Senior Financial Analyst – Procurement

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Financial Analyst – Procurement based in United States.

This is a remote senior finance role focused on procurement, working capital, and supply chain performance. You will act as a strategic finance partner, creating visibility into supplier spend, savings, inventory, payment terms, and cash flow. The role combines FP&A discipline, financial modeling, spend analytics, and cross-functional business partnership. You will help validate cost-reduction initiatives and translate complex financial and operational data into actionable insights. Working closely with Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, Treasury, Accounting, and FP&A leaders, you will influence decisions that improve profitability and cash generation. The position offers significant exposure to senior leadership and opportunities to strengthen financial processes, reporting, and decision-making.

Accountabilities:
- Partner with Procurement, Supply Chain, Operations, Treasury, Accounting, and FP&A leaders to improve margin, cash flow, inventory productivity, working capital, and forecast accuracy.

- Track, validate, and report procurement savings, supplier rebates, cost-reduction initiatives, payment-term improvements, productivity gains, and value realization across direct and indirect spend.

- Analyze supplier spend, category and commodity trends, freight and logistics costs, inventory performance, supplier concentration, payment practices, and other working capital drivers to identify risks and opportunities.

- Use spend analytics to prioritize cost-reduction opportunities by supplier, category, business unit, product family, region, and purchasing owner.

- Lead financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting for DPO, supplier payment terms, inventory, cash conversion cycle, free cash flow, and other working capital measures.

- Develop financial models, business cases, sensitivity analyses, and scenario plans to support sourcing, supplier negotiations, contract changes, inventory strategies, logistics decisions, and operational improvements.

- Quantify financial impacts on gross margin, operating income, EBITDA, the balance sheet, and cash flow, while monitoring results against approved business cases and commitments.

- Support annual plans, forecasts, long-range plans, and strategic financial planning by incorporating spend baselines, validated savings, timing, ownership, inventory performance, and working capital initiatives.

- Build and maintain Power BI dashboards, KPI scorecards, supplier reporting, and executive-ready summaries covering savings, margin, inventory, working capital, cash flow, and forecast-to-actual results.

- Present findings and recommendations to senior leaders, challenge assumptions, identify root causes, influence decisions, and support corrective actions.

- Identify opportunities to automate reporting, simplify processes, strengthen controls, and improve financial and operational decision-making.

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Supply Chain, Engineering, Data Analytics, Business, or a related field.

- 7+ years of experience in FP&A, procurement finance, supply chain finance, consulting, operations finance, cost improvement, or a related discipline.

- Strong financial modeling, forecasting, analytical, and structured problem-solving capabilities.

- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Power BI, and financial analysis tools.

- Ability to work accurately with large and complex datasets while maintaining strong business relevance.

- Exceptional ability to translate complex operational and financial data into clear, actionable business insights.

- Strong written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills.

- Demonstrated ability to build trusted partnerships, lead cross-functional initiatives, and influence decisions across multiple