Finance Business Partner/Analyst
21 days ago
Uxbridge South
We have an excellent contract job opportunity for a Finance Business Partner/Senior Finance business analyst. Role overviewThe Finance Business Partner will provide delivery-focused finance and commercial support to the Spend Intelligence project. The purpose of the project is to support procurement decision-making through improved transparency, structure and insight over spend data across client’s OpCos. Contract - 6 months (high potential to extend further)Location - Waterside (UB7 0GB)Hybrid - 3 days on-site per weekPay - attractive daily rate (inside IR35) Scope and objectivesThe Spend Intelligence project aims to establish a consistent, automated and P&L-reconcilable view of spend to support procurement RFP and tender activity, supplier negotiations and value identification. The contractor will: • Support the build-out of a robust spend intelligence dataset, • Ensure financial integrity and comparability of data across OpCos, • Translate finance and procurement requirements into actionable insights Key accountabilities • Support delivery of the Spend Intelligence workstream under agreed scope, priorities and timelines, • Work with Finance, Procurement and OpCos to gather spend, payables and invoice data in a consistent and increasingly automated manner., • Ensure spend data is accurate, comparable and reconcilable to finance actuals, • Work closely with the Power BI / Data & Insights team to:, • Translate finance and procurement requirements into reporting logic, • Validate dashboards, visualisations and summary outputs, • Produce clear spend insights and analysis to support:, • Procurement RFPs and tenders, • Supplier negotiations, • Opportunity identification and value cases, • Support Finance and Procurement stakeholders in interpreting outputs for decision-making, • Operate in line with agreed finance, procurement and data governance frameworks Key relationships • Business Transform - Finance and Spend Intelligence leads, • Procurement teams, • OpCo Finance teams, • Power BI / Data & Insights teams, • Programme and Transformation stakeholders Skills, qualifications and experience • Strong experience in finance business partnering or commercial finance roles, • Experience in spend analysis, cost transparency or procurement-related analytics, • Experience collaborating with BI / PowerBI teams, • Ability to work with complex, imperfect datasets and impose structure, • Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, • Experience working on projects or programmes within large organisations is desirable. Qualifications • Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) preferred, or equivalent experience What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. # 4793967