Finance Analyst FMIS

About the roleThe Finance Analyst, FMIS (Finance Management Information Support) plays a vital role in providing technical and informational support to the Finance function, ensuring the seamless delivery of high-quality Management Information (MI).
The role’s primary focus is on upholding the integrity, quality and structure of financial data to meet the needs of all stakeholders within the function. The Finance Analyst, FMIS is responsible for key 1st line support activities including managing Chart of Account change requests, troubleshooting interface mapping issues between Workday and Oracle and offering direct guidance and resolutions to finance users through the FMIS Queries inbox.

The analyst will be an active point of contact, managing escalation and coordination with the CapGemini support team and liaising with diverse internal and external parties. This role provides critical support during the month-end cycle for the generation and production of key outputs, notably the Partnership Management Income Statement (PMIS) and the Omni Channel Reporting (OCR) process. Success in this role requires a keen focus on driving operational efficiency by promoting the standardisation and simplification of tools across the Partnership, including maximizing the benefits of the Partnership Data Platform and supporting initiatives like self-service implementation across the organization.

Salary: £36,000 - £55,000.

Contract: Permanent.

Hours: This is a full time role (35 hours per week).

Working Hours/Flexible Working: The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The team meets in the office once every two weeks to connect,  the rest of your working hours can be worked from home.

Location: The office location for this role can be based at either our Bracknell or London Pimlico Head Offices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as a key resource for finance colleagues by offering expert knowledge, advice, and guidance on management information and system support.

• Raise various change requests, ensuring set precedence and the downstream impact on reporting and other systems are considered before submission for approval. Change requests include, but are not limited to modifications to Chart of Account segments, Combination Validation Rules and both permanent and temporary Workday to Oracle mapping rules.

• Be responsible for the final delivery of approved change requests, coordinating with other FMIS team members to agree on impacts to current reporting.

• Efficiently resolve email queries from users, providing expert advice and clearly defined next actions where necessary.

• Build and maintain effective working relationships with third-party support teams (e.g. CapGemini, WiPro) and other internal IT areas to ensure the quick and effective resolution of cross-functional issues.

• Be accountable for the provision of essential financial management information across the Partnership, including the Partnership Management Income Statement (PMIS), Omni Channel Reporting (OCR), Chart of Account Segment Structures, Combination Tables, and Workday to Oracle Mapping Rules.

• Utilize technical skill, including advanced data extraction and manipulation, to work with complex information from multiple sources.

Essential Skills Required:

• Working background in Finance or Data Science is essential for this role.

• Able to interpret data and spreadsheets.

• Excellent communications skills with the ability to work successfully with multiple internal and external stakeholders.

• Experience of end-to-end process improvement.

• Fluent in Google Suite and IT literate.

Desirable Skills (but not essential):

• An Accounting qualification, part qualified or studying towards an Accounting qualification.

• Experience working with Essbase (OCR) and GLWand.

• Experience with SQL, Python, Coding, Tableau and Snowflake.

• Experience with Oracle Financials (Ledger, Sub Ledger)

About The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.  

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.   

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect. 

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective. 

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.  

Important points to note:  

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.  

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications, and therefore, we recommend you apply early. If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability which means you may need longer to complete your application please contact us as soon as possible.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.