Kyarna Dennis

About

Finance Systems Analyst with 9 years experience, progressed from finance operations and P2P into systems and transformation roles within housing, local government and construction. Strong expertise in Oracle, SAP, Sun, and Microsoft Dynamics F&O and CRM. Robust Excel skills along with Microsoft packages, intermediate SQL and Power BI for making reports for different business areas. Great communicator able to work cross functionally to simplify financial terms to non finance users. Specialises in bridging finance and IT teams, delivering UAT, system configuration, and workflow optimisation to improve data integrity and reporting. Seeking permanent and/or contract roles focused on finance systems, data, and product-led improvement.

Experience

• Finance Systems Analyst · Notting Hill Genesis2025

  Liaise with finance, IT, and non-financial users to enhance system performance and user experience through ticketing system Maintain workflows, map dimensions, and update employee and user records within finance systems Deliver training and process mappings and run books. Lead configuration changes in response to business needs, in collaboration with internal IT and PMO team. Support ongoing system updates, testing cycles, finance transformation team/function consultants to roll out full cycle system 3 phased project.

• Finance Systems Analyst · Origin Housing2024 – 2025
• Finance Transformation Analyst · A2 Dominion2022 – 2024

  Manage users in D365 with IT. Perform period close for management accounts Assisting finance operation AP team with payment run errors and queries regarding system performance. Worked on a 2 year system transformation project working cross functional between different finance teams to assist in the roll out of phase 1 of improving AP processing within D365 from previously using SUN and Proactis. Decommissioning Proactis and managing user access follow migration. Assisting manager with ticket and queries on new system and escalating any major queries on the problem log to raise to developers.

• Finance Officer Cash book/AR · Essex County Council2020 – 2022

  Managed sundry debt accounts and reconciled ledger balances and joined during a period of company going from Oracle R12 (Legacy system) to Oracle Cloud by a big bang route. Led UAT testing during the Oracle R12 to Oracle Cloud migration for AR Function becoming system champion for business area. Assisted with system documentation, feedback, and rollout training Assisted AR and PMO team in creating process notes for AR function for Go Live

• Finance Assistant - Procurement and Buying · Kier Group2017 – 2020

  Raising purchase orders for construction team. Processing of invoices and keep records for head office. Worked cross functional to support site team and head office monthend and yearend requirement. Supported site audits for managements. General bookkeeping for site i.e payroll and timesheets.

Education

• Birkbeck College University of LondonBsc Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance
• West London CollegeAAT Level 2/3
• Coulsdon CollegeBTEC Business Level 3, Business

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