Job Description
Senior Analyst - Finance
FH&B Finance (Sourcing & Sustainability)
JOB PURPOSE
- Provide Vendor finance support across FH&B Sourcing Midshore region (India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) under the guidance of the Regional Financial Controller.
- Support vendor onboarding activities and ensure required information is accurately completed in line with M&S systems, processes and ways of working.
- Work with FH&B Buying and Merchandising teams to analyse and resolve SAP and PLM-related queries.
- Provide commercial and financial analysis to support FH&B Sourcing priorities, decisions and agreed workstreams.
- Support Business Support teams in the UK on vendor management and brainstorm on process improvements.
- Identify opportunities to improve finance processes and contribute to agreed improvement initiatives.
- To provide timely financial insights and reporting to support business decision-making.
- To drive efficiency and closure of financial processes through continuous monitoring, governance, and adherence to defined process flows and control frameworks.
- To take ownership and demonstrate self-driven approach towards accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement.
- To ensure strong financial governance through effective controls, statutory compliance, and accurate, high-quality financial reporting to support business decision-making.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Area of accountability
- Vendor queries & management Data Analysis – Handling the following supplier queries:
- EDI – invoices
- Supplier queries
- Documentary Collection for Bangladesh
- M&S Liability concern
- Suppliers Debit Note concern
- Support BSC teams in timely compilation of GRIR (Goods Received Invoices not Received) reports for timely action and adequate closing of Group accounts.
- Work towards appropriate financial controls in SAP & support BSC buying team to managing the buying margin in M&S System.
- Ensuring compliance with entity level controls by adequate PO/GR management for operational expenses/Fixed assets procurements.
- Work with Midshore Sourcing Office merchandising, technology and supply chain teams to analyse and support the timely resolution of vendor issues and concerns.
- Coordinate with UK BSC, Master Data, Banking and Treasury teams, including for VFS approvals, to support the timely resolution of vendor and commercial team queries.
- Publish monthly Power BI reports on Budget vs Actual expenses to management and respective departments.
- Raise and manage Purchase Orders (POs) for all new procurement in line with company policies, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely approvals.
Job & business knowledge & expertise
- 6+ years’ Experience of Finance support and analytics
- Good Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics, SAP & ERP Implementation
- Hands-on with Excel, Power BI tools
- Ability to apply established finance policies and procedures and contribute practical input to process and procedure improvements.
Interpersonal skills
- Collaborator
- Good Communicator
- Self Starter
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