Full-time

Lead Spend Analyst

Posted by UL, LLC • Chicago, IL, United States

📍 Chicago, IL 🕒 June 20, 2026

About the Role

The Lead Spend Analyst is the hands-on engine behind data quality, automation, and insight generation for Sourcing & Real Estate. This role is responsible for assembling and maintaining the datasets that fuel budgeting, variance analysis, and accrual accuracy, while simultaneously leading the development of scalable analytics and automation solutions. You will act as a key partner to leadership, translating complex business needs into repeatable analytical frameworks that provide reliable, timely, and actionable visibility into spend and category performance.
This is a full-time, hybrid (3 days on-site) position located at our Northbrook, IL or Chicago, IL office.

What You’ll Do

Budget & Variance Management

+ Prepare bottom-up budget inputs, including run rates, pipeline items, commitments, contract terms, and space metrics.

+ Manage templates, versions, and reconciliations while maintaining ongoing forecast updates.

+ Produce monthly act...

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