Business Planning Analyst

Summary: The Business Planning Analyst role involves supporting global sales operations through vendor invoice validation, report creation, and alignment of workforce planning with financial controls. This position is remote and requires advanced skills in Google Sheets and Excel, along with strong communication abilities. The analyst will work closely with internal teams and external vendors across multiple regions. This is a 12-month contract with potential for extension, aimed at contributing to high-impact operational work.

Key Responsibilities:

• Validate monthly and quarterly vendor invoices for global outsourcing partners
• Create dashboards and reports in Google Sheets and Excel to support vendor performance and planning
• Lead monthly spend deep-dives, providing insightful commentary on variances and trends
• Support SPIFF/incentive forecasting and vendor expansion strategy
• Partner with internal regional leads and external vendor contacts across EMEA, APAC, and NORAM

Key Skills:

• Advanced Google Sheets and Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, and formula writing
• Experience working in a data-heavy environment, such as invoice validation, financial operations, or workforce analysis
• Strong communication skills — confident engaging with both internal teams and external vendor stakeholders
• SQL skills or experience with enterprise reporting tools (bonus)
• Experience in outsourcing, vendor management, workforce operations, or shared services (bonus)
• Background in forecasting, capacity planning, or performance reporting (bonus)

Salary (Rate): £70,000.00

City: undetermined

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other