
• Good numerical skills; confident in using IT platforms to solve finance problems; conversant with finance from detailed to C-suite level.
• Experience with financial reporting requirements, including statutory reporting, management reporting, or financial planning.
• Ability to operate independently, self-manage, and work remotely.
• Ability to manage diverse stakeholder relationships across the organization.
• Experience working collaboratively with third-party consultants to deliver effective OneStream Financial Models.
• Team player with good personal skills, pragmatic and diplomatic when needed.
• Expertise in requirements, Epics, User Stories, and Acceptance Criteria specification.
• Experience managing agile product backlogs in Scrum.
• Knowledge of process and requirements modeling.
• Data modeling of financial data and CUBE/Star Schema.
• Data analysis and reconciliation skills.
• Experience with defect triage, bug prioritization, and severity classification.
• Familiarity with financial modeling and statutory reporting platforms.

Additional Experience

1. 7+ years of direct experience in finance software implementations and delivering finance MI requirements.
2. Understanding of accounting principles and EPM solutions.
3. 5+ years of experience working in a global business environment.
4. 5+ years of experience in Agile Scrum as a Product Owner or Business Analyst.
5. Experience with OneStream is beneficial.
6. Experience extracting and analyzing data from financial systems.
7. Proven experience in agile delivery methodologies.

Please apply!

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