Finance Change Analyst Benefact Group · Gloucester ·

Benefact group; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable financial services group in Gloucester is seeking a Finance Change Analyst to enhance finance operations and manage change initiatives. Responsibilities include implementing process improvements, supporting change management, and maintaining stakeholder relationships. The ideal candidate will have a professional accounting qualification and extensive finance experience. This position offers competitive salary, hybrid working, and numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Hybrid working

Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution

Generous annual bonus scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Health and wellbeing benefits

Annual charity grant

Volunteering day

Employee Assistance Programme

Full study support for qualifications

Access to virtual GP

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a Finance role.
• Professional accounting qualification or equivalent experience.
• Strong technical knowledge and understanding of Finance Operations systems.

Responsibilities

• Identify and implement process improvements.
• Lead planning and delivery of bespoke business change plans.
• Maintain relationships with stakeholders for effective project delivery.
• Create change documentation and elevate project risks to stakeholders.
• Support BAU activities as required.

Skills

Strong technical knowledge of Finance Operations systems and processes

Process improvement

Effective influencing and communication skills

Attention to detail

Understanding business functions integration

Education

Professional accounting qualification or qualified by experience

Job description

Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Duration:12 month fixed term contract

Location: Gloucester

Job Ref:204309

About the role

Benefact Groupare looking for a Finance Change Analystto join ourGloucesteroffice.

As a Finance Change Analyst, you willact as subject matter expert representing Group Finance, leading on defined development activities with a particular focus on business readiness and change.Supporting Finance change management including managing change into finance arising from changes in external and internal environment, process improvement, and supporting ERP implementation i.e., banking and settlement.

Why join us?

Join a collaborative and inclusive culture that’s committed to making a difference and building a more sustainable future. Ranked amongst the UK's top 50 Best Large Companies to Work For in 2024, we offer fantastic career and development opportunities within a rapidly growing, innovative Group — where all profits go to charity and good causes.

What you'll be doing

• Proactively identify and implement opportunities for process improvements and better working practices across Group Finance and Finance Operations.
• Support, and where appropriate lead on, the planning and delivery of bespoke business change plans for Finance Operations
• Support the assessment of any finance change initiatives on finance processes, roles, and systems and support the development of change readiness assessments and mitigation plans.
• Maintain strong relationships with stakeholders, in particular finance operations, and coordinate subject matter experts to ensure aligned and effective project delivery.
• Lead the creation of essential change documentation (e.g., requirements, process mapping, test scripts) and elevate project risks to appropriate stakeholders.
• On an ad-hoc basis support BAU activity as defined by the Finance Change Manager

What you'll need to have

• Professional accounting qualification or qualified by experience, plus extensive experience in a Finance role.
• Strong technical knowledge and understanding of Finance Operations systems and processes
• Strong attention to detail
• Proven experience in process improvement, design, and implementation
• Effective influencing and communication skills
• Good understanding of how Finance and other business functions integrate to achieve excellent customer outcomes

What makes you stand out

• Change qualifications would be desirable, but not essential

What we offer

• A competitive salary - let's discuss it
  
• Hybrid working
  
• Group Personal Pension - up to 12% employer contribution
  
• Generous annual bonus scheme between 6% and24%
  
• 25days annual leave plus bank holidays, and a holiday buy and sell scheme
  
• An array of health and wellbeing benefits, including private healthcare, income protection and life assurance
  
• £200 annual personal grant to a charity of your choice
  
• Encouraged to take at least one volunteering day per year
  
• Employee Assistance Programme
  
• Full study support to gain professional qualifications
• Access to virtual GP
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

About us

Benefact Group is a unique international financial services Group made up of over 30 businesses. We are owned by a charity and have been the 3rd largest UK corporate donor over a decade*, having given away £250 million since 2014. We have ambitious plans to become the UK’s number one corporate donor, with strategic objectives in place to double the Group’s size.

We believe it’s essential to attract, empower, grow and reward talented people, offering fantastic opportunities for career and personal development. Our giving ethos, 135-year history and the diversity of what we do, has enabled us to build a culture of kindness, great ambition, and of passionate people driven to do better and be better.

At Benefact Group, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture and building an environment where each and every one of us feels valued and respected. We are a community made up of people with a range of different backgrounds, abilities, perspectives, beliefs and interests and we value the strength this brings to us as a Group. We welcome applications from everyone.
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*Directory of Social Change’s UK Guides to Company Giving 2017-26