Senior Data Analyst

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At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

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Your role at Baxter

The Procurement/Finance Senior Analyst sits within the IT Vendor Management Office (VMO) and

is responsible for governing the Purchase Order (PO) process for IT spend. This role establishes

and leads a PO Center of Excellence (COE) to ensure consistent, compliant, and accurate PO

processing across IT. The position serves as a subject-matter expert on procurement and

financial systems, processes POs directly, and supports IT stakeholders in creating accurate and

compliant purchase orders.

What you'll do

• Contribute to the establishment of an IT PO Center of Excellence by supporting standard

PO processes, guidance, and best practices for IT.

• Act as the central point of expertise for IT-related PO governance, ensuring consistency

across vendors, projects, and cost centers.

• Partner with IT VMO, Procurement, Finance, and Accounts Payable to align PO practices

with enterprise policies and controls.

• Ensure IT purchase orders adhere to procurement policies, approval workflows, and

system requirements.

• Review PO requests for completeness, accuracy, and proper alignment to contracts,

statements of work, and funding sources.

• Support IT teams in correcting PO issues related to pricing, quantities, milestones, vendor

details, and invoicing alignment.

• Identify common PO errors and drive preventive improvements through standards, job

aids, and training.

• Process and manage IT purchase orders within procurement and financial systems in

accordance with defined procedures and service levels.

• Maintain deep working knowledge of systems used for requisitions, POs, receipts, and

reporting.

• Monitor the PO lifecycle and resolve issues related to receipts, invoices, and vendor

discrepancies in coordination with IT, vendors, and Finance.

• Serve as a primary point of contact for IT collaborators with questions related to PO

creation, routing, and processing.

• Provide hands-on support, coaching, and education to IT teams to ensure POs are created

accurately the first time.

• Develop and maintain PO guidance, templates, and reference materials tailored for IT use

cases.

• Analyze PO data and reports to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities

related to IT spend.

• Participate in or lead initiatives related to PO process improvement, system

enhancements, and audit readiness within IT.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in IT, Finance, or Accounting

• Experience in Data Entry and Data Analytics is a requirement

• Procurement/Finance knowledge (End-to-end process) is preferred

• Advanced Microsoft Excel is a must

• Familiar with COUPA is preferred

• Strong understanding of purchase order processes, approvals, and financial controls.

• Ability to designs Excel-based validation checks to identify PO accuracy issues prior to

system entry.

• Ability to performs multi-source PO and invoice reconciliation using advanced lookup

formulas in Excel to ensure alignment with contracts and funding.

• Ability to clearly communicate processes and influence adoption across IT teams.

• High attention to detail with strong problem-solving and collaborator support skills.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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