Highlander Finance Business Analyst

The Highlander Finance Business Analyst plays a key role in the Finance team for our Dynamics 365 implementation project known as Highlander. This position will work to support our Finance Business Process Owners and the wider Highlander Programme team to ensure our projects are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.Responsibilities Responsibilities:

• Support the Business Process Owners with analysis work to deliver D365 functions to meet requirements for Finance functions. This may include but not limited to tax, banking, general ledger and financial structures.
• Support the finance team with creation of finance artefacts. This may include but not limited to training materials, process documentation, configuration data.
• Become familiar with core finance process execution within D365 through the execution of established tests and develop finance capabilities to support our key users and roll out sites.
• Play an active part in executing finance tests during key testing cycles.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks.
• Assist with the preparation and presentation of regular status reports for the finance function.
  
  Completed / in progress accounting education and qualifications
• Experience of working within relevant financial functions
• Proficiency in Microsoft office applications
• Excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills
• Ability and willingness to rapidly learn new tools and techniques in areas where not known (e.g. Third party add on solutions such as banking & tax, DevOps)
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Knowledge of Dynamics 365 or similar ERP or accounting systems
  
  Morgan Advanced Materials is a business rich in history and innovation. Founded in the UK in 1856, we have grown into a global organisation with 70 sites in 18 countries. Our model to serve our customers where they need us has led to a diversified product range using our unparalleled expertise in ceramic and carbon materials, which we exploit to solve difficult problems for our customers across a diverse range of markets.
We are a purpose driven organisation. Our purpose is to use advanced materials to make the world more sustainable and to improve the quality of life. We deliver on that purpose through the products that we make, and the way that we make them. We help our customers push the limits of their processes and products to meet the demanding requirements they face, from higher process temperatures to higher product performance to increasing miniaturisation. Key Figures: Revenue £1,114.7m (2023), ~8,500 employees, manufacturing in 20+ countries, and a global customer portfolio. A UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK. Listed on London Stock Exchange; Member of the FTSE 250 Index.