Financial Analyst / Financial Assistant

We need a high-reliability FinOps operator who can step into an active OPEX environment with minimal ramp, independently manage Ariba-based PR, PO, invoice, and payment workflows, maintain audit-ready records, and provide accurate operational visibility. The role should match the current scope’s strong Ariba execution capability while bringing working-level AI proficiency to analyze data, create reports, troubleshoot issues, develop useful prompts and reusable skills, and simplify recurring work. The role does not require an agentic AI developer; it requires an operator who uses AI confidently, responsibly, and beyond basic summarization.

Required Skills & Experience

·       Three to five or more years of experience in Financial Operations, Procurement Operations, Accounts Payable/Receivable, or comparable transactional finance workflows.

·       Ariba: advanced practitioner—able to independently execute, troubleshoot, and explain PR, PO, invoice, reconciliation, payment, and closure workflows.

·       Vendor Management, Audit Support, and Process Design: independent working proficiency appropriate to the role’s current operating scope.

·       Jira, Portfolio Financials, and Stakeholder Management: foundational-to-independent proficiency, with the ability to maintain ticket hygiene, interpret workflow status, and communicate accurate updates.

·       Copilot / AI Tools: working proficiency—able to create effective prompts and reusable skills; solve operational problems; run reports; perform structured analysis; query accessible databases or data sources; and optimize or simplify recurring work.

·       Ability to validate AI outputs, explain the logic and sources used, identify errors or unsupported conclusions, and escalate when source data or access is insufficient.

·       Strong attention to detail, process discipline, and the ability to manage high-volume transactional work accurately.

·       Clear cross-functional communication with Finance, Procurement, vendors, Accounts Payable, and business stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

·       Experience in OPEX or technology-spend environments.

·       Exposure to budget monitoring, dashboard validation, variance analysis, or portfolio financials.

·       Experience with Power BI, advanced Excel, Power Automate, or workflow automation.

·       Demonstrated examples of using AI to improve reporting, reconciliation, analysis, stakeholder responses, or process efficiency.