Finance Business Analyst

For one of our clients in South Holland, we are looking for an experienced Finance Business Analyst / Financial Services Process Analyst. In this role, you will support strategic initiatives focused on financial processes, payment flows and the future operating model of a regulated financial services environment. You will work with a high degree of ownership and independence, translating complex business, operational and regulatory requirements into clear, implementable process designs across Finance, Product, Technology, Operations and Compliance.

Your responsibilities:

• Analyse and design current-state and target-state end-to-end financial processes.
• Map and assess payment flows, data flows and operational dependencies.
• Perform impact assessments across financial processes, systems, data, controls and regulatory requirements.
• Support the design and implementation of a future Target Operating Model for financial services.
• Translate regulatory and financial licensing requirements into practical process and system requirements.
• Support process design related to safeguarding and the handling of customer funds.
• Identify impacted systems, interfaces, operational responsibilities and dependencies.
• Facilitate workshops and align stakeholders across Finance, Product, Engineering, Operations and Compliance.
• Translate business requirements into clear implementation requirements, business scenarios and acceptance criteria.
• Support implementation, testing and validation of proposed solutions.

Desired profile:

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst, Process Analyst or Financial Services Business Analyst in a comparable role.
• Demonstrated experience with financial processes, payment flows or payment operations.
• Experience within Financial Services, banking, fintech or regulated financial environments.
• Strong experience with end-to-end process analysis, impact assessments and current-state / target-state design.
• Experience translating complex business requirements into clear process designs and implementation requirements.
• Understanding of financial regulations, compliance and operational controls.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills; able to bridge the gap between business, Finance and Technology.
• Experience with Target Operating Model design, payment processing, safeguarding or financial licensing initiatives is a strong pre.
• Comfortable working independently in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.

Additional information:

• Duration: Approximately 3.5–4 months
• Start date: As soon as possible
• Availability: Full-time (40 hours per week)
• Location: South Holland / Hybrid