Job Description

Job title: Procurement Business Analyst AVP
Location: London/Hybrid
Duration: until 31st March 2026
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The role:
The Procurement Business Analyst (AVP) will play a pivotal role in supporting the successful delivery of EMEA's Procurement Target Operating Model (TOM). This role is responsible for analysing current procurement processes, identifying improvement opportunities, and supporting the implementation of new systems and workflows-particularly around Coupa P2P. Acting as a key liaison between stakeholders, implementation partners, and project teams, the BA will ensure business requirements are clearly defined, documented, and translated into actionable change.
Responsibilities:

• BA is responsible for tracking and analysis of the relevant regulatory communications and updates across EMEA and will work with SME/s and end users to understand and document the practical implications for all associated systems and processes. They must then provide technical revisions and updates to the relevant traceability matrix

• Communicate with internal colleagues to understand the current practice and processes of departments and the organisation, including liaising with EMEA offices to first identify where change is required, then analyse and provide recommendations re the optimal approach, communicate the preferred approach across stakeholders and gather consensus to support and provide technical documentation to support.

• Use data modelling practices to analyse findings and create suggestions for strategic and operational improvements and changes

• Identify and document the processes, system changes and timescales required to introduce changes and ensure the correct governance of the changed process

• Support and involve the appropriate staff and teams in the QA, testing and delivery of changes, including helping to resolve any issues.

• Ensure plans are made and processes are created to evaluate the impact of the changes made, including taking responsibility for overseeing and reporting on this evaluation.

• Document and store all BA artefacts so that they can be provided for internal audit or regulatory oversight.

• Engage with the businesses for them to understand the Coupa P2P process flows and any implications of these changes, supporting where necessary to overcome these issues.

• Assess & document resource gaps / changes in roles and responsibilities and any other implications

• Working with an implementation partner, map "as is" process flows, through engagement with relevant personnel

Requirements:

• Prior experience of deploying Procurement tools e.g., Coupa, ARIBA would be beneficial in this role

• Educated to degree level and professional BA qualifications desirable

• Able to successfully manage multiple tasks at any given point, strong relationship building skills & communication skills (both written and verbal)

• Knowledge of back-office business processes and products

• Knowledge and experience of financial services, markets and banking activities and the surrounding regulatory framework.

• Prior experience of successfully delivering projects within financial services

• Experience of regulatory change impacting banking systems, processes, and procedures.

• Knowledge of banking operational and trade flows

Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.
Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.