Business Analyst, Finance Data
We are looking for a Business Analyst with 4 to 5 years of experience to gather and document requirements for an enterprise finance data platform on Azure, Databricks and Snowflake. You will work with finance teams to understand current processes, reports and end-user computing tools, and turn them into clear requirements for the data, reporting and automation teams.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Run workshops with financial control, FP&A, tax and finance operations users to capture requirements
- Document current processes, including Excel, Alteryx and other EUC tools
- Assess which EUC tools should be retired, replaced or rebuilt
- Write source-to-target mappings with data engineers
- Define business rules, data definitions and glossary terms with data owners
- Define data quality rules with the data quality team
- Write user stories and acceptance criteria, and manage the backlog
- Support testing and user acceptance, and help with sign-off
- Write process notes and user guides for new reports and processes
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Must-have
- Requirements gathering and documentation
- Process mapping
- SQL for data analysis
- Advanced Excel
- Agile delivery and user stories
- Jira or Azure DevOps Boards
- Good-to-have
- Power BI
- Alteryx
- Microsoft Purview glossary
- Visio or similar tools
DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE
- Finance processes, including month-end close, journals and reconciliations
- Tax processes, including VAT, corporation tax and PSA
- FP&A and management reporting
CERTIFICATIONS (GOOD TO HAVE)
- IIBA Certification of Capability in Business Analysis (CCBA)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
- 4 to 5 years as a business analyst, with at least 2 years on data or reporting projects
- Worked with finance teams in banking or financial services
- Degree in engineering, commerce or business; a finance qualification is an advantage
- Degree in engineering, commerce or business; a finance qualification is an advantage