IT Service Financial Analyst

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Contract: 12 months maternity cover.

Working hours: 35 hours per week is full time.

Salary
:
Circa £40,000

Location
:
London

Reporting to: Service Management Manager

By joining our team, you'll enjoy the best of both worlds - hybrid working and the collaboration of a great office environment. Our permanent hybrid policy sees us all working at least four days across a fortnight in the office. As well as extensive opportunities for personal and career development.

At the Financial Ombudsman Service, we make decisions on a range of complex and difficult issues. Every year we resolve thousands of disputes between consumers or small businesses and their financial service providers.

Service management provide a centralised function to IT, raising all Requisition s, purchase orders and receipting of invoices. Working closely with IT colleagues as well as Finance business partners, Accounts payable and project managers this role will help improve the way in which we as a department manage and track spend. It will work to improve the processing or all IT purchases.

As well as purchasing, this role will work to associate costs to services and components of the CMDB to give a holistic view of our costs at providing services.

Raising purchase requisitions in Workday, validating and receipting invoices, managing purchase orders, monitoring spend against budget, and ensuring suppliers are paid in line with agreed payment terms.

managing the IT procurement queue, engaging with resellers and service providers to obtain quotes and resolve invoice queries, supporting contract renewals, and building strong relationships with colleagues, project teams, suppliers and customers across the organisation.

maintaining accurate procurement and asset records, auditing cost data within the CMDB, producing management reports, documenting processes, sharing knowledge with colleagues, and identifying opportunities to improve service quality, efficiency and compliance.

This role plays a key part in ensuring the smooth and effective management of IT purchasing, supplier relationships, financial controls and contract administration, while supporting projects from initial concept through to business-as-usual delivery.

To be considered for this role, you'll need to show us that you've got the skills and capabilities. You'll have to meet the following minimum criteria:

• Demonstrable experience Working in an IT environment and having an understanding of technology estates.
• Having knowledge of tools such as Hornbill, Workday and Microsoft apps such as excel, word and power point. Experience following a Zero Based budgeting methodology Working with purchase orders and invoices
• Spending tracking across IT contracts and purchases.
• Understanding of Tax and accounting terminology
• An understanding of service cost management in an ITIL framework

• Effective planning and organising skills to meet key deadlines around reporting - including creating the reports in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and tailoring them to stakeholder needs.
• Communication skills to suggest improvements, share knowledge and understand feedback from our people

We are a values led organisation. Our values define our culture, influence our decisions, and underpin our vision and strategy. They set out how we play our PART through Purpose, Ambition, Respect and Trust. You can learn more about our values here: https://

• Flexibility
  :
  Work your way - remote, hybrid, or in-office
• Wellbeing
  : [Health plan, gym memberships, mental health support]
• Growth
  :
  We invest in your future with [courses, mentorship, promotions]
• Culture
  :
  Diverse. Inclusive. Collaborative. Fun.

We also offer an attractive, competitive salary and flexible benefits to suit our people. Here's a list of some of the many benefits and perks you can get for working with us:

• 25 days holiday entitlement, with the option to buy extra or sell days
• Generous pension
• Various…