Accountabilities

• Lead global Procure-to-Pay operations: Own the end-to-end P2P process, covering procurement requests, purchase requisitions, vendor sourcing support, purchase orders, supplier onboarding, invoice processing, approval workflows, payment execution, exception management, vendor inquiries, and month-end accounts payable activities.
• Establish global policies and governance: Develop and implement consistent procurement and AP policies, procedures, approval matrices, purchasing thresholds, preferred vendor requirements, service-level agreements, and performance metrics across countries and shared services teams.
• Strengthen financial controls and compliance: Maintain robust controls over vendor selection, supplier master data, segregation of duties, bank detail changes, duplicate payments, fraud prevention, purchase approvals, payment authorization, contract documentation, and records retention.
• Optimize procurement and payment processes: Lead process centralization, standardization, and automation initiatives to reduce manual work, improve accuracy, accelerate processing times, and enhance operational efficiency.
• Oversee systems and workflow automation: Drive improvements involving ERP-enabled controls, procurement intake tools, vendor portals, optical character recognition (OCR), purchase order matching, approval workflows, and travel and expense (T&E) integrations.
• Manage shared services performance: Monitor operational productivity, processing accuracy, invoice aging, turnaround times, purchase order compliance, outstanding work queues, and escalation resolution to ensure consistent service delivery.
• Oversee corporate card and expense management: Manage corporate card administration, spending limits, approval controls, transaction reconciliation, expense policy compliance, and timely employee reimbursement processing.
• Coordinate cross-functional activities: Partner with Legal, Tax, Treasury, Accounting, IT, Operations, and local Finance teams to ensure appropriate vendor compliance, tax documentation, payment accuracy, contract visibility, and system alignment.
• Support acquisition integration: Lead the integration of procurement and AP operations for acquired businesses by assessing legacy processes, migrating vendor records, aligning approval workflows, implementing global policies, and stabilizing purchasing and payment activities.
• Improve reporting and financial visibility: Ensure AP records are complete, accurate, and current, providing reliable information for financial planning and analysis (FP&A), cash management, operational monitoring, and strategic decision-making.
• Drive continuous improvement: Identify opportunities to improve governance, reduce risk, increase automation, strengthen accountability, and establish scalable processes that support organizational growth.
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Requirements

• Education: A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Professional experience: At least eight years of experience in procurement, accounts payable, Procure-to-Pay operations, shared services, accounting operations, or finance process leadership.
• Global operational expertise: Demonstrated experience managing financial or procurement processes across multiple countries, legal entities, or complex organizational structures.
• Procurement and AP knowledge: Strong understanding of the full P2P lifecycle, including supplier onboarding, purchasing controls, purchase orders, invoice processing, payment workflows, expense management, and vendor relationship governance.
• Systems and technology: Experience with ERP systems, procurement platforms, workflow automation, vendor master data management, and technology-enabled financial controls.
• Internal controls and risk management: Proven ability to establish and maintain robust financial controls, enforce purchasing policies, prevent fraud, manage payment risks, and support compliance requirements.
• Process transformation: Experience leading process improvement, standardization, centralization, and automation initiatives across global or complex organizations.
• Shared services leadership: Ability to manage operational performance through measurable service levels, productivity indicators, quality metrics, turnaround times, and effective escalation procedures.
• M&A integration: Experience integrating procurement, accounts payable, vendor data, and financial workflows following acquisitions is advantageous.
• Analytical and strategic thinking: Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate operational data into actionable insights, identify inefficiencies, and implement sustainable improvements.
• Stakeholder management: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to align global and local stakeholders across Finance, Legal, Tax, Treasury, IT, and Operations.
• Leadership and accountability: A structured, results-oriented approach, with the ability to establish clear governance, drive organizational change, manage competing priorities, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Personal attributes: High integrity, attention to detail, sound judgment, adaptability, and a commitment to operational excellence in a dynamic, international environment.