eFinancialCareers

• Company

  Barclays Global Investors (US)

• Location

  San Francisco, CA

• Compensation

  Market Rate

• Position Type

  Employee

• Employment type

  Full time

• Updated

  19 Jun 2008

• eFC Ref no

  388991

Barclays Global Investors is seeking qualified applicants for a financial analyst position.

Barclays Global Investors (BGI) is America's largest money manager, providing structured investment strategies such as indexing, risk-controlled active products, and exchange traded funds to investors worldwide. For 35 years, BGI has been at the forefront of developing innovative investment ideas, applying science and technology to the investment process. Headquartered in San Francisco and named one of the SF Business Times' ''Best Places to Work in the Bay Area 2007, '' the Barclays PLC subsidiary employs over 3,500 people globally and manages $2 trillion in assets.

The Financial Analyst is a member of the Finance team who will support individual businesses and the Procurement team with data analysis and reporting around various spend categories. The Financial Analyst interfaces extensively with BGI’s regional offices, other Barclays clusters and corporate operating groups, which include Travel, Global Technology, Marketing, Advertising, Funds, Global Operations, Human Resources, Finance, Facilities and Legal.

Primary Responsibilities:

Maintain Global Category spend database

Responsible for mining the spend data base and the general ledger to produce information on spend categories and trends that provide insight to business managers and procurement category experts on where spend is occurring and how it is being directed

Help drive better transparency by developing reports and analysis to meet the needs of businesses and senior management

Develop and maintain reports that communicate Business/Procurement savings efforts across the organization

Develop specific category reports, such as for Travel, which highlight global trends in spending

Responsible for understanding and maintaining global spend and governance policies and their impact on the organization

Work closely with Travel and provide data analysis support in annual vendor negotiations

Support procurement transformation process as necessary

Support the Procurement team with individual category initiatives

Manage the tracking of market trends and best practices (cost drivers, levers, competitive situations)

Assist with finance projects and ad-hoc analytics requests

Qualifications:

Experience supporting corporate operating groups and providing cross functional data analysis

Requires thought leadership, strategic thinking skills, driving results and excellent project management skills

Ability to apply financial analytics to solving business problems.

Strong communication skills - must have the ability to develop and present clear and concise analysis with recommendations.

Ability to work effectively at all levels of an organization – with peers, managers, and senior executives.

Able to work independently as a hands-on individual contributor, and extract information creatively from a variety of sources.

Bachelor’s degree in related field

To apply, use this URL:

https://barclays.recruitmax.com//main/careerportal/candidate_update.cfm?szOrderID=3461