Business Systems Analyst (Finance) - 2 years FTC (Fixed term contract)

Company Name: Keyloop

Keyloop bridges the gap between dealers, manufacturers, technology suppliers and car buyers.
We empower car dealers and manufacturers to fully embrace digital transformation. How? By creating innovative technology that makes selling cars better for our customers, and buying and owning cars better for theirs.

We use cutting-edge technology to link our clients’ systems, departments and sites. We provide an open technology platform that’s shaping the industry for the future. We use data to help clients become more efficient, increase profitability and give more customers an amazing experience. Want to be part of it?

Job title: Business Systems Analyst (Finance)

Experience range: 3-5 years

FTC: Fixed Term Contract for 2 years

Role Overview:

The Business Systems Analyst – Finance plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions. This role involves gathering, analysing, and documenting business requirements, and working closely with stakeholders to ensure that the solutions meet the business objectives. Being in our back-office function, you will play a critical role in supporting and enabling our financial activities

Key Responsibilities:

Requirements Gathering
Collaborate with finance stakeholders (e.g., accounting, FP&A, treasury) to gather, analyze, and document business and system requirements for financial applications, including those that are linked to our CRM systems via integrations.

Financial Process Analysis
Analyse current financial processes (e.g., GL, AP, AR, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting) to identify gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for automation or optimization.
Work with stakeholders to optimise processes in finance management and reporting systems.

Risk and Compliance Management
Identify potential risks (e.g., data integrity, regulatory non-compliance, financial reporting errors) associated with business requirements and work with teams to develop mitigation strategies, ensuring adherence to internal controls and compliance standards (e.g., SOX, GAAP, IFRS).

Collaboration:
Collaborate with IT teams, software vendors, and business units to ensure that finance systems meet user needs.
Act as a liaison between technical teams (e.g., developers, IT architects) and business users (finance) to ensure that requirements are accurately understood and implemented.

Challenge:
Question the “as is” and explore options for the “to be”, recognising that what is being asked for is not always what is needed.
Ensure that requirements are understood and implemented correctly.

Documentation
Create detailed documentation including functional specifications, epics, user stories, use cases, process maps, and data flow diagrams, tailored to financial systems and audiences.
Develop and maintain user manuals, system documentation, and training materials for finance systems.

Testing and Validation
Assist in the development of test cases and testing procedures for new or updated finance systems.
Coordinate business acceptance testing (BAT) and ensure that systems meet business, accounting, and audit requirements before go-live.

Prioritisation:
Help prioritise system requirements based on business needs, resource availability, and the potential business impact.
Work with stakeholders to balance competing requirements and determine the most important features or improvements for finance systems.

Communication and Change Management
Provide clear, timely communication to finance stakeholders regarding system changes, expected impacts, timelines, and training.
Support change management initiatives to ensure smooth adoption.

Reporting and Analytics:
Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure that finance systems provide accurate and actionable reports and analytics.
Support the implementation of reporting tools and dashboards that track key metrics such as income, average days in due, monthly forecast targets and days sales outstanding

Skillset required:

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in business analysis or a related field.
• Experience with Navision or NetSuite.
• Strong analytical, mathematical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with business analysis tools and techniques (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, MS Visio).
• Knowledge of industry-standard methodologies and frameworks (e.g., BABOK, BPMN).
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment is preferred.
• Finance / Accountancy certification is preferred

Personal Attributes:

• High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to adapt to changing business needs and priorities.
• Proactive approach to identifying and solving problems.
• Strong influencing skills, particularly around MVP delivery, to drive incremental change.