Description
Financial Business Partner (Procurement & CRE) - £400 a day inside ir35 - 6 months (extension highly likely) - Hertfordshire - Highly Hybrid - one stage virtual interview
Yolk Recruitment are recruiting for one of the leading manufacturing giants in the country. This exciting role will provide finance support to the Global Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) and the global procurement & Corporate Real Estate (CRE) teams. Report consolidated spend and savings, define saving targets, perform analysis, and take actions to deliver procurement saving and wider goals.
Responsibilities:
- Support the CPO in the monthly reporting and cost management of the global procurement & CRE budgets.
- Produce budget procurement savings targets at an appropriate level of granularity to ensure ownership of the category and sector savings exist at the operational level within the business.
- Own the definition of "procurement savings" and ensure it is applied consistently and effectively across the Group. Carry out a fit for purpose review of the current savings procedure and refresh based on agreed feedback from key stakeholders.
- Co-ordinate the collation and consolidation of savings reported to each of the sectors monthly. Track savings against budget targets and forecasts.
- Support and undertake procurement forecasting & modelling to help analyse the impact of scenarios on future savings, cash flow and other key procurement metrics, to inform strategic sourcing decisions.
- Ensure that Sector finance teams can show the level of savings delivered and how the savings have been utilised against budget assumptions.
- Assist the CRE team to build a full group real estate database including full occupancy costs of each building.
- Provide key inputs into the refresh of the CRE controls procedure working alongside the group controls and CRE teams.
- Support the CPO and procurement leadership team in the production of the procurement strategic plan.
- Assist the CPO in tracking delivery of the procurement initiatives across the Group and recommend opportunities to accelerate or refocus to deliver the targets.
- Perform 'make (or lease) vs buy analyses' and 'total cost of ownership analyses'; develop this capability within the wider procurement team.
- Provide financial leadership and support to the CPO and Global procurement & CRE teams.
- Assist in the definition, implementation, and monitoring of key performance indicators (KPI's) outside of savings.
Core Skills:
- Experience of management reporting and budgeting
- Experience of consolidations
Desirable Skills:
- ACA/CIMA/ACCA qualified with first time passes (or equivalent or qualified by experience)
- Sound working knowledge of Procurement
- Experience of driving improvements in processes and reporting
- Experience managing a team