This Commercial Analyst will report to the IT Contract Performance Manager and will work within the Information Systems directorate based in our London office. You will be a permanent employee.
You will attract a salary of £31,284.00 and a bonus of 7.5%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote.
Close Date: 02/03/2025.
We also provide the following additional benefits:
1. Reservist Leave – Additional 18 days full pay and 22 unpaid.
2. Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%).
3. Tenancy Loan Deposit Scheme, Season Ticket Loan.
4. Tax efficient benefits: Cycle to Work, Home & Tech, and Green Car Leasing Schemes.
5. Occupational Health support.
6. Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers’ products.
7. Discounted gym membership.
8. Employee Assistance Programme.
Job Purpose
UK Power Networks is the leading Distributed Network Operator (DNO), with the ambition of supporting the transition to Net Zero at the lowest possible costs to customers.
As a valued member of the IT Commercial team, you will work across our business to oversee complex billing arrangements, raise POs, conduct invoice reconciliations, goods receipt POs, raise invoices when needed, and work with our Procurement Team to review contract renewals. Information Systems holds the central budget for IT expenditure across our business, and with this role you will get visibility across our entire business.
Dimensions
Provide support in paying approximately 1000 invoices per annum.
Principal Accountabilities
1. You will understand the critical IT services, important partners, and how the billing mechanisms work for each.
2. You will complete a Goods Receipt for services to confirm payment can be made.
3. You will raise invoices.
4. Work with Procurement to process contract renewals.
5. Review spend against contracts to ensure billing is accurate and identify cost-saving opportunities.
6. Collaborate with business and our suppliers to address any data queries, keeping them up to date throughout the process.
7. Work with accounts payable to ensure invoices are paid on time.
8. Ensure workload is completed within service level agreement requirements.
9. You will ensure records are kept to support audit.
10. Highlight areas of spend that may be common to other departments and highlight opportunity to aggregate spend or outline agreement opportunities with the Category Specialist.
11. Experience with direct pay process and when to use it.
12. Identify process improvements.
Nature and Scope
You will demonstrate:
1. Work on your own initiative with minimal direct supervision under the direction of the IT Contract Performance Manager.
2. Become a trusted and knowledgeable service provider to UKPN who can provide advice to the business to ensure the correct supplier and purchasing route is used.
3. Collaborate with other IT functions.
4. Undertake tasks and activities to support other IT team members.
Qualifications
1. GCSE level or equivalent.
2. Experience of Microsoft packages, more specifically Excel.
3. Ability to work in a high-volume environment and meet strict service level agreements.
Health & Safety Responsibilities
Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control, and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e., public, visitors, and employees of other organisations. This includes briefing individuals working for them and ensuring there is the necessary understanding, competence, and application of requirements to work safely and without harming the environment.
Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly, where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
If you have any queries in connection to this vacancy or your application, please contact us at careers@ukpowernetworks.co.uk quoting the vacancy reference number and a member of the team will get in touch with you as soon as possible.
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