Supports expense control, budgeting, and forecasting processes, providing detailed analysis and monitoring performance against budget to identify variances and cost drivers.
Collaborates with internal teams to ensure alignment with Group standards and contributes to data-driven decision-making.
Coordinate supplier management and invoicing processes, ensuring compliance with internal policies, legal requirements, and proper vendor onboarding and validation.
Reporting to the UK Cost Manager, this role supports expense control, financial processes, and efficiency initiatives across the branch.
Support the annual budgeting and periodic forecasting processes from an expense perspective.
Produce detailed expense analysis to support senior management decision-making.
Monitor and analyze expense performance against budget and forecasts, identifying variances and key cost drivers.
Coordinate with Madrid-based expense teams (CIB and Holding) to ensure alignment with Group standards and policies.
Lead vendor management and procurement activities, coordinating sourcing processes and supplier follow-up.
Act as the entry point for supplier invoicing, ensuring proper receipt, validation, and processing of invoices.
Monitor supplier management activities, ensuring proper onboarding and approval of vendors.

Academic Background in Finance, Business Administration, Economics or Law.
Professional Experience: +3 years of relevant experience in: Cost management / FP&A / financial controlling.
Budgeting and forecasting processes.
Variance analysis and expense monitoring.
Vendor management and procurement processes.
Languages: Spanish and English.
Advanced proficiency in Excel (essential), Access, Google suite (essential), Financial systems/ERP (SAP, Concur) and Reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, Microstrategy).

Cost Management, CIB Finance

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