Negotiable
Undetermined
Onsite
London, UK
p>Functional Consultant
Our client, a leading global supplier for IT services, requires Functional Consultant to be based at their client's office in London, UK.
This is a hybrid role - you can work remotely in the UK and attend the London office 3 days per week.
This is a 6+ month temporary contract to start ASAP
Day rate: Competitive Market rate
Key Responsibilities
- Elicit, Analyze, and Drive Strategic CFO Solution Requirements:
- Collaborate with the CFO Group to elicit, analyze, and drive strategic solution requirements.
- Ensure comprehensive documentation of CFO solution requirements while bringing leading and best practices to requirement documentation.
- Act as On-the-Ground Business Analyst:
- Serve as the Finance IT "on-the-ground" Business Analyst, directly engaging with CFO subject matter experts (SMEs).
- Work closely with CFO SMEs to understand and capture business needs and translate them into actionable requirements.
- Support Vendor Solution Analysis:
- Assist in the analysis of vendor solution demos against documented requirements.
- Support scoring and matching functionality to ensure alignment with requirements.
- Financial Expertise and Wealth Management Understanding:
- Demonstrate understanding of finance, including subledger roles and financial control closing processes.
- Possess experience in and understanding of Wealth Management lines of business and corresponding accounting for products/services.
- Utilization of Business Analysis Tools:
- Use business analysis and requirements modelling tools (eg, data flow diagrams, relationship data models, business process modelling) effectively in project activities.
- Product Solutioning and Technical Requirements Translation:
- Collaborate on product solutioning and translate functional requirements into technical requirements.
- Manage functional backlog to ensure alignment with project goals and priorities.
- Data Analysis and Understanding:
- Possess a strong understanding of data models and experience in data analysis.
- Business Analysis Expertise:
- Demonstrate strong business analysis skills, including elicitation, synthesis, evaluation, and communication of results.
- Interpersonal and Leadership Skills:
- Exhibit excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Display leadership abilities to lead integrated teams in project activities.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business Administration, Computer Science, or related field.
- Proven experience as a Business Analyst in Finance IT, with a focus on Wealth Management preferred.
- Strong understanding of financial processes, including subledger roles and financial control closing processes.
- Experience in eliciting, analysing, and documenting business requirements.
- Familiarity with business analysis and requirements modelling tools.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to tailor communication to different stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Leadership abilities to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Familiarity with project management methodologies and practices.
- Certification in Business Analysis (eg, CBAP) or Project Management (eg, PMP) is a plus.
Due to the volume of applications received, unfortunately we cannot respond to everyone.
If you do not hear back from us within 7 days of sending your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion.