FINANCE BUSINESS ANALYST

Grafton Banks Finance are working with a large well respected financial services company with offices in Haywards Heath, West Sussex to recruit a Finance Business Analyst for a full time permanent basis. Working Hybrid 1 day in office and 4 from home. Reporting into the Head of Business and Operations working with stakeholders you'll be at the forefront of defining, analysing, and executing business change strategies. Leveraging your expertise in business modelling, process mapping, and analytical techniques to identify gaps and prioritize business outcomes.

Duties and Responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with stakeholders involved in strategy formulation and definition of target states
• Review current and target business-states, applying business modelling and analytical techniques (e.g. process mapping, SWOT analysis, options analysis, statistical and database analysis) in order to identify and prioritise gaps
• Provide analytical expertise to support Stakeholders/SME in the definition, documentation and prioritisation of Business Outcomes and themes and their associated benefits
• Provide critical analysis of business outcomes through a variety of techniques, validating and collaborating across teams to refine them into Epics, ready for delivery
• Support the Head of Strategy Delivery and Change Finance in the creation and management of the Portfolio Roadmap
• Help resolve competing in-pillar priorities between stakeholder groups by facilitating stakeholder discussions and escalate issues where appropriate.
• Instigate, prepare, facilitate and lead meetings, workshops and presentations for a wide range of audiences, demonstrating consistently high qualities of communication and strong powers of influence
• Develop close working relationships with Subject Matter Experts, Heads of Department, Project/Programme Managers and Sponsors to drive decisions
• Document current processes and models to understand inefficiencies or gaps
• Define to-be business processes, supporting change delivery
• Identify and assist in prioritising opportunities to streamline business processes
• Support the roll-out of change within the business pillar(s)
• Contribute to the setting of standards and processes for the Business Analysis Community of Practice and ensure these are adhered to and best practice is followed to support a fully agile change and development environment.

Key Skills:

• Demonstrable understanding of Business Analysis and Change Management tools and techniques.
• Experience in analysing business models, capabilities, value streams, and processes.
• Knowledge of business process management, workflow, and integration methods.
• Strong analytical, conceptual, and anticipatory skills; adept at statistical and information analysis.
• Demonstrable understanding of Business Analysis and Change Management tools and techniques.
• Experience in analysing business models, capabilities, value streams, and processes.
• Knowledge of business process management, workflow, and integration methods.
• Strong analytical, conceptual, and anticipatory skills; adept at statistical and information analysis.
• Proficient in Microsoft applications, especially Excel.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

For your experience you will be rewarded with a competitive salary and Excellent benefits package. Working 1 day a week in office and 4 days from home. This is a full time permanent job.