Business Analyst – Finance Consolidation & Annual Reporting (Data Mapping, Cognos etc) at Primark, Reading/Remote, 6 Months, £Day Rate

Business Analyst – Finance Consolidation & Annual Reporting

Location: Dublin (preferable) or Reading (Hybrid working)

Travel: Regular to Dublin

Duration: Initial 6 Months with the view to extend

Contract Type: Day Rate (Inside IR35)

We are seeking an experienced Business Analyst to support the setup of our standalone financial consolidation and annual reporting capability. This role is central to a major organisational separation, making prior de‑merger or separation experience highly valuable.

You’ll work across Finance, Technology, and our parent company, carrying out significant requirement gathering, validating existing documentation, and confidently challenging assumptions. A financial‑sector background, strong documentation skills, and an accounting foundation are essential.

What You’ll Do

• Lead requirement gathering across Finance, Group, and Technology
• Validate and refine existing BA documentation across consolidation and reporting
• Analyse consolidation, statutory reporting, and IFRS‑driven processes
• Define data flows, mappings, integrations, and reconciliation requirements
• Support testing and validate outputs against expected reporting results
• Act as SME for consolidation and reporting components
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Engineers, and vendors throughout delivery
• Produce high‑quality documentation aligned to governance and audit standards

What You’ll Bring

• Strong Finance BA experience, ideally in the financial sector
• Hands‑on experience with IBM Cognos Controller (preferred)
• Experience with data mapping, integrations, hierarchies, and reporting classifications
• Excellent documentation skills in complex, multi‑system environments
• Accounting background (qualified or part‑qualified) strongly preferred
• Experience supporting de‑mergers, separations, or standalone reporting setups
• Strong stakeholder engagement across Finance, Technology, and third‑party partners

Tech Landscape You’ll Work With

• Financial consolidation tools (e.g., Controller)
• Annual reporting platforms (e.g., Workiva)
• Cognos and statutory/disclosure reporting tools
• Oracle Financials (GL, hierarchies, source data)
• File‑based and API‑based integrations
• Excel‑based reconciliations and reporting

Why This Role Matters

You’ll help build Primark’s new standalone consolidation and reporting capability, ensuring solutions are accurate, auditable, and fully aligned with regulatory expectations—while strengthening data lineage, controls, and reporting integrity.