Operations Analyst - Procurement & Finance (Flexible)

Sword Group; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Personalised Career Development

Flexible working

Generous benefits package

Job summary

Sword Group is seeking a Business Operations Analyst to support procurement, financial administration, supplier governance and workforce management across Renewables DIGITAL. You will help drive governance, reporting accuracy and process standardisation while improving stakeholder experience and controls.

Key duties include managing procurement requisitions and reporting, supporting invoicing and contract controls, and providing admin support for timesheets.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting portfolio, PMO, finance, procurement of business operations functions.
• Understanding of procurement, purchasing and supplier governance processes.
• Experience working with financial controls, commitments and invoice administration.
• Strong organisational and stakeholder coordination skills.
• Experience analysing business processes and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Ability to map, document and simplify processes.
• Hands on experience with Microsoft365, including Excel, SharePoint, Teams, Outlook and PowerBI.
• Experience maintaining trackers, report and management information.

Responsibilities

• Procurement: ensure requisitions, reporting and tracking; provide visibility to stakeholders.
• Manage purchase requisitions, self-service reporting, trackers and admin duties.
• Financial Control & Supplier Governance: maintain records, governance reporting and invoice processing; reconcile data across systems.
• Workforce Administration & Timesheet Management: support contractors and employee timesheets; generate weekly reports.
• Process Improvement, Standards & Governance: analyse processes and document standards; monitor compliance and drive improvements.

Skills

Portfolio/PMO support

Procurement governance

Financial controls

Organisational skills

Process improvement

Process mapping

Microsoft 365 / PowerBI

Reporting & trackers

Job description

Sword Group is seeking a Business Operations Analyst to support procurement, financial administration, supplier governance and workforce management across Renewables DIGITAL. You will help drive governance, reporting accuracy and process standardisation while improving stakeholder experience and controls.

Key duties include managing procurement requisitions and reporting, supporting invoicing and contract controls, and providing admin support for timesheets.