Finance Business Analyst

FINANCE

The Business Insight department is part of department Group Business Control. The Business Analyst reports directly to the Team lead Business Insights.
In this role he/she is responsible for the data and report quality in SAP (for example BO/SAC) and function/business domain specific systems (for example; Databricks, Power BI, ServiceNow, Planon).

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The main purpose of the job is to assess and to manage the quality of data and reports (Completeness, Accuracy, Timeliness, Restricted Access, Validity) in SAP and function/business domain specific systems that facilitate data driven financial insights. This role supports the organization by pro-actively monitoring and analyzing financial data and the relationships of financial data driven insights within the organization.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Strategy and input year plan/budget

• Identifies improvements in reporting that support the planning, budgeting and forecasting process.

Financial planning and control

• Participates in management updates and add his/her view to the current organization developments 
• Identifies areas for report quality improvements and helps to resolve data/report quality problems through the appropriate choice of error prevention, detection and correction, process control and improvement, or process design strategies. 

Analysis and management information

• Delivers complete, accurate, timely and controlled management reports
• Manages, analyzes, and resolves data issues and manages revisions needed to reports in order to best meet internal and customer requirements 

Business partnering and management advice

• Delivers complete, accurate, timely data driven insights (both financial as non financial) on an ad hoc basis, depending on questions from within Business Control

Internal controls and compliance

• Provides assistance in resolving report quality problems through the appropriate choice of error prevention, detection and correction, process control and improvement 
• Assists in report management, governance, and data quality of master data requirements with other functional data/report owners to ensure functional data/report integrity across the operation of financial systems is consistent and meets stated business rules and requirements. 
• Ensures data integrity in key systems as well as maintaining the processes to support the data driven reporting quality. 
• Ensures effective and high quality of standardized reporting, as well as, development and documentation of processes with other functional report owners to support ongoing maintenance and data/report integrity. 

Projects

• Work closely with the business/IT to ensure alignment of data/report rules and the operations of the application to meet all requirements. 
• (Proactively) Advise Product Owners and the Team lead Business Insights how to further improve the data/report quality in the different systems and in the execution 

ACTION VALUES

• Customer focus
• Teamwork
• Simplicity    
• Discipline
• Cost conscious
• Respect

COMPETENCIES (Business analyst I & II)

REQUIREMENTS – HARD SKILLS

• Experience working with industry standards (e.g. GS1, UNSPSC), regulations, and guidelines in database warehousing and other relevant systems. 
• Experience working with relational databases. 
• Experience working with Report Management tooling (e.g. SAC/BO/Power BI) 
• Experiences in data administration, design, and architecture. 
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel 
• Experience working with SAP (e.g. SAC, Business Objects, S4 embedded analytics) and other BI tooling (e.g. Databricks, Power BI) 

REQUIREMENTS – SOFT SKILLS

• Is very organized and is able to structure activities, and work according to guidelines
• Make proposals for efficient and effective working methods with the least possible complexity and implements these
• Attention to detail without losing the big picture
• Service minded personality: Is positive and helpful to colleagues, takes over work or supports them when needed, takes a flexible approach.
• Takes ownership for his/hers areas of responsibility and makes sure that deadlines are met;
• Good communication skills to communicate with internal stakeholders, team members, external data providers, and management.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Has a proactive mindset and is a self-starter

H14

Knowledge and expertise

• HBO (Bachelor) degree level education; 
• 3 years’ experience working in a business analyst role 
• Good Excel skills; 
• Good understanding of BI tools 
• Fluent in both Dutch and English.

Interpersonal skills

• Results Oriented 
• Communication skills 
• Pro-activity 
• Execute with pace and urgency 
• Accurate way of working

Business Partnering

• Coordinates and monitors overview data/report analysis activities in relation to daily workload. 

Leadership

• No leadership responsibilities 

Impact

• Impact own work and team work

H15

Knowledge and expertise

• HBO (Bachelor) degree level education; 
• 5 – 8 years’ experience working in a  business analyst role 
• Excellent Excel skills; 
• Excellent understanding of BI tools 
• Fluent in both Dutch and English

Interpersonal skills

• Results Oriented 
• Communication skills 
• Pro-activity 
• Execute with pace and urgency 
• Accurate way of working 
• Lead by example 

Coaching 

• Business Partnering    
• Coordinates and monitors overview data/report analysis activities in relation to daily workload. 
• Observes every day processes, procedures and systems and provides input and advice regarding improvement opportunities 
• Acts as substitute for the Team lead in case of absence 
      

Leadership

• No leadership responsibilities, but act as a re-source of knowledge for less experience colleagues; 
• Training, and instructing (new) employees
• drawing up, implementing and keeping relevant documentation used for employee training 
       

Impact    

• Coordinates and monitors overview reporting activities in relation to daily workload 
• Observes every day processes, procedures and systems and provides input and advice regarding improvement opportunities 
• Play a senior role in the team 
• Coach and onboard new team members 
• Acts as substitute for the Team lead CO in case of absence