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Our culture is all about encouraging you to think independently and to challenge convention to deliver the best result. That’s how we continue to achieve extraordinary things in extraordinary locations.

Job description:

Purpose of the role

To perform select administrative tasks within the Commercial and Service Management Team within Group IT. The overall purpose of this team is to shape, develop and mature the Group IT approach to service management, supplier management and financial budgeting and control.

Job & Candidate Requirements

Invoice Processing 

Review all invoices to ensure they are accurate and align with associated purchase order before approving for payment  Submit vendor invoices before month end  Update purchase order with part shipment / receipt information Dispute inaccurate POs with suppliers/vendors  Track payment progress, hold regular meetings with finance team to ensure efficiency of processes, make service improvements where appropriate  Produce regular reporting, tracking POs, invoices approved for payment, invoices processed for payment by finance, actuals for various teams compared with monthly forecast 

Procurement and Budget Management 

Maintain vendor records, ensure contact information is accurate  Manage end to end procurement process, obtain quotes, raise orders, track delivery, receive goods and services on internal systems, process associated invoices for payment, close POs, track status of all open POs  Ensure purchase requests are in line with available budget  Create and circulate monthly group IT financial reports, tracking budget/forecasts 

 Asset Management 

Manage group level asset registry, including end user computing and infrastructure hardware  Maintain IT asset lifecycle management process for corporate office locations, and ensure inventory remains up to date and accurate 

Service Delivery Tasks 

Manage hardware purchases for corporate office locations  Purchase licenses, request quotations from vendors, raise purchase orders and ensure fulfilled correctly by suppliers  Assign, monitor and report availability of purchased licenses assigned to colleagues via the Microsoft 365 admin portal  Use SNOW software licensing portal to monitor and report on FQML license consumption  First line point of contact for requests for changes raised by Group IT teams 

IT Service Desk Administration Tasks – Service Desk Plus Application 

Resolve tickets raised in service management queue, prioritise and determine whether new tickets are incidents or service requests Provide responses to incoming tickets, keep colleagues informed of progress and escalate where required  Monitor tickets, assign to relevant teams, follow up to ensure expedient resolution 

Applications Skillset 

Service Desk Plus or similar service management tools used for tracking incidents, purchases, service requests, and change management  Purchase to pay systems experience, raising purchase orders, tracking delivery and receipting goods and services, invoice processing SNOW software licensing inventory  M365 Admin portal 

Qualifications Required

Ideally, appropriate qualifications in Mathematics and English A Financial qualification would be an advantage but is not necessary.

Experience & Skills Required

Previous experience with Purchase-to-Pay processes – specifically, purchase order and invoice creation and approvals processes. Familiarity with different systems for the creation and management of purchase orders and invoices, software licencing portals, etc.

Behavioural Traits Required

Outgoing and comfortable with engaging with all levels of a large multi-national organisation. Business benefit and outcome driven. Commercially astute and value-for-money driven.

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