Business Analyst, Vendor Spend & Performance

Microsoft • Reno, NV

1d • $97,600 - $206,400

About The Position

Help Microsoft Business Operations (MBO) turn vendor spend and supplier-performance data into better decisions. Within Global Vendor Delivery & Solutions, the role partners with Finance, Procurement, and vendor owners to explain financial trends, assess business outcomes, and improve reporting across a global vendor ecosystem. The position provides analysis and reporting support; accountable owners retain responsibility for financial controls, technical platforms, budgets, supplier relationships, and commercial or investment decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field and 4+ years of experience in program management, process management, or process improvement, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to identify trends, anomalies, and underlying drivers in analytical work.
• Excel skills for working with complex datasets, reconciling information, and analyzing financial and operational trends.
• Ability to communicate actionable insights, collaborate across a distributed organization, and manage recurring reporting deadlines and competing priorities while maintaining data accuracy.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in business, financial, vendor, or supplier-performance analysis, or a related analytical role.
• Experience creating dashboards and data visualizations with Power BI or a comparable business-intelligence tool.
• Experience in vendor management, procurement, outsourcing, or supplier governance, including KPI/SLA frameworks and corrective-action tracking.
• Advanced Power BI capabilities, such as Power Query, DAX, reusable data models, and calculated measures.
• Familiarity with approved Copilot, Power Automate, Microsoft Fabric, or similar tools, or experience improving recurring reporting through automation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a consolidated view of vendor actuals, forecasts, plans, and commitments; investigate material variances, spending patterns, and financial risks with Finance, Procurement, Service Delivery, and Contract Owners; and support period-end validation and reconciliation.
• Coordinate supplier-performance inputs and analyze agreed KPIs, SLAs, quality, and productivity measures. Connect trends to spending and business outcomes, and support supplier owners investigating recurring issues.
• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards and scorecards that highlight trends and exceptions. Partner with data owners and technical teams on consistent metrics, reusable data models, and reliable reporting.
• Provide timely, concise insights for governance and leadership discussions, highlighting risks, opportunities, and recommended actions. Track agreed follow-up with accountable owners and answer analytical questions.
• Check data quality, investigate inconsistencies with data owners, and document sources, definitions, assumptions, and limitations to keep financial and operational reporting accurate and transparent.
• Simplify duplicate reporting and identify automation opportunities, partnering with business and technical teams to implement improvements. Use approved Copilot and AI tools responsibly, validate outputs against approved sources, and follow security and privacy requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level