Finance Change Lead

Key Accountabilities

• Acting as the Finance Lead representative and contact point on agreed business-led (non-Finance driven) projects/change initiatives, taking responsibility for the overall delivery within Finance and engaging the appropriate Finance teams and individuals
• Own & maintain the BAU change tracker for the Finance team
• Escalate/communicate high priority changes to the Finance team as required
• Work closely with the Finance team to ensure robust and timely completion of impact assessments
• Responsible for high standard, complete and timely delivery of all Finance work-streams associated with agreed projects/change initiatives. This would include end to end process solutions (including transaction code mapping and data-warehouse build input), requirements, testing and conversion
• Set and sign off test plans for Finance - this will include defining and agreeing an appropriate test scope including finance test matrices to incorporate all required scenarios for finance supplier platform testing
• Ensure that all test defects are logged, triaged and resolved
• Support the project/change lead by addressing and resolving any queries
• Define and agree all first occurrence validation requirements
• Own and lead relationships with key third party suppliers as required
• Be a ‘change champion' within Finance and provide insight, education and guidance to the wider finance community
• Tracking and reporting on change projects

Skills and Experience

• Demonstrable project/change experience within a regulated financial services organisation - business analysis and/or project management
• Understanding of finance processes, risks and controls for mid-size and listed organisations
• Experience of mapping processes and controls
• Experience and working knowledge of internal control standards and regulatory requirements across financial operations, financial statement close processes and finance IT functions
• IT literacy in financial systems, Excel and PowerPoint
• Good knowledge of test planning & associated documentation
• Proven track record of building & completing finance test scenario matrices
• Relevant experience and proven ability to drive defect resolution on supplier platforms

Desirable

• Qualified accountant
• Financial Services background
• Financial controls experience within financial services (SOX experience preferred but not required).
• Business analysis and/or project management qualification or qualified by experience
• Knowledge of the First Vision platform

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For more information please email: tomhutchings@bsmgroup.com