Finance Business Analyst Manager – CIMA / ACCA, Finance Systems (ERP), Finance Transformation, Global

Outstanding opportunity to join this global enterprise and famous brand within the ‘magic circle’ of the legal sector. Subsequent to a recent merger, this business is going through a major finance transformation including the rationalisation of its finance applications and finance processes.

As a Finance Business Analyst Manager, you will be managing a team of 3-4 Finance Business Analysts, working within the multi-national finance team, as well as delivering your own projects and change – a ‘player manager’ role.

Projects are associated with transactional finance systems (inc. time & billing, G/L, P&L, tax, expenses), finance processes and regulatory change.

Ideally, you’ll have an accounting background prior to moving into Finance Business Analysis and Line Management and will have a deep understanding of finance and accounting terminology, processes and systems. You’ll require the following skills:

• A qualified accountant with relevant certifications (CIMA, ACCA, AAT)
• Proven experience as a Finance Business Analyst with experience mapping & assessing finance systems, processes and policies in global environments
• Proven experience line managing small, high performing teams of Finance Business Analysts or Finance Analysts
• Knowledge of a variety of enterprise scale finance ERP systems (e.g. SAP S/4HANA, Oracle ERP Cloud, D365 Finance, Elite 3E, Aderant Expert)
• Outstanding stakeholder engagement and requirements capture skills
• Extensive project management, project tracking / planning and change management experience (inc. tools like Monday.com)
• Basic SQL skills
• Experience working with software developers
• Ability to contribute to multiple projects concurrently in multi-national environments
• Ideally, experience in the legal sector or professional services (big 4) or banking
• A willingness to work in the office 3 days per week

£85k-£97.5k + bonus + excellent benefits. City of London, 40% remote