Senior Business Analyst – Ledger Change recruitment

This Finance Change function employs over 300 change professionals in London working on investment initiatives on behalf of Finance. Within this, the Ledger Strategy Programme team are responsible for delivering key elements of Finance's global strategic infrastructure.
The Ledger Strategy Programme is a four year programme to invest in Finance's strategic global infrastructure, and includes:
*Interfacing front office systems via a new cross-functional transaction warehouse into the new accounting rules engine.
*Designing and implementing a new detailed global transaction sub-ledger and a global control ledger.
*Designing and implementing new reporting tools, calculation engines and other components.
*Developing transition and implementation plans, and the new operating model.
*Working closely with colleagues in Group Finance who are developing a new general ledger, consolidation and disclosure tools for the business.

The senior business analyst will be accountable for one or more of the following activities over a large work stream or multiple work streams. They may have people management responsibilities.

*Current state documentation process mapping
*Requirements gathering and documentation
*Definition of accounting rules
*Production of functional specifications
*Preparation of test plans and test scripts
*Systems testing
*Preparation of migration plans
*Migration testing
*Co-ordination of user acceptance testing
*Co-ordination of implementations
*Issue identification, tracking and resolution
*Problem solving and developing innovative solutions
*Managing relationships with multiple stakeholders and partners
*Input to post implementation reviews