Investigo Looking for Finance Business Analyst at London , South East England Full Time

Business Analyst // Finance // Finance Systems // Insurance // London Market // £650 p/day // INSIDE IR35

A London Market insurer has a requirement for a Business Analyst with Finance experience to join their London based team.

Key responsibilities:

• Support the PM and Finance Leads in determining priorities for initiatives in the Finance function, including areas requiring further detailed analysis.

• Identify the pain points in current reporting processes and areas requiring investment and improvement.

• Investigate and resolve Finance system or process issues which may frequently be time-critical in relation to reporting deadlines.

• Proactively analyse and develop common and consistent processes which will benefit Group reporting and financial management and oversight.

• Capture requirements for specific systems enhancements and/or replacements.

• Documentation of As Is and To Be processes where required.

• Produce detailed Business Impact Assessments for key initiatives.

• Assist Finance teams with specific projects including progression of the Target Operating Model

• Co-ordinate with other functions in delivering process and system improvements, particularly IT.

• Assist in the development, testing and reporting of the new systems and processes.

• Assist the PM in monitoring progress and identifying project issues and risks, and tracking progress against the project plan.

• Providing regular progress status reports to the Project Governance Committees.

Key Skills and Experience:

• Graduate (preferred) with a recognised professional qualifications which may include one or more of (a) BCS, APM / BPM (b) ACA, ACCA, CIMA; (c) Prince 2PMP, Lean Six Sigma.

• Lloyd’s Market and general insurance experience preferred.

• Good understanding of general insurance operations and risk and control process management commensurate with the role is desirable.

• Analytical, investigative approach with ability to work systematically and unsupervised, to tight deadlines and with multiple competing priorities.

• Pragmatic problem-solver with commercial awareness and a flexible, collaborative approach.

• Self-motivated, organised, and able to assimilate, manage and communicate salient details relating to large volumes of information, including technical issues and data.

• Strong written and oral communication skills. Report-writing experience with a high standard of English to Board level is a pre-requisite.

• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (particularly Visio, Excel, PowerPoint Word and SharePoint.