Manager - Spend Analytics

Spend Analytics - Manager

Key Actions performed by this Job Holder:

1. Drives business improvement through financial and operational insight, analysis and communication to senior directors and Procurement Team.

- Aligns data from multiple data sources to arrive at meaningful outputs and reports.

- Has complete clarity on the subject and has answers to questions that would be raised by a senior director and Procurement functions.

- Has considered the audience, their requirements, sensitivity of the information and the impact it will have on the business and what are the possible solutions to it.

- Participates in cross functional analytical improvement, alignment of data and strategic reporting solutions.

- Acts as a Consultant to the team.

2. Anticipates underlying issues, highlights impact and provides possible solutions to Directors and Procurement.

- Has a strong focus to understand the process and interdependencies which is used to analyse a particular situation.

- Identifies an issue based upon knowledge of the information and delivers information which enables the Procurement team to deliver savings.

- Group Spend Forecasts and Trends will be critical to achieving the highest quality of reports.

- Ensure data quality is accurate and consistent whilst being monitored throughout the period, & any opportunities or risks identified well in advance to period end and managed effectively.

3. Uses in-depth understanding of the business model and the interdependencies to influence decision making process across the business

- Uses available data to develop different scenarios to reveal the future impact of the business.

- Identifies any gaps in the process and highlights to the relevant stakeholder to fix it.

- Maintains a long term, big picture view.

- Demonstrates the capability to create a model or theory that helps others understand a complex business solution.

4. Utilizes financial and operational process knowledge to promote and deliver process change with tangible business benefits

- Applies process expertise to consistently question and challenge status quo.

- Converts each challenge to project leads to deliver solutions and improve processes.

- Has an appetite for innovation/simpler ways of doing things with the ultimate aim of benefiting our customers.

- Helps the team to apply the best solution based on personal experience and knowledge of the business.

5. Analysing and Decision Making

- Demonstrates ability to solve difficult problems, by creating effective solutions, and within the right time.

- Is able to close issues by taking calculated and considered decisions while staying within the corporate boundary.

- Demonstrates ability to solve difficult problems, creates solutions by creating models that helps others understand a complex business solution.

- Identifies themes and key issues and their impact in broad business context

- Maintains long term big picture view

6. Defined and aligns reporting requirements to keep up with changes in business and reporting framework

7. Translates industry best practices and legislative changes to ensure business adheres to all relevant accounting standards

8. Managing Performance

- Shares expertise by engaging mentoring relationships with individuals within or outside one’s immediate group.

- Recognises and rewards development by consistently tracking the progress for all direct reports.

- Regularly assesses talent in finance and creates organisation wide and individual development strategy to close gaps.

- Goes that extra mile to identify potential gaps and plays a significant part in talent planning.

9. Managing Change

- Brings about change that enhances the brand of Finance and HSC

- Drives change positively and demonstrates a will to win

- Champions new initiatives and/or acts as a catalyst for change

Experience

- The candidate should be heavily experienced in both analytics and insight, with a proven record of achievements. The candidate must have the ability to work across multiple data sources and with the ability to present data in a way that is meaningful to the business.

- Accounting experience is beneficial but not critical. Logical thinking and ability to understand granular level data is important and will be a factor in selecting the successful applicant

Contact - shivanis@ikyaglobal.com