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Finance Business Partner / Analyst

Posted: 04/06/26
Recruiter:Hays
Reference:3117531280
Type:Contract
Salary:Competitive Negotiable
Location:Uxbridge, UK
Description: 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


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