Procurement Spend Compliance Practitioner

This is an exciting opportunity to help strengthen commercial governance by transforming procurement data into meaningful insights that support better decision-making. You'll analyse spending patterns, monitor compliance, identify risks and help ensure public money is managed responsibly and transparently across one of the UK's largest local authorities., As a Procurement Spend Compliance Practitioner, you'll play a key role in improving commercial oversight by:

• Collecting, validating and analysing procurement and spend data from multiple sources to produce accurate compliance reporting.
• Supporting the development and continuous improvement of spend compliance dashboards and performance reporting.
• Monitoring procurement activity to identify non-compliant spend, contract leakage, emerging risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Undertaking detailed analysis to identify trends, anomalies and potential areas of financial or procurement risk.
• Producing reports, briefings and visualisations that translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for senior leaders and governance boards.
• Working closely with finance teams, budget holders and procurement colleagues to improve data quality and strengthen compliance.
• Supporting the development of procurement strategy through evidence-based analysis and continuous improvement initiatives.
  
  Are you an analytical professional with a passion for data, compliance and continuous improvement? Birmingham City Council is looking for a Procurement Spend Compliance Practitioner to join our newly established Transformation, Reporting and Intelligence team., We're looking for someone who enjoys working with data and can turn complex information into practical recommendations. You'll bring:
• Experience analysing, validating and interpreting data within a regulated, governance or compliance-focused environment.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills with experience manipulating, cleansing and analysing large datasets.
• The ability to identify trends, interpret complex numerical information and produce meaningful management information.
• Excellent written communication skills, presenting technical findings clearly through reports, dashboards and data visualisations.
• Strong attention to detail with a structured approach to maintaining accurate, reliable data.
• Excellent relationship-building skills, working collaboratively with colleagues to improve data quality and resolve issues.
• A commitment to continuous professional development and improving commercial and procurement intelligence.
  
  Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city., The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.
There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:
• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council's role as providing strategic leadership - that's being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making. We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

At Birmingham City Council, you'll help strengthen commercial governance and support better decision-making across one of the UK's largest local authorities. In return, we offer:
• The opportunity to influence strategic procurement decisions through high-quality data analysis and insight.
• A collaborative and forward-thinking Commercial and Procurement Service committed to innovation and continuous improvement.
• Opportunities to develop your expertise in commercial analytics, governance and performance reporting.
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities where service needs allow.
• A competitive Local Government Pension Scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.
• Access to a wide range of employee wellbeing initiatives and staff benefits.
• A rewarding career where your work will help ensure public money is spent effectively, transparently and delivers the greatest value for Birmingham's residents.
Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application., In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.