Analyst

<h3>Accountabilities:</h3><li>Oversee end-to-end Procure-to-Pay workflows, from purchase requisition intake and validation through purchase order creation, receipt tracking, and invoice processing.</li><li>Validate purchase requisitions for budget availability, correct cost-center allocation, policy compliance, and appropriate purchasing procedures before conversion into purchase orders.</li><li>Monitor aging and open purchase orders and coordinate with business stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate goods receipts.</li><li>Execute and audit three-way matching between purchase orders, goods receipts, and invoices to ensure billing accuracy and compliance.</li><li>Investigate and resolve invoice discrepancies, including price and quantity variances, by collaborating with suppliers, accounts payable, and internal stakeholders.</li><li>Manage procurement master data throughout its lifecycle, including material and service masters, commodity codes, purchase information records, and related data elements.</li><li>Support supplier onboarding by validating banking information, tax documentation, and compliance requirements while maintaining accurate supplier records.</li><li>Conduct regular master-data audits and cleansing activities to eliminate duplicates, correct classifications, and resolve inconsistencies across procurement and finance systems.</li><li>Ensure accurate alignment of procurement master data across ERP, contract lifecycle management, e-sourcing, and other connected platforms.</li><li>Create, upload, maintain, and update hosted and punch-out e-catalogs, ensuring accurate pricing, availability, and supplier information.</li><li>Analyze tail spend and off-contract purchasing to identify opportunities to transition recurring purchases into structured catalog channels.</li><li>Execute spot buys and tactical sourcing activities for non-catalog purchases, including obtaining quotes, negotiating short-term commercial terms, and selecting compliant suppliers.</li><li>Ensure tactical purchasing activities comply with established spending thresholds, procurement policies, and governance requirements.</li><li>Manage and resolve Tier 1 and Tier 2 P2P helpdesk queries from internal users and suppliers relating to orders, payments, system access, and procurement policies.</li><li>Monitor helpdesk performance and resolve tickets within defined SLA targets while maintaining strong stakeholder satisfaction.</li><li>Track key P2P performance indicators, including catalog adoption, first-time invoice matching, helpdesk response times, and spot-buy savings.</li><li>Identify repetitive manual activities, process inefficiencies, and system issues and collaborate with IT and ERP teams to test and implement automation and system improvements.</li><li>Prepare clear reports, analyses, and presentations to communicate operational performance, trends, and improvement opportunities to stakeholders.</li><h2>Requirements:</h2><li>4–7+ years of experience in Procurement Operations, Procure-to-Pay, tactical sourcing, or a closely related procurement function.</li><li>Strong practical understanding of the end-to-end P2P lifecycle, including requisitions, purchase orders, goods receipts, invoice matching, supplier management, and exception resolution.</li><li>Hands-on experience with procurement and purchasing platforms such as SAP, Ariba, Coupa, or comparable systems.</li><li>Advanced Microsoft Excel skills with the ability to analyze procurement data, identify trends, and develop actionable insights.</li><li>Strong Microsoft PowerPoint skills and the ability to create polished, client-ready presentations and reports.</li><li>Experience working with procurement master data, supplier information, catalogs, purchasing channels, and data-quality processes.</li><li>Strong quantitative and creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate complex operational issues and develop practical solutions.</li><li>Experience supporting procurement analytics, KPI tracking, process optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives.</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present findings and recommendations clearly to stakeholders.</li><li>Strong organizational, multitasking, prioritization, and time-management abilities.</li><li>Self-motivated and proactive, with the flexibility and confidence to take ownership of tasks and identify opportunities for improvement.</li><li>Comfortable working in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.</li><li>Experience working within a professional services environment, captive shared-services organization, or Global Capability Center (GCC) is preferred.</li><li>Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy, process compliance, and service quality.</li><h2>Benefits:</h2><li>Fully remote working opportunity based in India.</li><li>Strong opportunities for professional growth and career advancement based on performance.</li><li>Exposure to a variety of procurement projects, industries, processes, and business challenges.</li><li>Opportunities to develop expertise across procurement operations, analytics, P2P systems, tactical sourcing, and process transformation.</li><li>Access to mentoring and collaboration with experienced senior professionals and executives.</li><li>Entrepreneurial and collaborative working environment that encourages initiative and ownership.</li><li>Opportunities to contribute to strategic planning and internal improvement initiatives.</li><li>Exposure to industry events and professional development opportunities.</li><li>Opportunity to work with leading procurement technologies and enterprise systems.</li>