Audit Analyst

hireful; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays

Hybrid working (2-3 days from home a週)

Job summary

hireful is seeking an Audit Analyst in Birmingham to join their Audit Function. You will review Management Information (MI), perform gap analyses, and produce audit reports and bespoke financial reporting to identify opportunities for revenue recovery and cost savings.

Based in Edgbaston, Birmingham, the role involves supporting compliance and internal controls, presenting findings to stakeholders, and collaborating with the Continuous Improvement team to enhance data quality and processes.

Qualifications

• Solid knowledge of Finance and Data management and analysis.
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Excellent organisation skills and ability to prioritise multiple deadlines.
• Excellent oral, written and presentation skills.
• Good understanding of business operations.
• Extensive knowledge of spreadsheets with data manipulation, pivot tables and advanced formulas.
• Experience with Salesforce and Power BI desirable.
• Interpersonal skills to work in a fast-paced environment desirable.

Responsibilities

• Review supplier spend information and conduct gap analysis; report findings.
• Communicate analytical outputs to stakeholders with clear metrics and trends.
• Present audit/financial analysis results and action plans to senior management.
• Monitor MI uploads, recover missing data, and educate suppliers to self-load MI data.
• Monitor and resolve spend compliance issues with stakeholders.

Skills

Finance & data analysis

Attention to detail

Time management

Presentation skills

Interpersonal skills

Analytical thinking

Business acumen

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Opportunity: Audit Analyst

Our client is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Audit Analyst to join their team. The Audit Analyst works as part of the Audit Function to review and analyse Management Information (MI) and to produce audit analysis, gap analysis, trend reports and bespoke financial reporting.

The role holder is responsible for analysing, documenting and identifying opportunities for the organisation to improve the recovery of revenue through more effective spend management and will support the creation of financial reports, ensuring compliance with regulations and internal controls to identify financial strengths and weaknesses.

Who are they?

Based in Edgbaston, Birmingham, our client offers solutions to manage spend effectively and improve performance, working with both public and private healthcare and non-healthcare providers to optimise the use of products and services to identify cost saving opportunities and best value.

As part of a leading international healthcare group, our client has been recognised among the world's most ethical companies for the 14th time.

DUTIES (included, but not limited to):

• Review uploaded supplier spend information, conduct gap analysis on supplier accounts and report findings.
• Communicate analytical outputs to stakeholders, including a clear explanation of key metrics, spend trends, potential revenue recovery/ revenue recovered, variance from forecasts, revenue recovery opportunities identified and any issues requiring resolution.
• Present outputs of audit/ financial analysis and plan of action to senior management, internal and external stakeholders as required.
• Monitor MI upload compliance, track and recover missing MI, identify opportunities to reduce revenue leakage. Supports the upload of correct MI from suppliers and educates the suppliers to self-load MI data.
• Monitor, track and resolve spend compliancy issues by liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify internal process improvements, improve data quality and report/ propose required process improvements to the Continuous Improvement team.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Solid knowledge and understanding of Finance and Data management and analysis.
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Excellent organisation skills, ability to prioritise tasks, effective time management capabilities due to multiple deadlines.
• Excellent oral, written and presentation skills.
• Good understanding of business operations.
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of spreadsheets software, this includes data manipulation, pivot tables and advanced formulae.
• Use of Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Salesforce and Power BI experience desirable.
• Possesses interpersonal skills to work in a fast-paced environment desirable.

Our client offers core benefits such as:

• Pension
• 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays
• Hybrid working (2-3 days from home a week)
• Me Time - block up to two hours per month in your diary to undertake activities that support your wellbeing
• Volunteering Leave

Employees can access the following voluntary benefits and more, which are available at set times during the year:

• Cycle Scheme
• Private healthcare
• Gymflex
• Technology at home
• Private GP consultations
• Purchase up to 10 days annual leave
• Electric Vehicle Leasing Scheme