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About the role:
The Junior Analyst plays a foundational role within the Procurement-to-Pay (P2P) team, providing essential support across day-to-day operations. This entry-level position is responsible for executing routine tasks with accuracy, managing data entry, and maintaining basic communication with vendors to ensure smooth transactional processes.
Key responsibilities:
- Assist in the creation, review, and processing of supplier records and invoices based on the Procurement Policy.
- Ensure timely and accurate data entry of invoices, including matching invoices to purchase orders and resolving discrepancies.
- Support the processing of vendor payments and assist in reconciling vendor statements to maintain account accuracy.
- Maintain comprehensive and organized documentation for all P2P activities, ensuring audit readiness and compliance.
- Respond to basic inquiries from vendors and internal employees, providing status updates and escalating issues as needed.
- Perform routine data entry and support basic reporting tasks to facilitate decision-making and process improvement.
- Participate in scheduled audits by preparing and providing necessary documentation and transactional records.
Required skills and experience:
- Candidates must possess at least a Bachelor's/College Degree in Accountancy or Finance and/or equivalent courses. Certification of Public Accountancy is preferred, but not required.
Core Competencies:
- Accounting Principles: Basic understanding of foundational accounting standards such as GAAP or IFRS, with the ability to apply these principles in financial transactions and reporting to ensure compliance and accuracy.
- Excel & Financial Tools: Proficiency in Excel and financial tools for data management, analysis, and reporting. Ability to perform calculations, use formulas, and create structured reports to support financial operations.
- Industry Knowledge: Awareness of industry trends, regulatory requirements, and the broader market landscape relevant to the organization. This knowledge supports better decision-making and risk anticipation in financial operations.
- Strategic Thinking: Although a junior role, the ability to understand how daily tasks contribute to larger business objectives. Willingness to adopt a forward-looking mindset in process improvements and reporting.
- Communication Skills: Clear and effective verbal and written communication with both internal stakeholders and external vendors. Ability to interpret and relay information professionally.
- Stakeholder Management: Basic engagement with internal and external stakeholders to support smooth financial transactions and issue resolution. Demonstrates a service-oriented approach.
- Collaboration: Team-oriented mindset with a focus on sharing information and working cooperatively with colleagues across finance, procurement, and vendor relations teams.
- Data Analysis: Ability to collect, organize, and interpret basic data sets to support reporting and decision-making. Familiarity with data integrity and basic statistical tools is a plus.
- Problem-Solving: Demonstrates initiative in identifying and resolving routine issues in the P2P process using structured, logical approaches.
- Decision-Making: Uses sound judgment to escalate issues appropriately and supports informed decision-making by providing accurate data and documentation.
What’s in it for you? Our Benefits:
Our benefits vary depending on location, but we are committed to providing best in class perks across all our offices as well as an inclusive environment to develop your career. Examples of our benefits include; generous annual leaves, flexible working (including working from home), health coverage (medical & dental), and company match and enhanced family leave packages. Full details of our benefits can be found here.
Further Information:
The FT is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for all. We are an equal opportunities employer who seeks to recruit and appoint the best talent regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We also promote flexible working and will consider specific requests around flexibility for all roles where it can be accommodated. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the application process or to enable you to attend an interview. If you would like to discuss your requirements, or have any questions, please contact a member of our HR team who will be happy to help.