Budget and Spend Business Analyst

The application window is expected to close on: 10/06/2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

You will be a critical member of the Services & Logistics Operations team, working closely with Budget and Spend team members and across functions within S&L. Additionally, you will work with other team members outside of S&L including but not limited to Finance, Supply Chain Operations, Customer Experience, and others.

You will be a Budget and Spend Lead analysis manager supporting Services & Logistics (S&L) and prioritized areas of spend management that impact the organization, team, functions, and/or cross organizations. Your responsibilities will include:

• Manage S&L spend by working with Finance and cross-functional leads to align with budget targets.
• Develop review and control processes to manage spend for Overhead (Headcount, Outside Services, Discretionary, and Systems run the business), including new investment requests.
• Provide forecasts for quarterly recommits and annual planning with Finance.
• Resolve issues that cause variability to the overall forecast.
• Provide visibility to key performance metrics with automated dashboard reporting.
• Prioritize deliverables including execution of details, measure progress, and provide to updates.

• 5+ years Financial or accounting experience.
• Strong Excel skills are desired along with experience in BI, Power BI, Tableau or MS Access.
• Possess experience presenting to the Sr. Executives.
• BA/BS degree in equivalent field.

• Proficient collaborator, communicator, and vital team member to S&L Ops team.
• Creative problem solver able to work across functions and levels.

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