Financial Analyst, Procurement

**Summary Description**:
Reporting to the Manager Procurement Finance, the Procurement Financial Analyst is responsible for updating and maintaining the ERP system (SAP) for all purchasing and costing related information. The person must provide the necessary analytical and administrative support to the Procurement Finance Manager**.** This person will be responsible for the accumulation, follow-up, analysis & timely maintenance of purchasing information relative to SAP. As well, this individual will be responsible to communicate with all Senior buyers, Accounts Payable, Supply Chain and Material Master group, as needed.

**Essential Functions**:

- All information used to maintain the information in SAP will need to come from Senior buyers, unless otherwise specified by them
- Cumulates the necessary data from Senior Buyers and maintains and / or communicates to ensure the information in SAP is current at all times:

- Material Master Maintenance
- Standard Cost Maintenance
- Vendor Contract and Info Record Maintenance
- Contract Maintenance
- All other Purchasing related files within SAP
- Responsible for timely entry and maintenance of purchasing related information into SAP
- Continuously verify system information to ensure data integrity of all files requiring purchasing data ownership (Purchasing and Costing files)
- Key contact for operational questions pertaining to purchasing in SAP for Global Procurement, Facility Procurement, North American Data Administration group (NADA), Accounts Payable and Technical Services
- Work directly with NADA - “North American Data Administration”, to ensure that proper set-up and costing of new items
- Provides reports and inquiries to Global Procurement staff with respect to: forecasting, inventory, historical purchases, claims or any other
- With support of Senior Buyers, ensure smooth transitions during periods of product changes including introductions, deletions and / or changes to existing raw materials. This must be done in a very timely manner to ensure purchasing related information is maintained / communicated as fast and as accurately as possible
- Responsible for all updates to price sheets with information provided by the Senior Buyers (SharePoint)
- Key contact for Accounts Payable in charge of providing immediate responses and confirmation of all invoice price discrepancies
- Responsible for the accumulation, verification and entry for all Standard Costs in SAP
- Provides additional administrative support to the Procurement Finance Manager whenever necessary
- Accomplishes all duties, functional responsibilities and objectives at the lowest possible level of administrative costs and greatest efficiency by:

- Working with efficient and economical procedures
- Continually reviewing the operation to ensure that it is cost-effective
- Achieving adequate analysis and planning
- Maintaining harmonious, productive, working relationships with other departments within the organization

**Required Skills and Competencies**:

- Extensive experience and knowledge of Microsoft Office**:Excel (Advanced)**, Word, Powerpoint & Outlook
- Good knowledge of SAP (or other ERP systems)
- Excellent communicator and team player
- Solid Organization Skills
- Strong Analytical Skills
- Accounting knowledge and experience
- Able to identify where problems exist and able to resolve them with little supervision

Education and Experience:

- Minimum 3 years work experience with related responsibilities in Financial Analysis and / or Business College Degree

Working Conditions:

- ** Physical Demands**- Continuously sitting for prolonged periods, as the job is administrative in nature.
- ** Visual/Sensory **- This position requires attention to detail, requiring attention with one or two senses at a time.
- ** Work environment **- Work and environment fasted paced, requiring ability to remain focused under pressure.
- ** Mental Stress **- There is pronounced pressure from deadlines, project management, accuracy or similar demands.
- Tampa, FL - Office HQ - Hybrid Work Option Available (working 1 day a week from home, every other week)
- Address - 8112 Woodland Center Blvd, Tampa, FL 33614 USA