EY Lead Business Analyst - Permanent Newcastle 

United Kingdom, England, Newcastle upon Tyne 

469221021

UKI Finance Job Description

UKI Head of Reporting & Analytics

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with Head of R&A to agree priorities and actions.
• Maintain relationships within the wider Finance team to understand infrastructure changes and the impact it will have on existing reporting and analytics
• Manage projects, working with other Finance areas and Service lines, ensuring alignment and consistency of data is maintained across the business
• Lead weekly team meetings and encourage team collaboration
• Organise and manage team of Data Analysts, ensuring workloads are balanced and deadlines are met
• Oversight of GDS Team to ensure reporting is delivered to a high standard and consistently
• Assist in training and upskilling of the team finding a balance between business and technical knowledge
• Looks for opportunities to leverage new tools to realise efficiency gains
• Deliver Ad-Hoc Management Information to short deadlines as required
• Act as a role model and lead by example
• Support the roll out of new initiatives, systems and processes
• Be proactive in raising the profile of the UKI R&A Team in the business
• Be proactive in continuing own professional development
• Manages and executes the development of reports
• Creates and maintains documentation of key processes
• Performs checks to ensure data quality and accuracy is consistent on all platforms
• Testing: ensure User Acceptance Testing is fully planned and executed
• Assist in identifying testing resources, assigns test cases and assess progress

REQUIREMENTS

• Strong background in financial analysis work, preferably within Professional Services with experience as a Data or Financial Analyst managing projects
• Collaborative, with the ability to work with other Finance areas and Service Lines, interacting with staff at all levels
• Able to demonstrate initiative in approach to problem solving
• Excellent organisational skills with excellent attention to detail, as well as commitment to quality and efficiency
• Client focused with a strong understanding of service concepts
• Excellent communication and presentation communication skills
• Ability to change and flexible approach
• Demonstrate experience in managing, motivating and training a team
  Technical skills
• Computer literate (Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word) with the ability to learn the firm’s systems and other data mining tools
• Knowledge of MS SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) and querying using T-SQL
• Experience with programming languages such as Python, Javascript, HTML and VBA
• Understanding of relational database architecture and querying
• Proficiency in visualisation tools such as PowerBI

DESIRABLE

• Familiar with Alteryx
• Knowledge of Azure Dev Ops or GitHub
• Knowledge of Python Machine Learning and Forecasting