Business Analyst IFS

Salary: £55,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Business Analyst on ERP implementation or transformation programmes.
• Strong understanding of finance processes and General Ledger functionality.
• Experience working with IFS ERP or comparable ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle or Microsoft Dynamics.
• Knowledge of financial reporting, accounting principles and regulatory requirements.
• Excellent requirements gathering, documentation and business process mapping skills.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage senior business users, technology teams and third-party partners.
• Demonstrated experience supporting UAT and change delivery activities.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Previous experience working within finance functions.
• Accounting qualification, part qualification or significant finance process experience.
• Experience of business process re-engineering and process improvement methodologies.
• Knowledge of IFRS reporting standards.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Finance and General Ledger workstreams of an ongoing IFS implementation.
• Gather, analyse and document business requirements.
• Work closely with Finance stakeholders to understand current accounting processes, including General Ledger, journal management, reconciliations, month-end close and financial reporting.
• Translate business requirements into functional system specifications.
• Assess change requests for feasibility, business impact and strategic alignment.
• Support process standardisation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Produce process maps, user stories, workflows and supporting documentation.
• Facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and coordinate issue resolution.
• Deliver training and support to business users.
• Ensure compliance with relevant accounting standards, governance and audit requirements.
• Support integrations between General Ledger and associated ERP modules such as Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets and Project Management.
• Identify opportunities to increase automation, reporting capability and operational efficiency.

Technologies:

• ERP
• Support
• Oracle
• SAP

More:

We are seeking an experienced IFS Business Analyst to join a major ERP transformation programme supporting the implementation and optimisation of the IFS platform across a large UK organisation. This fixed-term contract is based in Manchester with hybrid working, requiring one day per week on site, and offers a competitive salary and benefits package. We offer the opportunity to work on a significant ERP transformation programme within a collaborative and supportive project environment, with exposure to senior stakeholders across Finance and Technology.

last updated 37 week of 2026