Procure to Pay IT Manager

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Own the End-to-End P2P Technology Capability
Provide senior technology leadership across the complete P2P lifecycle, including requisitioning and approvals, purchase order management, goods receipt and service entry, PO and non-PO invoice processing, invoice matching, Accounts Payable, supplier payments, GR/IR, reconciliations and period-end activities.
Establish clear ownership and governance across Procurement, Finance, GBS, Tax, Treasury, Master Data, Controls and Technology.
Own the P2P technology roadmap, balancing business value, standardization, controls, user experience, operational resilience and long-term supportability.
Drive global process standardization while ensuring legitimate market, statutory and regulatory requirements are appropriately addressed.
Challenge unnecessary customization, fragmented solutions and temporary workarounds that create operational complexity or long-term support risk.
Lead SAP S/4HANA P2P
Act as the senior functional technology authority for SAP S/4HANA P2P, with strong knowledge of FI/AP and MM integration, Fiori, workflows, supplier accounting, GR/IR and payments.
Lead fit-to-standard and localization decisions while protecting the integrity of the global template.
Govern process design, data readiness, integration testing, UAT, regression testing, control validation, defect prioritization and business sign-off.
Own P2P cutover and market-readiness activities covering master data, open transactions, interfaces, reconciliations, payments, access and operational handover.
Provide clear recommendations on deployment and go-live readiness, ensuring material risks and dependencies are visible to senior stakeholders.
Lead hypercare and stabilization, ensuring recurring issues are addressed through sustainable root-cause remediation.
Translate lessons from deployment waves into improved global standards, controls, test packs, cutover playbooks and support procedures.
Govern the Connected P2P Ecosystem
SAP S/4HANA remains at the core of the P2P landscape. The role will provide governance across connected satellite capabilities Application supports indirect procurement activities including requisitioning, approvals, purchase-order processing, supplier collaboration and goods receipt. The P2P IT Manager will govern process adoption, integration with SAP S/4HANA, master-data dependencies, controls, service performance, roadmap and change management, vendor/partner delivery and long-term supportability. Invoice-processing activities including invoice intake, validation, matching, approvals and exception management. The role will govern invoice-processing outcomes, SAP and e-invoicing integration, operational performance, controls, reconciliation, incident management, service ownership and sustainable resolution of recurring exception. Supports duplicate and incorrect invoice/payment detection and related AP controls. The role will govern control effectiveness, source-data quality, exception and investigation ownership, access, evidence, service performance and benefits realization. The role will also govern the future integration roadmap without assuming that all integrations are already implemented.
Across all satellite applications, the P2P IT Manager will ensure clear ownership, reliable integration, effective controls, measurable service performance, appropriate roadmap governance and alignment with the overall P2P architecture.
Drive Controls, Compliance and Risk Management
Embed strong preventive and detective controls across suppliers, requisitions, approvals, invoices, payments, interfaces and reconciliations.
Govern approval authority, segregation of duties, privileged access, maker-checker requirements and payment-release controls.
Strengthen controls around supplier creation and changes, bank details, duplicate suppliers, duplicate invoices and erroneous payments.
Ensure exceptions and control alerts have clear investigation, approval, escalation and evidence requirements.
Maintain audit-ready process documentation, reconciliations, control evidence and remediation tracking.
Partner with Tax and market teams on e-invoicing and statutory requirements.
Ensure temporary workarounds have appropriate controls, accountable owners and sustainable remediation plans.
Lead Service Governance and Operational Excellence
Establish a sustainable P2P operating and support model across TMICC, GBS, markets, IT, AMS providers and technology partners.
Define service ownership, SLAs/KPIs, escalation paths, support responsibilities, runbooks and governance forums.
Hold implementation partners, software vendors and managed-service providers accountable for delivery quality and service outcomes.
Lead P2P hypercare, prioritizing supplier-payment, financial-close, statutory and control-critical incidents.
Drive permanent resolution of recurring incidents rather than repeated tactical fixes.
Ensure effective transition from project delivery and hypercare into BAU, with appropriate knowledge, documentation, access, controls and support capability in place.
Drive Automation and Continuous Improvement
Own and prioritize the P2P automation and continuous-improvement roadmap.
Increase touchless and exception-based processing through workflow simplification, automated matching, intelligent routing, analytics and appropriate AI-enabled capabilities.
Use operational and control data to identify bottlenecks, aged invoices, recurring mismatches, GR/IR issues, payment exceptions and supplier-query drivers.
Translate insights from SAP and satellite applications into process, master-data, control and technology improvements.
Track measurable benefits across productivity, cycle time, exception reduction, control effectiveness, user adoption and supplier experience.
Ensure automation strengthens rather than bypasses accountability, approvals and financial controls.
Lead Senior Stakeholders and Teams
Advise senior Finance, Procurement, GBS and Technology leaders on priorities, investments, risks, technology choices and deployment decisions.
Lead cross-functional governance and resolve competing business, technology, control and market priorities.
Translate complex P2P and technology topics into clear business implications, options and recommendations.
Manage and influence implementation partners, AMS providers, software vendors and other external partners.
Coach and develop direct and matrix teams, strengthening P2P, SAP, controls and service-management capability.
Promote accountability, collaboration, constructive challenge and enterprise-first decision-making.
Essential Experience
Significant progressive experience in Procure-to-Pay, Finance Technology, ERP transformation, enterprise applications or GBS/shared services.
Deep end-to-end P2P expertise across Procurement/AP integration, invoice processing, supplier payments, GR/IR, reconciliations, period-end dependencies and controls.
Strong experience with SAP S/4HANA, particularly FI/AP and MM integration.
Demonstrated leadership of SAP implementation, rollout or stabilization programs covering testing, cutover, deployment, hypercare and BAU transition.
Experience governing complex technology ecosystems, integrations, data flows and service models rather than managing only a single application.
Strong understanding of financial controls, segregation of duties, audit requirements and operational risk.
Proven ability to lead complex global or multi-market initiatives and influence senior stakeholders.
Experience managing implementation partners, technology vendors and managed-service providers.
Strong track record of translating technology investment into measurable business and operational outcomes.
Experience That Would Be An Advantage
Experience within FMCG, consumer goods, food, manufacturing or another high-volume supplier environment.
Experience with Ivalua or comparable Source-to-Pay/procurement platforms.
Exposure to invoice-processing, AP automation or duplicate-payment-control solutions.
Experience with SAP DRC or regulated e-invoicing environments.
GBS/shared-service transformation experience.
Carve-out, separation, new-company establishment or TSA-exit experience.

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