Financial Auditor [AQ-12477]

Aquent is thrilled to partner with a prominent global organization, a leader at the forefront of its industry, dedicated to upholding the highest standards of financial integrity and operational excellence across its extensive supply chain. This organization is committed to optimizing its purchasing processes and proactively mitigating financial risks, driving substantial cost savings and efficiency through meticulous financial oversight. As a key contributor, you will play a pivotal role in safeguarding financial health, directly contributing to millions in cost savings, enhancing operational efficiency, and strengthening global operations by mitigating financial risks and optimizing purchasing processes.

The Opportunity to Make an Impact

Are you a meticulous financial professional with a keen eye for detail and a passion for driving financial integrity? This is your chance to make a significant impact, playing a pivotal role in safeguarding a global organization’s financial health. Join a specialized team dedicated to ensuring the accuracy and integrity of supplier contracts, where you will be at the forefront of identifying and resolving complex financial discrepancies. Your expertise will directly contribute to substantial cost savings, enhance overall operational efficiency, and strengthen global operations by mitigating financial risks and optimizing purchasing processes.

What You’ll Do

• Conduct in-depth financial analysis of supplier contracts to identify errors, discrepancies, and recovery opportunities.
• Provide high-quality audit results and communicate findings effectively to purchasing teams.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders, including purchasing, finance, technical accounting, and engineering, to review audit outcomes and strategize recovery approaches.
• Support purchasing in negotiations with suppliers to resolve contract issues and recover overpayments.
• Manage and drive the timely closure of open audits and the collection of identified overpayments.
• Monitor and achieve targets for key performance indicators such as contract touch rate, study aging, and cost recoveries.
• Perform ad-hoc financial analysis and special studies as requested by leadership.
• Contribute to the identification and collection of significant annual supplier cost recoveries, targeting at least $4M.
• Utilize global systems to perform financial analysis and support investigations into pricing errors.
• Analyze ad-hoc reports to identify trends and potential issues.
• Interface with various organizational levels to discuss cases and reconcile differences between internal purchasing systems and supplier contracts.

Must-Have Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in financial analysis and auditing.
• Proven ability to analyze complex contracts and identify financial discrepancies.
• Experience with cost recovery efforts and driving financial resolution.
• Strong analytical, mathematical, and logical problem-solving skills, as evidenced by a technical assessment.
• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work effectively across diverse teams.
• Proficiency in using global financial systems for data analysis and reporting.
• Exceptional communication skills to deliver high-quality audit results and interact with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Advanced Excel Experience Required

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• A customer-focused mindset with strong decision-making capabilities.
• A proactive drive for results and a strong sense of organization.
• High interpersonal savvy and a commitment to teamwork.
• Functional expertise in finance or supply chain operations.
• Experience as an implementer of process improvements and change management initiatives.

About Aquent Talent

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment-one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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