Senior Business Analyst (6 month contract) Job at Croydon, Surrey Full Time NEW

Senior Business Analyst (6-Month FTC)
Up to £85,000 FTE (£42,500 pro rata)

Croydon

We are seeking an experienced and impact-driven Senior Business Analyst to play a key role in transforming Finance operations across the organisation. This is a hands-on, problem-solving role focused on identifying real business pain points, designing practical solutions, and delivering measurable efficiency and control improvements across core finance processes, including Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Order-to-Cash (O2C), and Record-to-Report (R2R).

This is not a documentation-heavy position — it is a highly visible role centred on driving meaningful change and delivering tangible outcomes.

The Role

You will take ownership of analysing current finance processes, identifying inefficiencies, and working closely with stakeholders to implement scalable, high-impact improvements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conducting detailed analysis of existing (“AS-IS”) finance processes to identify:

  • Manual workarounds, duplication, and reliance on spreadsheets
  • Bottlenecks in approvals and process delays (e.g. P2P cycles, month-end close)
  • Data quality issues creating reconciliation effort
  • Control gaps and audit risks
  • Inconsistent processes across systems and teams
  • User experience challenges impacting efficiency

• Translating findings into clear, quantified insights, including:

  • Time and cost inefficiencies
  • Operational and financial risks
  • Impact on reporting accuracy and service delivery

• Designing and implementing improved (“TO-BE”) processes that:

  • Simplify and standardise ways of working
  • Reduce manual effort and errors
  • Strengthen controls and data integrity
  • Leverage automation and system capabilities

• Acting as the key liaison between Finance, stakeholders, and System Integrators to ensure:

  • Business requirements are clearly defined and understood
  • Solutions align to business outcomes, not just technical capability
  • End-to-end process integrity is maintained

Driving Efficiency & Measurable Benefits

A core focus of the role is ensuring all changes deliver real, trackable value.

You will:

• Identify and deliver efficiency gains, such as:

  • Reduced manual processing and rework
  • Faster transaction cycles and month-end close
  • Improved compliance and audit readiness
  • Increased system adoption and consistency

• Define and track benefits from baseline through to delivery

• Establish KPIs and performance measures, including:

  • Reduction in manual journals
  • Improved invoice matching rates
  • Faster payment cycles
  • Enhanced data accuracy and reporting reliability

• Provide clear, evidence-based recommendations to senior stakeholders, linking: Pain point Root cause Solution Efficiency gain Measurable outcome

What Success Looks Like

• Finance processes are streamlined, consistent, and efficient
• Manual effort and spreadsheet reliance are significantly reduced
• Controls are strengthened, with clear audit trails
• Finance teams focus more on value-add activity rather than administration
• Systems (e.g. Oracle) are fully utilised as a single source of truth
• Benefits are clearly evidenced and visible at senior leadership and board level