Finance Change Analyst (12 Months FTC)

Collinson is the global privately-owned company dedicated to helping the world to travel with ease and confidence. The group offers a unique blend of industry and sector specialists who together provide market-leading airport experiences loyalty and customer engagement and insurance solutions for over 400 million consumers.

Collinson is the operator of Priority Pass the worlds original and leading airport experiences programme. Travellers can access a network of 1500 lounges and travel experiences including dining retail sleep and spa in over 650 airports in 148 countries helping to elevate the journey into something special. We work with the worlds leading payment networks over 1400 banks 90 airlines and 20 hotel groups worldwide.

We have been bringing innovation to the market since inception from launching the first independent global VIP lounge access Programme Priority Pass to being the first to sell direct travel insurance in the UK through Columbus Direct and creating the first loyalty agency of its kind in the travel sector with ICLP. Today we still invest heavily in innovation to ensure that we continue to deliver superior customer experiences.

Key clients include Mastercard American Express Cathay Pacific British Airways LATAM Flying Blue Accor EasyJet HSBC Chase HDFC.

Our mission is focused on doing good beyond profit which for us means we seek out opportunities for our people to share in our success and that we give back to the communities and people within which we work.

Never short of ambition the success of our business is delivered through the diverse and talented team of over 2200 global colleagues.

Purpose of the Job:

We are looking for a Finance Change Analyst for a 12 month fixed term contract. This role will support change within the Finance Operations team being involved in projects from scoping through to implementation this could be large scale change or small process improvements the role will work closely with the Collinson Technology team as well as the wider Finance team.

The role will implement change in a controlled manner adhering to the relevant accounting standards. The change can be requested or identified as a business need but any change needs to be delivered in line with the Finance controls framework moving the Business towards a controls based audit approach.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides specialist knowledge and expertise for Finance change understanding the impact the change has on the business processes and ensuring it adheres to all relevant accounting standards
• Manage requirements gathering for Finance Operations on specific change needed and where possible and if required working with the Technology team to determine the most pragmatic functional solution prior to delivery includes mapping out the AS IS and TO BE processes
• Working with the Tech team to deliver system change where needed and implement including supporting UAT and any bug fixing phases
• Manage and see through to completion all Finance Operations related projects i.e. automation of processes improved reporting functionality etc Taking accountability for delivery of the revised processes and the implementation into BAU ensuring the new process is fully understood by business users and embedded into BAU providing support where needed to ensure the success of delivery
• Proposing and supporting Finance change ideas for the Technology Teams program increments supporting the Technology team in prioritisation and resource planning and requirements gathering where appropriate to do so
• Monitor impact of change benefits analysis looking at (for example) controls cost and accuracy of new process Vs old
• Work with internal departments and external providers as and when needed to deliver change
• Deliver communications back out to the Finance teams on any change being delivered within this role
• Provide and maintain accurate process/system training documentation
• Lead training sessions where required for any business process change delivered
• Act as SME on finance processes
• Maintain documentation created new processes and ensure controls and risks are documented

Regulatory Responsibilities:

• Adhere to the FCAs Conduct rules and the Firms code of conduct
• Undertake all regulatory training as prescribed by the company and comply with all policies relevant to your role
• Immediately report any known conflicts of interest in line with company policy
• Satisfy on an ongoing basis the companys fit and proper requirements which as a minimum shall take account of your:
  • Honesty integrity and reputation
  • Competence and capability; and
  • Financial soundness

Knowledge Skills & Experience Needed:

Technical Knowledge

• Understanding of finance processes essential
• Insurance or Financial services experience an advantage
• Good understanding of change methodologies i.e. 6 sigma Agile etc
• Knowledge of SAP an advantage
• Good Visio knowledge or other process software an advantage
• Ability to understand and document accounting entries

Personal Attributes

• Excellent communication interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Team player
• Problem solver
• Demonstrates strong organizational skills
• Demonstrates good analytical and technical skills
• Demonstrates good written communication skills including documentation and correspondence
• Demonstrates ability to be flexible and adaptable
• Ability to work in a dynamic and fast paced environment

Collinson is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes differences in all their forms including: colour race ethnicity gender identity sexual orientation neurodivergence family status age individuals with disabilities and people from all backgrounds cultures and experiences as we strongly believe this contributes to our on-going success.

We are focused on continually evolving our purpose driven high performing culture providing an environment where our people have the opportunity to achieve their full potential and do interesting and meaningful work. Our company values are: Take Action Do the right thing One team and Be insight led. These help guide everything we do internally in terms of how we think act and interact right through to how we deliver value to our customers and clients.

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