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Form of workCorporate Purchasing Analyst
6 Months Contract
Fort Worth, TX
80-100% onsite
Interviews will be virtual and in person
M-F 8:30-/9-5/5:30
Onsite interviews preferred (45-1 hr)
This job is a part of the Accounting Automation team within our Finance division.
Responsible for providing support to Spend Cube users, Accounting Automation, Finance and Procurement groups.
Day to day:
- discovery work, data mining and mapping, project management work, data analytics, compiling visual information, deck reporting
working with Auditors Skills:
- SAP enhancement pack 7 (HANA), Cognos, any type of reporting BI solutions, report writing, Microsoft Office/Suite
Nice to Have:
- Purchasing tool experience (Coupa, Ariba)
Additional preferred skills:
- Detail oriented
- analytical
- verbal and written communication
- understanding Microsoft Tools Min 3 years previous experience
- no specific edu required (data analytics/data science a plus)
Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
Bachelor's degree; with 3+ years experience in finance, accounting or procurement functions or equivalent experience
Project management experience
Familiarity with SOX compliance and governance requirements
System knowledge and experience - Spend Cube, Cognos, SAP, Mosaic, Hyperion
Skills, Licenses & Certifications
Demonstrate an aptitude for problem solving and strong quantitative and analytical skills
Ability to logically structure analysis of complex issues and develop creative solutions to business and operational challenges
Knowledge of Power BI, Tableau, Cognos and analytics tools
Knowledge of agile project management
Knowledge of Microsoft Office to include Power BI, Azure, Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
Knowledge of Spend Analytics, and/or Source to Pay systems
Ability to manage multiple projects and changing priorities
Attention to detail
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Ability to work effectively with others in a cross-functional team environment
Proven record of handling multiple projects simultaneously; ability to keep track of various project details, prioritize and coordinate schedules with the team to meet the deadlines
Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism and confidentiality
Ability to learn new software applications and apply new learning
Language/Communication Skills/Physical Abilities
Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and written with all levels within the organization
Physical ability necessary to safely and successfully perform the essential functions of the position, with or without any legally required reasonable accommodations that do not pose an undue hardship. Note: If the Company has reason to question an employee's physical ability to safely and/or successfully perform the position's essential job functions, the HR team generally will engage in an interactive process to determine whether a reasonable accommodation is appropriate. HR (working with the operation) ordinarily first speaks with the team member directly and they mutually identify the physical demands of the job that are or may be impacted by the employee's obvious or known condition. Then, if necessary, HR would request medical documentation from the team member's treating physician or others to confirm the employee's ability to perform those essential job functions safely and successfully.
Competencies
Caring
Collaboration
Development
Results oriented
Attention to detail
Organized
Able to meet deadlines
What you'll do
As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non- essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.
Pre-Discovery:
Assist with documenting detailed list of document types and workgroup sources in SAP
o Assist stakeholders with determining in / out of scope spend of spend Cube
o Document processes and coordinate stakeholder feedback to
o Determine and document if any incremental spend should move to Coupa or other process (to be addressed separately)
Discovery & Implementation with Vendor: Assist with documentation, communication, tracking updates, and accountability for project updates across full stake holder group
Work with selected supplier to:
o Capture and coordinate tasks and follow ups during discovery and implementation
o Coordinate training, evaluation, and feedback of classification models implementation across procurement groups
o Coordinate and document configuration and design choices, rationale and alternatives
o Support / Document final ongoing steady-state design process including maintenance and upkeep
Implementation Support:
o Assist in coordination of user acceptance testing: test script development, testing/validations, environment readiness setups
o Assist in meeting SDLC (system development life cycle) audit controls/documentation
o Assist in tying out RTM (Requirements Tracking Matrix) to user testing
o Assist in performing ITGC (IT General Controls) & BPGC (Business Process General Controls) testing with audit
o Coordinate/document Admin application support
o Create/produce project status scorecards and/or status update decks
Procurement Support:
o Support/Conduct Training for CP and Other Procurement dept CM's in use of dashboards and visualizations
o Support/Conduct Leader training for dashboards & visualizations
o Capture user feedback for steerco / vendor
Assist Spend Cube users to resolve reporting issues, answer questions and guide users with Spend Cube User best practices.
Creates and update training materials as needed; coordinates and facilitates Spend Cube training; works with Global Learning Group update online Spend Cube training materials
Coordinates Spend Cube communication and maintains communication records.
Assists the Business Units in coordinating/obtaining information from Spend Cube; establishes processes for convenient access to this information and regular updates
Assists with Spend Cube Release/Upgrade management. Provides a clear understanding of user impacts, documenting potential configuration conflicts to our Spend Cube platform design and research logged defects for corrective actions or solutions. Help test quarterly Spend Cube release enhancements.
Creates customized views and reports in Spend Cube and schedules them for delivery as needed.
Manage projects and provide project support for Spend Cube configuration and systems integrations; assists with testing configuration changes/updates.
Generates and Analyzes ad hoc reports using Spend Cube or Cognos.
Assists Manager/Analysts with various administrative tasks - update project logs, manage communication and follow-up on any open issues that need attention.
Supports the Corporate Procurement / Accounting Automation team with projects that may require additional resources to complete.
Supports application compliance (Audit deliverables).
Takes initiative to learn the business and team's needs in order to improve internal processes, best practices and data quality
As a piece of the larger application, support tracking suppliers' minority status (M/WBE); assists Supplier Diversity group with Spend Cube and spend data
6 Months Contract
Fort Worth, TX
80-100% onsite
Interviews will be virtual and in person
M-F 8:30-/9-5/5:30
Onsite interviews preferred (45-1 hr)
This job is a part of the Accounting Automation team within our Finance division.
Responsible for providing support to Spend Cube users, Accounting Automation, Finance and Procurement groups.
Day to day:
- discovery work, data mining and mapping, project management work, data analytics, compiling visual information, deck reporting
working with Auditors Skills:
- SAP enhancement pack 7 (HANA), Cognos, any type of reporting BI solutions, report writing, Microsoft Office/Suite
Nice to Have:
- Purchasing tool experience (Coupa, Ariba)
Additional preferred skills:
- Detail oriented
- analytical
- verbal and written communication
- understanding Microsoft Tools Min 3 years previous experience
- no specific edu required (data analytics/data science a plus)
Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
Bachelor's degree; with 3+ years experience in finance, accounting or procurement functions or equivalent experience
Project management experience
Familiarity with SOX compliance and governance requirements
System knowledge and experience - Spend Cube, Cognos, SAP, Mosaic, Hyperion
Skills, Licenses & Certifications
Demonstrate an aptitude for problem solving and strong quantitative and analytical skills
Ability to logically structure analysis of complex issues and develop creative solutions to business and operational challenges
Knowledge of Power BI, Tableau, Cognos and analytics tools
Knowledge of agile project management
Knowledge of Microsoft Office to include Power BI, Azure, Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
Knowledge of Spend Analytics, and/or Source to Pay systems
Ability to manage multiple projects and changing priorities
Attention to detail
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Ability to work effectively with others in a cross-functional team environment
Proven record of handling multiple projects simultaneously; ability to keep track of various project details, prioritize and coordinate schedules with the team to meet the deadlines
Ability to maintain a high level of professionalism and confidentiality
Ability to learn new software applications and apply new learning
Language/Communication Skills/Physical Abilities
Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and written with all levels within the organization
Physical ability necessary to safely and successfully perform the essential functions of the position, with or without any legally required reasonable accommodations that do not pose an undue hardship. Note: If the Company has reason to question an employee's physical ability to safely and/or successfully perform the position's essential job functions, the HR team generally will engage in an interactive process to determine whether a reasonable accommodation is appropriate. HR (working with the operation) ordinarily first speaks with the team member directly and they mutually identify the physical demands of the job that are or may be impacted by the employee's obvious or known condition. Then, if necessary, HR would request medical documentation from the team member's treating physician or others to confirm the employee's ability to perform those essential job functions safely and successfully.
Competencies
Caring
Collaboration
Development
Results oriented
Attention to detail
Organized
Able to meet deadlines
What you'll do
As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non- essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.
Pre-Discovery:
Assist with documenting detailed list of document types and workgroup sources in SAP
o Assist stakeholders with determining in / out of scope spend of spend Cube
o Document processes and coordinate stakeholder feedback to
o Determine and document if any incremental spend should move to Coupa or other process (to be addressed separately)
Discovery & Implementation with Vendor: Assist with documentation, communication, tracking updates, and accountability for project updates across full stake holder group
Work with selected supplier to:
o Capture and coordinate tasks and follow ups during discovery and implementation
o Coordinate training, evaluation, and feedback of classification models implementation across procurement groups
o Coordinate and document configuration and design choices, rationale and alternatives
o Support / Document final ongoing steady-state design process including maintenance and upkeep
Implementation Support:
o Assist in coordination of user acceptance testing: test script development, testing/validations, environment readiness setups
o Assist in meeting SDLC (system development life cycle) audit controls/documentation
o Assist in tying out RTM (Requirements Tracking Matrix) to user testing
o Assist in performing ITGC (IT General Controls) & BPGC (Business Process General Controls) testing with audit
o Coordinate/document Admin application support
o Create/produce project status scorecards and/or status update decks
Procurement Support:
o Support/Conduct Training for CP and Other Procurement dept CM's in use of dashboards and visualizations
o Support/Conduct Leader training for dashboards & visualizations
o Capture user feedback for steerco / vendor
Assist Spend Cube users to resolve reporting issues, answer questions and guide users with Spend Cube User best practices.
Creates and update training materials as needed; coordinates and facilitates Spend Cube training; works with Global Learning Group update online Spend Cube training materials
Coordinates Spend Cube communication and maintains communication records.
Assists the Business Units in coordinating/obtaining information from Spend Cube; establishes processes for convenient access to this information and regular updates
Assists with Spend Cube Release/Upgrade management. Provides a clear understanding of user impacts, documenting potential configuration conflicts to our Spend Cube platform design and research logged defects for corrective actions or solutions. Help test quarterly Spend Cube release enhancements.
Creates customized views and reports in Spend Cube and schedules them for delivery as needed.
Manage projects and provide project support for Spend Cube configuration and systems integrations; assists with testing configuration changes/updates.
Generates and Analyzes ad hoc reports using Spend Cube or Cognos.
Assists Manager/Analysts with various administrative tasks - update project logs, manage communication and follow-up on any open issues that need attention.
Supports the Corporate Procurement / Accounting Automation team with projects that may require additional resources to complete.
Supports application compliance (Audit deliverables).
Takes initiative to learn the business and team's needs in order to improve internal processes, best practices and data quality
As a piece of the larger application, support tracking suppliers' minority status (M/WBE); assists Supplier Diversity group with Spend Cube and spend data
