Supply Chain - Planning & Spend Management Analyst

HCL Technologies Limited; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited in Bengaluru seeks a Finance Budgeting professional to lead budget planning and forecast adjustments, linking purchases to the financial plan. You will ensure spends are accurately mapped to budgets, projects, cost centers and GL, and work with Finance and procurement teams to reconcile variances.

The role requires strong Excel and BI reporting skills (Power BI), ERP familiarity (Oracle, Coupa), and knowledge of capital vs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or equivalent in supply chain, engineering or business.
• 5+ years in budget planning, financial planning, procure-to-pay in data centre sourcing/procurement/assets.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support budget planning and forecast adjustments, and integrate the budget with systems so that every purchase links to the financial plan.
• Ensuring spends are accurate and mapped each transaction to the right budget, project, cost center and GL.
• Knowledge of GL structures and the accounting treatment of spend, including prepaid expenses and asset vs. non-asset classification.
• Partner with Finance to track and analyze actual expenses against budget and forecast, and reconcile differences with internal IBE teams.
• Prepare variance reports that explain the reason for each variance and give the anticipated future cost.
• Support on plans, reports, and metrics, and maintain the policies, procedures and quality of our processes.
• Work with the Sourcing, Procurement, Finance, Supplier, Contracts teams to fix issues and keep the end-to-end process running smoothly.
• Maintain spend analytics tools and enrich the data so spend is categorized better.
• Ensuring data accuracy and resolve any discrepancies promptly.
• Supporting ad-hoc requests related to budget planning and forecast adjustments.

Skills

Budget planning

Forecasting

Power BI reporting

Advanced Excel

ERP systems

Data Centre knowledge

Financial concepts

Procure-to-Pay

Vendor and cost control

Communication skills

Education

B.S./B.B.M./M.B.A./B.E. in Supply chain or related field

Tools

Power BI

Excel

Oracle ERP

Coupa

ServiceNow

Jira

Job description

Responsibilities

• Manage and support budget planning and forecast adjustments, and integrate the budget with systems so that every purchase links to the financial plan.
• Ensuring spends are accurate and mapped each transaction to the right budget, project, cost center and GL.
• Knowledge of GL structures and the accounting treatment of spend, including prepaid expenses and asset vs. non-asset classification.
• Partner with Finance to track and analyze actual expenses against budget and forecast, and reconcile differences with internal IBE teams.
• Prepare variance reports that explain the reason for each variance and give the anticipated future cost.
• Support on plans, reports, and metrics, and maintain the policies, procedures and quality of our processes.
• Work with the Sourcing, Procurement, Finance, Supplier, Contracts teams to fix issues and keep the end-to-end process running smoothly.
• Maintain spend analytics tools and enrich the data so spend is categorized better.
• Ensuring data accuracy and resolve any discrepancies promptly.
• Supporting ad-hoc requests related to budget planning and forecast adjustments.

Basic Qualifications

B.S./ B.B.M/ M.B.A. / B.E. in Supply chain background or in technical or business field, or equivalent practical experience

5+ years of experience in Budget planning, Financial planning, procure to pay operations for Data Centre Supply chain sourcing / procurement/ asset management in product Industry

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong written/verbal communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytical skills + experience in Power BI reporting or any other BI reporting
• Proficiency in Advanced Excel, ERP systems Oracle/ Coupa/ Zip /Service Now /Jira & others
  Working knowledge of financial concepts such as capital & operational expenses, depreciation & amortization, accrual, fixed assets, cost center, chart of accounts, inventory function etc.
  General knowledge of procure-to-pay process purchase requisition & order, pricing & quotes, invoice & payments
  Ability to drive change with process improvement and required system definition
  Technical understanding of infrastructure technologies such as datacenter, network, system, storage, voice & video, end-user computing, and enterprise IT systems
• Strong customer relationship management
  Experience in operating within large, complex environments, with a firm knowledge of organizational dynamics
  Analytical, organizational skills
• Ability to prioritize and manage time well
• Able to work independently, under pressure and supporting different time zones
• Ability to work with remote teams in a global organization & Be a good Team player