Senior Business Process Analyst - Finance

Are you ready to lead transformative change in a dynamic environment? As a Senior Business Process Analyst working within the Finance team at Penguin Random House, you'll be instrumental in executing our ambitious five-year road map. Your expertise will enhance operational efficiency and align financial practices with cutting-edge technological advancements.

In this pivotal role, you'll tackle business challenges head-on, identify opportunities for improvement, and propose innovative solutions to boost efficiency, productivity, and overall performance. We're looking for a specialist with the confidence and ability to challenge stakeholders and drive impactful process development. If you're ready to make a significant impact, we invite you to join our team and shape the future of our business.

Key responsibilities:

• Drive the SAP transformation plan alongside the Finance Directors to meet the diverse needs of our finance teams.
• Provide expert technical guidance and direction, ensuring financial measures and reporting adhere to internal policies and IFRS.
• Lead and implement process and business changes, using sophisticated analytical thought to design innovative solutions.
• Manage key finance transformation projects from initiation to completion, aligning with strategic objectives.
• Create comprehensive process maps and training materials to support the finance team's adoption of new processes.
• Foster strong relationships with internal stakeholders to drive collaboration and support for process improvements.
• Utilise SAP Signavio to model and visualise business processes, enhancing cross-functional communication.
• Monitor process performance using KPIs, providing insights for continuous improvement.
• Conduct workshops to elicit and prioritise requirements, ensuring solutions meet business needs.
• Support financial integration of new mergers and acquisitions.
• Support the design, execution and assessment of business process tests and usability evaluation.
• Manage the systems testing from a finance and wider business side from an end-to-end basis

What you’ll bring

Essential criteria:

• Extensive experience in a finance role with advanced SAP skills.
• Qualified or part-qualified accountant with strong business analysis expertise.
• Proficiency in Excel, including pivot tables, macros, and 'what if' statements.
• Consulting skills, including team facilitation and conflict management.
• Ability to critically analyse complex data sets for informed decision-making.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships and work effectively in cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrable experience in developing and implementing proactive process improvements.
• Strong attention to detail, organisational skills, and the ability to prioritise effectively.

Preferred criteria:

• Knowledge of SAP S/4 Hana would be an advantage

 Application instructions

Please apply with your CV and cover letter outlining why you are the right candidate for the role by 11:59pm on Sunday 25th May.

Please ensure you include a cover letter, as it is a crucial part of our assessment process. The cover letter offers an opportunity to show how your experience and interests align with the role requirements. Typically, we expect the cover letter to be no more than one or two pages in length.

Salary

£60,000 - £75,000 dependent on how your skills and experience align to the role, plus bonus and benefits.

What you can expect from us

Our people are the heart of our business, and we work hard to support a culture of responsibility and recognition.

Hybrid working

While our offices across the UK are places to connect, collaborate and celebrate with colleagues, we recognise that flexibility around where you work is just as important. For this role we expect that you will work from our office in London, three days per week. There may also be occasional travel to our office in Frating, Essex, when required.

About Penguin

We’re the UK’s largest publisher; made up of some 2,000 people and publishing over 1,500 books each year. Our doors are open to all kinds of talent. In a constantly evolving industry, we work hard to stretch the definition of the word publisher. Here, you’ll work with a breadth of talent who all play their part to make each of our books a success. Together, we make books for everyone because a book can change anyone.

The recruitment process

As a Disability Confident Committed organisation, we offer interviews to candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria for the role, and opt-in on their application form. The essential criteria for this role are listed as part of the ‘What you’ll bring’ section. There may be times when the volume of applications means we cannot take all eligible candidates to interview.

We encourage you to tell us about any reasonable adjustments you may need by emailing PRHCareersUK@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk. Remember, you only need to share what you are comfortable to for us to support your request.

Please note, we are not able to accept agency CVs for this role. Any CVs sent speculatively will not be eligible for a fee.

Company: The Random House Group Limited 

Country: United Kingdom 

State/Region: London 

City: London 

Postal Code: SW11 7BW 

Job ID: 279809