Business Finance Analyst 2023

We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as a Business Finance Analyst to join our Life Finance - Finance Systems team.

Who are we?

We want to be the best place that any of our colleagues have ever worked.

We are the UK’s largest long-term savings and retirement business with c.13 million customers and c.£310 billion of assets under administration. As a market leader and FTSE 100 organisation, we understand that our scale and expertise means that we have a key role to play for our customers, colleagues and our communities to help as many people as possible secure a life of possibilities. We are tackling key environmental and social issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050 – but we’re not done yet.

We’ve seen huge growth and change, and this means there is enormous opportunity for our 8,000 colleagues to grow alongside us.

The role

We’re currently recruiting for a Business Finance Analyst to join our Finance Systems Change Team, primarily responsible for supporting a number of ongoing projects for a 12 month period, and to support transition of change to BAU team as required. You'll join our Finance Data, Systems & Change team, responsible for the provision of professional finance analysis & support services by executing specific and regular finance processes to ensure the organisation meets its regulatory, reputational and commercial requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the on-going delivery of robust operational finance architecture processes and controls
• Ensure the delivery of financial processes and controls comply with existing analytical functions to support the production of financial reports.
• Ensure compliance with relevant procedures and processes and maintain evidence/audit trail as required.
• Support Corporate Projects, providing business insight and integrating process changes into BAU operational model.
• Ensure new modules and access within comply with existing operation of user security controls across finance applications
• Ensure best use of resource and skill development by working flexibly across the range of tasks performed across a multi-site team
• Work closely with stakeholders across the organisation
• Identify and propose continuous improvement opportunities.
• Work as part of a multi-site team, participating in both project and team meetings and contributing to function activities and deliverables.

Essential

• Experience of operating systems & data controls in a Finance environment
• Experience of finance applications (e.g. General Ledger)
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to create a rapport with stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to prioritise and take ownership of workloads, driving progress through to completion

Desirable

• Experience of project work and completion of user acceptance testing
• Advanced MS Excel skills

What We Offer

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

We value diversity in our workforce and welcome enquiries from everyone.