Senior Business Analyst, Finance Planning

Dyson Global IT
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Dyson IT is mid-transformation. Our aim is to create robust IT architecture, manage data effectively and efficiently, and continue to grow a world-class team that is strategic, enabling business acceleration, growth and success.

Our IT Group Support Functions Team
Dyson’s IT Group Support Functions team exists to delight our business stakeholders by partnering with them to define and deliver technology roadmaps that support business strategy and objectives.

IT Group Support Functions team context IT Group Support Functions is made up of the following teams: Supply Chain, Finance & DBS, HR, Legal, Estates & Facilities, and Digital Workplace.

The team has global responsibility for end-to-end business relationships and technical product management across its functions: from ideation, roadmap definition and business case creation, through to delivery execution, enhancements, operations, and eventual product replacement or retirement.

Within IT Group Support Functions, the Finance Systems Team partners globally with Finance and Dyson Business Services to run, enhance and transform the platforms that support Dyson’s finance processes, controls, reporting and operational performance.

About the Role
Reporting to the Head of IT – Finance Systems, the Senior Business Analyst – Finance Planning will act as a senior functional and technical partner across Dyson’s finance planning landscape, with a particular focus on financial planning, commercial planning and promotion planning capabilities. The role will work closely with Finance, Commercial Planning, Dyson Business Services, product owners, business analysts, architects, delivery teams, vendors and service partners to shape, deliver and continuously improve finance technology products and services.

This role combines strong business analysis discipline with hands-on knowledge of finance planning and reporting systems, including Vistex, OneStream and SAP S/4HANA Finance. It is accountable for translating complex business needs into clear requirements, practical solution options and delivery outcomes, while maintaining a value-led backlog, protecting solution integrity and enabling globally consistent processes that support control, compliance, automation and business performance.

Main Job Responsibilities
· Lead end-to-end business analysis across finance planning and reporting processes, from early discovery and workshop facilitation through to requirements definition, solution validation and delivery readiness.
· Partner with Finance, Commercial Planning and DBS stakeholders to understand business objectives, pain points, risks and opportunities, translating these into clear functional and non-functional requirements.
· Support the implementation and continuous improvement of finance planning and reporting solutions, including SAP S/4HANA Finance, OneStream and Vistex, ensuring changes are aligned to business value and benefits realisation.
· Advise stakeholders on configuration decisions and optimal use of finance technology solutions, balancing business needs with global process consistency, control, scalability and supportability.
· Collaborate with product owners, architects, developers, project managers and service partners to ensure solutions are well designed, fit for purpose, maintainable and delivered with appropriate risk management.
· Own or support the product backlog for assigned finance planning capabilities, ensuring priorities are transparent, value-led and aligned with roadmap commitments and stakeholder expectations.
· Develop analysis approaches, business process models, options assessments and business case inputs to support prioritisation, investment decisions and delivery planning.
· Identify, assess and resolve delivery issues, process gaps, data challenges and system risks, escalating where required and proposing pragmatic options for resolution.
· Lead or support business readiness, training and adoption activities to ensure successful deployment and sustained use of finance planning solutions.
· Stay current with finance application capabilities, market practice and relevant technology trends, recommending opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, controls, reporting and user experience.
· Act as an internal consultant and trusted partner to business stakeholders, bringing structure to ambiguity and helping teams move from problem definition to practical delivery outcomes.

About You

Essential Experience and Skills
· 4+ years’ practical experience in business analysis, ideally within complex finance systems, planning, reporting or transformation environments.
· 4+ years’ experience working with finance planning applications and common finance processes, preferably including Vistex, OneStream and SAP S/4HANA Finance.
· Strong understanding of financial planning, commercial planning, demand planning, promotion planning, reporting, controls and related end-to-end business processes.
· Experience supporting SAP implementation, product management, enhancement delivery or finance transformation initiatives.
· Proven ability to elicit, structure and document requirements, including the ability to translate high-level or ambiguous business needs into clear requirements, solution options and delivery plans.
· Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience working across global teams, senior business stakeholders, delivery partners and cross-functional technology teams.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to see the overall picture while understanding the detail required to deliver robust, controlled and supportable solutions.
· Ability to manage multiple priorities, work through ambiguity and deliver effectively against Group-wide initiatives and competing deadlines.
· Relevant professional qualification desirable, such as BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis, IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional or equivalent experience.

Desirable Experience
· Certification or advanced hands-on experience in OneStream, Vistex, SAP S/4HANA Finance, SAP FICO or related finance planning technologies.
· Experience working with Finance Shared Services, regional finance teams, global process owners and commercial planning stakeholders.
· Experience with global finance transformation, process harmonisation, controls improvement, ERP modernisation or reporting automation programmes.
· Understanding of end-to-end commercial planning and financial reporting, including demand planning, promotion planning and performance reporting.
· Experience working closely with cross-functional teams, including Supply Chain, Commercial, Legal and external delivery partners.

Key Competencies
· Customer and end-user focus, with the ability to empathise with users and prioritise outcomes that improve finance process performance and user experience.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with the ability to understand complex technical and business issues, propose practical options and make clear recommendations.
· Strong organisational and prioritisation skills, with a flexible, pragmatic and delivery-focused approach.
· Continuous improvement mindset, with appetite to simplify processes, improve automation, strengthen controls and drive measurable business value.
· Ability to work to deadlines and deliver through ambiguity, complexity and competing priorities.
· Self-motivated, dynamic and results-driven, with the resilience to see complex and time-intensive initiatives through to execution.
· Ability to quickly understand and apply complex ideas, processes and technology concepts.
· Collaborative team player with a positive, can-do attitude and a disciplined approach to delivery governance.
· Strong communication skills, with the ability to present ideas, options, risks and plans clearly to support business decisions.
· Determined and assertive, prepared to get into the detail to understand complex processes, systems, controls and integration points where required.
· Sensitive to cultural differences across Dyson worldwide and comfortable working in a global environment.
· Excellent attention to detail, particularly where systems design, financial controls, data quality, integration points and process governance are concerned.

Equal Opportunity Statement
Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds do not think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other dimension of diversity.

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don’t think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.