Finance Officer - Shared Services (Saudi Arabia)

About the role

The Finance Officer provides customer-focused finance and procurement support to the VPR portfolio in Saudi Arabia. The role ensures efficient and compliant day-to-day purchasing, supports staff in using procurement processes correctly, and promotes best practice across purchase-to-pay activities. It also supports revenue generation and financial management by developing, maintaining and updating costing and pricing for research infrastructures and platforms.

Key responsibilities

• Provide customer-focused procurement and finance support to the VPR portfolio.
• Process purchase requisitions, receipting and purchase-to-pay activities in line with institutional policies.
• Act as main contact for purchase order, invoice and payment queries, liaising with internal teams and suppliers.
• Develop, maintain and update costing and pricing for research infrastructure services in line with institutional costing principles.
• Coordinate with Core Labs, Platform teams and Business Partners to prepare accurate project-based quotations.
• Ensure pricing is competitive, strategically aligned and accurately maintained in internal systems.
• Prepare, issue and process customer and supplier invoices, and monitor them through to payment.
• Ensure correct financial coding and allocation of costs, and resolve discrepancies.
• Maintain accurate records, support audits and help improve finance and procurement processes.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, supply chain, business administration or a related discipline.
• 4 years' experience in finance, procurement or administrative support, preferably in higher education or a complex organisation.
• Experience in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment with multiple priorities.
• Understanding of procurement policies, compliance and financial controls (or willingness to learn).
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

Required skills

• Confidence using financial and procurement systems.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle or similar financial/procurement platforms.
• Ability to extract, review and reconcile financial data, including pricing, invoices and cost allocations.