Procurement Data & Spend Insights Analyst

Liberty University, Inc.; Lynchburg (VA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Tuition assistance

Retirement plans

Job summary

Liberty University, Inc. is seeking a Business Analyst to develop a deep understanding of the University's spend and to communicate insights to stakeholders.

The role focuses on building procurement strategies from expense data, generating actionable intelligence, and supporting procurement projects across the university. The candidate will collect and analyze transactional spend data, create spend maps, and contribute to supplier rationalization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in business.
• 2–4 years of professional experience in accounting and financial analysis.
• IIBA certification or equivalent in Business Analytics.
• Experience with databases and large datasets and its application to business strategy.
• Working knowledge of procurement and source‑to‑pay software systems.
• Must not be in default on any federal student loan.
• Must not be convicted of, pled, or found guilty of a crime involving the acquisition, use, or expenditure of federal, state, or local government funds.

Responsibilities

• Collect, organize, and analyze transactional spend data from multiple systems.
• Create an organizational spend map that outlines key spend characteristics.
• Category transactions as needed to summarize spend by key characteristics.
• Summarize analysis into reports and communicate results to key stakeholders.
• Contribute to supplier rationalization decisions based on spend analysis.
• Support Procurement staff by providing ad‑hoc spend analysis as needed.
• Actively pursue means of automating data processing and analysis processes.
• Develop a strong technical understanding of the procurement systems in use.
• Regularly pursue professional development.
• Perform other duties and assist in procurement projects as assigned.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication

Customer service

Microsoft Office

English language proficiency

Education

Bachelor of Science in business

MBA or Master’s in Finance or Accounting

IIBA certification

Tools

Databases

Procurement software systems

Job description

Liberty University, Inc. is seeking a Business Analyst to develop a deep understanding of the University's spend and to communicate insights to stakeholders.

The role focuses on building procurement strategies from expense data, generating actionable intelligence, and supporting procurement projects across the university. The candidate will collect and analyze transactional spend data, create spend maps, and contribute to supplier rationalization.