Procurement Process and Performance Specialist

Requirements of the role

The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more About the FCA.

The Procurement division is responsible for ensuring the FCA gains value for money from our suppliers; achieves a sustainable cost base; is compliant with all regulations; extracts value from negotiated contracts and manage commercial risk; protects our business and market, keeping it safe and resilient.

The Procurement team is structured into 3 key areas:

Category Management

Supplier Management

Process & Performance

This role sits within our Process and Performance team, which focuses on the operational and governance activities of the Procurement division, ensuring adherence to our policies and processes, and reporting appropriately.

We are looking for a Procurement Process and Performance specialist to join us. The role will be that of a change champion for continuous improvement across all Procurement related digital platforms and be a subject matter expert for all Procurement related systems and tools while supporting the Process and Performance Manager with departmental activities.

What will you be doing?

Serve as the subject matter expert, supporting continuous improvement initiatives for all integrated Finance and Procurement systems, policies and tools. Act as the primary point of contact for system inquiries, troubleshooting and ensuring optimal configuration to meet business needs

Implement and enforce FCA compliance regulations, conduct regular audit checks and monitor Procurement MI to ensure adherence to internal policies and external standards. Maintain data repositories, ensuring accuracy while performing integrity checks between Finance and Procurement

Develop and conduct regular comprehensive training sessions, fostering continuous improvement and standardised ways of working across procurement processes and systems

Generate management reports, providing data-driven insights to Procurement, Finance and the wider business. Offer recommendations for process improvements and ensure MI remains relevant and actionable for decision-making

Oversee Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, manage accurate distribution and timely responses and optimise resource management to enhance workflow efficiency across procurement and finance functions

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