Vendor Enablement Analyst
Kforce Inc.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Kforce's client, one of the world's largest financial service institutions is seeking to hire 3 Vendor Enablement Analysts in Columbus, OH or Wilmington, DE (outside Philadelphia, PA). This is an opportunity for quick fulltime employment with client.Overview:The group is key strategic business partners aligned to a product-agile financial model, producing valuable insights, and supporting the right decisions for organization. We have successfully shifted the broader team to operate in the product-agile framework with wide adoption of efficient processes & digital tools. We provide high quality, forward-looking, actionable finance deliverables to enable timely & thoughtful decision making across the Finance, Product & Technology teams and can articulate the rationale on those decisions, while telling a connected story in a meaningful way.The Vendor Enablement Analysts will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight and operational management of partners/vendors by closely collaborating with internal and external parties.Responsibilities:

• Vendor Enablement Analysts will manage large number of supplier engagements ranging from simple 1-time software license purchases to complex, multi-year vendor hosted managed services agreements
• Facilitate the executive approval processes
• In partnership with Sourcing manage Contract Lifecycle across the technology space
• As a Vendor Enablement Analyst, you will interact regularly with partners and vendors to ensure service quality, system response and other obligations are met with responsibility for third-party risk oversight including maintenance of procedures and enforcement of policies and contractual agreements

REQUIREMENTS:

• BS/BA degree (preferred) or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of demonstrated experience in vendor, partner, or relationship management (mandatory)
• Strong competencies in use of MS Office packages (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint) (mandatory)
• Working with clients and Project management experience. (mandatory)
• Strong understanding of banking and departmental procedures, functions, and activities
• The ideal candidate for this role will have strong interpersonal, organizational, written, verbal and facilitation skills
• They must be comfortable interacting with multiple teams and senior management on a regular basis, have proven analytical and strategic thinking skills, along with a high degree of comfort with business and technology language

Ideal Candidates Would Be Able to Do the Following:

• Demonstrate excellent relationship management, organizational and time management skills, and the ability to partner with internal stakeholders and external vendors to prioritize and deliver initiatives
• Ability to obsess about the overall customer experience and provide a world class vendor management service
• Exemplary negotiation skills with attention to scope, cost management and contractual language
• Ability to communicate and drive the strategic direction of the firm, delivering technology solutions that meet internal and external needs
• Be a strong decision-maker and problem-solver with attention to detail and excellent logical thinking skills to understand and analyze business processes, identify risks, and propose solutions
• Be results-oriented, resourceful, and a go-getter who adapts quickly to changing environments and needs and proactively bring ideas to the table to drive efficiencies and engagement
• Promote a strong controls environment, adhere to risk/control, procedure, and process expectations, while appropriately delivering what's best for the customer

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