Business Analyst

£500-550 per day
Outside IR35
6 Month Initial Contract
London (1-2 Days Per Week)

A leading global consultancy is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to support a major Finance BI transformation programme. The organisation is migrating finance reporting from legacy SQL Server and SSAS environments into a consolidated Microsoft Fabric FinanceBI semantic model, creating a modern reporting and analytics capability across key finance functions.

This is a highly visible role where you'll act as the senior functional lead across requirements gathering, specification development, UAT and change management, whilst helping bring structure and direction to a growing BA function.

You'll work closely with Finance stakeholders, Architects, Developers and the wider BI team to translate business requirements into scalable reporting and data solutions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading requirements gathering workshops with Finance stakeholders
• Converting business requirements into detailed functional specifications
• Acting as the key liaison between Finance and technology teams
• Defining data model, reporting and governance requirements
• Supporting the design of scalable ETL and reporting solutions
• Owning UAT planning, execution support and defect triage processes
• Designing and coordinating change management activities for go-lives
• Producing process maps, data dictionaries and requirements documentation
• Providing leadership and structure to the wider BA pod
• Supporting delivery across multiple Finance BI workstreams

You'll be delivering against a strategic Finance BI roadmap including:

• Finance BI Semantic Model build within Microsoft Fabric
• Case Margin Reporting
• Working Capital Reporting
• Revenue Recognition Reporting
• Sold vs Actual Case Margin Insights
• Global Finance Reporting Dimensions
• Investment Insights and Analytics

We're looking for candidates who can demonstrate:

• Strong experience as a Senior or Lead Business Analyst delivering BI, Data Warehouse, Analytics or Data Platform programmes
• Proven track record gathering requirements, producing detailed functional specifications and leading UAT processes
• Strong stakeholder management across both Finance and Technology teams
• Experience leading or mentoring Business Analysts within a project environment
• Experience working on Finance Reporting, Finance Transformation or Finance Systems programmes
• Strong understanding of data modelling, reporting and analytics solutions
• Ability to bring structure and governance to a fast-moving agile delivery environment

Candidates must be able to demonstrate experience delivering these finance reporting workstreams:

• Case Margin Reporting
• Working Capital Reporting
• Revenue Recognition Reporting
• Margin, Profitability or Sold vs Actual Analysis
• Global Finance Reporting and Dimensional Models
• Investment Reporting, Insights or Analytics

Applicants who can demonstrate multiple examples across these areas will be particularly well suited to the programme.

• Microsoft Fabric experience
• Power BI experience
• SQL Server / SSAS environments
• Finance Data Warehouse or Semantic Model programmes
• Change Management ownership
• Professional Services, Consultancy or Partnership environments
• Experience operating within complex stakeholder landscapes