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