Job Description
Finance Business Analyst - 12 month FTC
Department: Finance
Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Location: UK - London
Reporting To: Finance Operations Manager
We're looking for a commercially minded and analytical Finance Business Analyst to join our Finance Change team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping the future of our Finance function, helping to drive process transformation, strengthen controls, improve data quality and support the development of a scalable, best-practice operating model.
Working closely with teams across Finance, FP&A, MI, IBA, Systems and Technology, you'll be at the heart of a broad change agenda - identifying opportunities for improvement, redesigning processes, supporting key transformation initiatives and ensuring Finance is equipped to support the continued growth of the business.
Key responsibilities
- Working with Finance stakeholders to shape, coordinate and support a variety of Finance change and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Mapping and analysing end-to-end Finance processes, identifying inefficiencies, manual effort and opportunities to improve controls and scalability.
- Gathering and documenting business requirements, facilitating workshops and translating complex needs into clear, actionable recommendations.
- Supporting the design and implementation of Finance operating model initiatives, including process ownership, service catalogues and governance frameworks.
- Acting as the bridge between Finance teams and Finance systems teams, ensuring processes and systems evolve in a consistent and scalable way.
- Partnering with FP&A and MI teams to align processes, data flows, reporting structures and KPI frameworks.
- Coordinating activities across Finance, Systems, Technology and third-party suppliers to support the successful delivery of agreed initiatives.
- Tracking actions, risks, dependencies and decisions to maintain momentum and ensure positive business outcomes.
About you
You'll be a naturally curious problem-solver who enjoys understanding how processes work and finding ways to make them better. You'll combine strong analytical thinking with a practical, delivery-focused approach and be comfortable working with stakeholders across multiple functions.
We're looking for someone with:
- Experience in business analysis, process improvement, finance transformation or change delivery.
- Strong process mapping, requirements gathering and stakeholder management skills.
- The ability to analyse complex information, identify opportunities and make evidence-based recommendations.
- Experience supporting business or Finance change initiatives from requirements through to implementation and adoption.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience working with Finance systems, ERP platforms or reporting tools would be advantageous.
- A CIMA, ACCA or equivalent qualification.
Core Values
Love what you do:
We show up each day ready to take on the world. Our passion and intensity set us apart and makes the difference to our colleagues, customers, brokers and carriers.
Challenge everything:
We’re never afraid to question the way that things are done and we constantly challenge ourselves and others to makes things better.
Have fun, be good:
Insurance is a serious business, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously. We make it fun to work at CFC, we welcome all viewpoints, and we treat everyone how we would expect to be treated.
