• The Spend Innovation Analyst leads strategic oversight of external spend programs, blending financial analysis, operational governance, and process innovation. • This role drives transparency, stewardship, and continuous improvement through data-driven insights, stakeholder partnership, and the adoption of enabling technologies (including AI) to modernize workflows. • Provide strategic oversight of billing operations and related roles, ensuring consistent execution, compliance, and service quality. • Lead detailed spend analysis to identify trends, risks, savings opportunities, and performance insights across vendors and service providers. • Conduct strategic reviews of invoices and billing patterns to improve accuracy, enforce guidelines, and optimize value. • Support negotiation planning and vendor management by providing analytics, scenario modeling, and performance reporting. • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (finance, procurement, operations, technology, and business teams) to improve governance and decision-making. • Coordinate financial and billing processes across regions, including support for multiple currencies and varying business requirements. • Drive process improvement initiatives that reduce cycle time, improve data quality, and enhance user/vendor experience. • Help evaluate, develop, and implement AI-enabled solutions to automate tasks, improve compliance, and enhance reporting/insights. • Contribute to roadmap planning for systems and tools, including requirements definition, change management, and adoption support. • Develop executive-ready reporting and storytelling to communicate spend drivers, savings outcomes, and operational performance.