Role overviewThe Finance Business Partner will provide delivery‑focused finance andmercial 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:
1. Support the build‑out of a robust spend intelligence dataset
2. Ensure financial integrity andparability of data across OpCos
3. Translate finance and procurement requirements into actionable insights
Key accountabilities
4. Support delivery of the Spend Intelligence workstream under agreed scope, priorities and timelines
5. Work with Finance, Procurement and OpCos to gather spend, payables and invoice data in a consistent and increasingly automated manner.
6. Ensure spend data is accurate,parable and reconcilable to finance actuals
7. Work closely with the Power BI / Data & Insights team to: Translate finance and procurement requirements into reporting logicValidate dashboards, visualisations and summary outputs
8. Produce clear spend insights and analysis to support: Procurement RFPs and tendersSupplier negotiationsOpportunity identification and value cases
9. Support Finance and Procurement stakeholders in interpreting outputs for decision‑making
10. Operate in line with agreed finance, procurement and dataernance frameworks
Key relationships
11. Business Transform – Finance and Spend Intelligence leads
12. Procurement teams
13. OpCo Finance teams
14. Power BI / Data & Insights teams
15. Programme and Transformation stakeholders
Skills, qualifications and experience
16. Strong experience in finance business partnering ormercial finance roles
17. Experience in spend analysis, cost transparency or procurement‑related analytics
18. Experience collaborating with BI / PowerBI teams
19. Ability to work withplex, imperfect datasets and impose structure
20. Strong stakeholder engagement andmunication skills
21. Experience working on projects or programmes within large organisations is desirable.
Qualifications
22. Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) preferred, or equivalent experience