Senior Cost Analyst

Overview

Every organization needs supplies and services to operate. From laptops and rental cars to pens and pallets, all businesses, schools, and government bodies have procurement needs. That s where Core Trust comes in. Core Trust works with our members and suppliers to transform how procurement professionals buy billions of dollars  worth of supplies and services annually. We re on a mission to be the one place where buyers and suppliers connect, secure purchasing agreements, transact, and partner to accelerate value and realize savings.

• Work directly with the sales team, supplier analysts, vendors, and customers to capture and analyze data
• Interpret customer s existing contracts to cross-reference current pricing and services to the applicable Core Trust contract offering
• Complete analyses per customer s specific needs and/or sales team s requests
• Create category-specific summaries to easily illustrate savings opportunities
• Communicate key insights and findings in customer s contracts and identify business opportunities
• Work with the sales team to measure pre-engagement estimated savings opportunity as well as the post engagement savings validations
• Become fluent in all categories that flow through the Cost Analytics department
• Learn new processes (manual and automated) to increase efficiencies across category portfolio
• Provide feedback to manager and/or cross-departmental analysts to enhance processes and tooling
• Assist in the development of documentation to lay out the process for completing analyses by category
• Lead analyst for complex and/or large-scale projects
• Assist manager with project management, enhancements to the Cost Analytics team s functions and processes, and other ad-hoc requests

• Bachelor s degree required
• 3+ years of work experience as a data, business, or financial analyst
• GPO knowledge preferred
• Experience with Microsoft Office, Power BI, Power Query, Power Pivot, relational databases, SQL, and reporting tools preferred
• Strong organizational and process analysis skills
• Understand methodologies for performing financial and opportunity analysis of proposals
• Advanced in Microsoft Excel
• Ability and interest to learn automation and enhanced workflow processes
• Proven ability to work in a team environment or independently as needed
• Must be able to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Effectively communicate results
• Ability to interpret large amounts of data and formulate a clear analytical path and process to achieve desired goal

• Competitive compensation package
• Free individual employee medical coverage
• Company subsidized dental and vision coverage
• Dollar for dollar 401(k) match up to 6% of your salary with immediate vesting
• Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability coverage
• Employee Assistance Program to support your wellbeing and mental health
• $1500 annual stipend for undergraduate/graduate college courses; $500 annual stipend for continuing education courses/certifications
• Free snacks and beverages on-site
• Brand new, state-of-the-art, tech-enabled work environment in downtown Nashville
• Flexible/hybrid work culture