Job Title: Senior Financial Analyst, Contract Compliance Audit
Discover Dollar:
Discover Dollar started with the vision to help companies to discover value by harnessing internal data. Discover Dollar helps enterprises to identify and resolve overpayments and leakages by analyzing a vast amount of data including unstructured data like emails. contracts using machine learning and AI. Discover Dollar has won many awards, to name some: 1) "Global Most Innovative Solution" by SAP in Orlando, Florida 2) "Anthah Prerana" Award by Microsoft, TiE Bangalore & Govt of Karnataka 3) "Top Retail Solution Provider" by CIO Review We are fortunate to be mentored by veterans like ex-CFO of Google Patrick, Co-Founder of Infosys Mr. Shibulal. Being a Techstars company Discover Dollar believes in Give First philosophy. Discover Dollar's solution is sought by Fortune 500 enterprises and delivered over $1B+ in savings including Target, Metro, Canadian Tire, AB-Inbev, Lowe's, Advance Auto Parts, Seven Eleven, Neiman Marcus, Saks, Hudson Bay, Carrier etc.
Role Summary
The Senior Financial Analyst, Contract Compliance Audit will review vendor contracts and related transactions to identify financial leakage and non compliance against agreed commercial terms. This role focuses on interpreting contract wordings from a commercial and finance standpoint, translating terms into audit checks, validating them using evidence, and supporting recovery through claims, credits, or pricing corrections.
Key Responsibilities
1) Contract Review and Commercial Term Interpretation
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Read and interpret contract clauses from a financial and negotiation standpoint, identify key commercial levers and payable or receivable impacts.
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Extract measurable terms such as pricing rules, rate cards, discounts, rebates, allowances, credits, penalties, minimum commitments, caps, floors, escalations, indexation, and payment terms.
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Summarize contracts into a clear “audit ready” terms sheet with definitions, assumptions, and evidence requirements.
2) Build Audit Logic and Test Plans
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Translate contract terms into practical audit tests and validation logic, define what data is needed, what exceptions look like, and how to quantify impact.
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Create checklists and SOP style documentation that can be repeated across vendors and contract types.
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Define sampling plans when full population testing is not possible, and ensure sampling is defensible and documented.
3) Transaction Validation and Evidence Building
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Validate compliance using invoices, POs, rate cards, SOWs, service records, timesheets, delivery logs, ticketing records, and supporting backup.
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Recalculate expected charges, compare against actual billing, identify variances, and quantify recoverable value.
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Maintain strong audit trails, including calculations, supporting files, and clear explanation of the issue and root cause.
4) Findings Development and Recovery Support
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Prepare claim schedules and evidence summaries for client review and for vendor discussion where required.
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Support discussions with internal stakeholders and vendors to explain findings clearly, address pushback using facts, and drive resolution.
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Track open items through to closure, including credits, refunds, or adjustments, and ensure learnings are documented.
5) Stakeholder Collaboration and Communication
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Coordinate with Client’s point of contact, buying team and vendors to obtain the right data, clarify definitions, and confirm assumptions on the financial terms of contract.
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Present findings in a structured manner and provide clear recommendations for controls improvement.
Key Commercial Areas This Role Should Understand
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Time and Materials, rate cards, markups, overtime and premiums, role based rates, travel and expense rules.
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SLA and performance linked credits, penalties, service level measurement, downtime rules, and exclusions.
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Rebates, volume tiers, growth incentives, retro rebates, accrual logic, and true ups.
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Discounts, allowances, MDF, co op funding, price protection, and promotional support.
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Payment terms, early pay discounts, late fees, indexing, escalation clauses, caps, floors, and minimum commitments.
Required Qualifications and Experience
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4 to 8 plus years of experience reviewing vendor or customer contracts from a commercial and finance standpoint, with strong ability to interpret financial terms and translate them into measurable checks.
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Hands on exposure to key commercial constructs such as Time and Materials, rate cards, markups, SLAs and service credits, rebates, discounts, allowances, penalties, price protection, escalation clauses, and payment terms.
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Proven experience validating contract terms against actual transactions, such as invoices, rate cards, SOWs, timesheets, service reports, and supporting documentation, and quantifying financial impact.
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Strong Excel skills for analysis, reconciliation, and building structured audit schedules and trackers.
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Strong communication skills to document findings clearly and discuss them confidently with internal stakeholders and, when needed, vendors.
