Procure to Pay Manager

Job Overview

Global Process Owner P2P

Permanent position based in Central London

£46,000 + LW

Excellent Pension of 20%

40 Days Holiday

The post-holder will own and be accountable for owning Global Finance Processes Procure to Pay. They will ensure that these processes are thoroughly embedded after implementation. They will become the gate-holders to any change to these processes and will work with senior stakeholders to ensure that any change is relevant, signed off, and championed.

They are expected to proactively engage with groups carrying out change, ensuring that related finance processes remain fit for purpose. They are required to sign off their approval for any change to these processes working with senior stakeholders to ensure that any change is relevant, and that adequate change planning and training is in place.

They will proactively monitor the global processes and controls environment, identifying and challenging areas of non-compliance, and ‘trouble shoot’ as needed to ensure that processes are adhered to. They will develop action plans for remediation and drive through change to meet required standards, and are ultimately accountable for global compliance to these processes

You will need to be a Qualified Accountant with a strong experience of implementing and rolling out a SAP based P2P process.

Experience of working within a large global commercial organisation would be hugely benefical.

 They will own their end-to-end finance process, ensuring they are consistent with the clients strategy, objectives and operating environment. While there might be differences in how work is conducted in different areas of the organisation, they will have the vision of how the pieces of the process come together, where the integration points are, how effective each element of the process is, and how performance can be improved over time.

The Process Owner will proactively engage with groups carrying out change, ensuring that related finance processes remain fit for purpose and will help to coordinate the implementation of transformation initiatives.

They will develop and implement processes and be the champion for these processes across the Organisation They will also develop the strategic direction for that process area, which will include looking at system improvements, control monitoring and automation.

In order to be successful in their role, the Process Owners need to maintain strong and effective working relationships with all areas of Controls, Compliance and Risk Management. They will promote the potential benefits of standardising policies and processes, as well as how individual behavior changes can facilitate the desired outcomes.

Global Process Owners will review and approve change requests to processes in consultation with senior stakeholders, they will own and maintain all associated documentation including standardised operating procedures and training material. They will ensure any changes are communicated and training is provided to the right audience.