About the Role
This position focuses on financial planning, budget management, invoicing, procurement planning, and governance. The individual will lead the preparation and consolidation of annual budgets and forecasts, ensuring alignment with business needs and optimizing processes for procurement and financial management.
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Responsibilities
Financial Planning, Budget Management, and Invoicing:
- Lead the preparation and consolidation of annual budgets and forecasts, supporting scope owners in developing budget calculations, assumptions, forecasts, and supporting justifications.
- Monitor budget performance, spending trends, and forecast accuracy.
- Track commitments, accruals, and future financial obligations.
- Maintain accurate budget trackers and prepare financial reports, spend analyses, and management dashboards.
- Review and validate vendor invoices, financial claims, and other contract-related payments prior to processing.
Procurement Planning & Governance:
- Coordinate procurement planning activities and ensure requirements align with business needs.
- Develop and maintain a procurement plan aligned with business needs, budgets, and timelines.
- Support category strategies and cost-efficiency opportunities to improve the value for money.
- Support the development of strategic partnerships that strengthen and create long-term value, contributing to organizational objectives.
- Support the establishment of a Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and performance framework.
- Develop high-quality Scopes of Work (SoW) that enable the business to succeed.
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies, Delegation of Authority (DoA), approval matrices, and Local Content requirements.
- Support technical and commercial evaluations of proposals and recommendations.
- Manage system-based Purchase Requisitions (PR), Supplier Relationship Overview (SRO), Supplier Evaluation Standards (SES), and related procurement workflows, ensuring accurate processing and complete documentation.
- Monitor contracts utilization, commitments, and expenditure against approved values and budgets.
- Support contract amendments, extensions, renewals, and close-out activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in industrial engineering, finance, or a related field.
- 3–4 years of relevant experience in Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), budgeting and control, procurement, and financial reporting.
- Consulting background is preferred, particularly in procurement or finance.
Technical Skills
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and PowerPoint.
- Strong budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling capabilities.
- Understanding of procurement processes.
- Ability to develop financial reports and interactive dashboards.
- Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or similar platforms.
Core Competencies
- Financial analysis and business acumen.
- Procurement and commercial awareness.
- Problem-solving and analytical thinking.
- Stakeholder management and communication.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
