Contracts Analyst

Our client Scottish Power Transmission are looking for a Contracts Analyst to join their team in Cambuslang (hybrid 2/3 days a week at the office).

It is an inside IR35 contract role approved for 12 months initially paying competitive rates.

The Contracts analyst, reporting to the Contact Manager, shall be responsible to undertake a range of financial and business analysis tasks in support of the company’s capital investment programme.
This particular role will have a strong focus on financial and business performance tracking and reporting.

The role will include a period of training, after which, the successful candidate would be expected to undertake responsibility for the following tasks:

• Perform all duties in accordance with the company’s financial and contract management governance policies and procedures
• Analyse spend across the major project framework portfolio, highlighting actual or projected variances against authorised budget and forecast
• Collate data from a range of business systems to provide concise summary reports of the current financial and performance position
• Responsibility for consolidating and producing weekly and monthly business performance statistics to monitor and actively track and identify trends in key business performance data and activities.
• Produce reporting that can be effectively used by senior managers associated with major project framework portfolio and purchasing plans
• Supporting the Contract Manager in driving business performance
• Liaise with the Major Projects Business Units and wider business.
• Carry out updates and administration tasks associated with various systems, databases and spreadsheets used within contract management process
• Assist in the development of new procedures associated with contract management and participate in process improvement projects.

• The scope of the role will cover all SPEN, Transmission Major Project programmes.
• Work may require attendance at other Scottish Power locations
• Following a suitable period of training, the role will require the ability to work unsupervised on a number of tasks.

Experience of the financial governance practices within a large industrial or commercial organisation.
• Formal training and associated qualifications within the field of financial/contract management, data analysis or other related discipline
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and proficient in the use of office software including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email.
• Proficient in the use of business IT applications. Experience on SAP would be beneficial
• A general appreciation of contract management practices and principles
• Ability to form effective working relationships with other individuals, departments, and businesses
• Motivated with a positive and enthusiastic attitude.

Plan own work to ensure that emergent issues are balanced with longer term objectives
• Provide information and plans to support daily and long-term activities.

Work closely with the Transmission Major Projects Team.
• Provide progress updates to all internal stakeholders, including reporting to senior management when required
• Work closely with the Major Projects Team to support the organisation’s goals.

• A background in financial/contract management and analysis
• Experience of the financial governance practices within a large industrial or commercial organisation.
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills and attention to detail
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and proficient in the use of office software including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and email.
• Ability to form effective working relationships with other individuals, departments, and businesses