Business Analyst

Location: London (1 day onsite, then 2 days per cycle) Contract: 3 months IR35: Outside Rate: £480-£550 per day Start: Up to 1 month notice max

Overview

This role sits within the FP&A function, supporting the build-out of a more robust and scalable reporting approach for strategic investment tracking. Alongside a new Finance Data Warehouse (FDW), the business needs a "bolt-on" solution to classify and report on investment activity, enabling accurate tracking of revenue, costs, and consultant utilisation for senior leadership, Board, and shareholders.

Key Responsibilities

* Gather and document requirements across FP&A, Finance, and Investments stakeholders * Assess current reporting processes, data sources, and KPI definitions * Define a tactical classification and data capture approach to support investment reporting * Produce clear scoping documentation for the Finance Systems team (Phase 1) * Develop detailed technical specifications covering data models, logic, and reporting outputs (Phase 2) * Map data lineage, calculations, and dependencies in a clear, build-ready format * Work closely with the Finance Systems team to support handover into development

Key Skills & Experience

* Strong experience in requirements gathering and stakeholder engagement

* Consultancy or finance-led environments preferred* Experience working in complex, multi-source reporting environments * Background in FP&A / finance environments (P&L, KPIs, variance analysis) * Experience working with complex reporting stacks (Understanding of Alteryx and Power Query) * Strong understanding of data modelling, data flows, and reporting logic * Ability to translate business requirements into clear technical specifications * Comfortable working autonomously in unstructured environments * Coding experience beneficial but not essential