SAP Procure-to-Pay Lead

The SAP Procure-To-Pay (PTP) Lead will manage a small team of analysts (internal/third party) to oversee the implementation, maintenance, and optimization of functionality with SAP supporting the PTP processes. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of managing complex SAP projects, driving process improvements, and providing strategic guidance to enhance financial performance. This leader will play a pivotal role in many transformational projects over the upcoming years, including preparation and migration to S/4HANA. This role will report into the SAP Program Director and manage a team of PTP analysts.

Key Responsibilities

• Accountable for the design and governance of the SAP S/4 PTP business processes.
• Deploy and maintain the global business PTP processes.
• Gather and analyze process gaps between the business needs and the standard global templates.
• Partners with the PTP business process leads and business SMEs
• Lead a team of PTP analysts.
• Provide leadership to a global functional team/integration partner specializing in SAP configuration, implementation, and support.
• Manage and prioritize the PTP enhancement backlog
• Lead the development of business cases to articulate how the value of the improvements and opportunities aligns with business vision, strategy, and desired outcomes.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimize financial processes and enhance system performance.
• Work across other functions including Order-to-Cash, Plan-to-Manufacture, and Record-to-Report to ensure alignment within S/4.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of experience
• Minimum of 10 years as a PTP functional analyst/lead in SAP ECC OR S/4HANA
• Minimum of 2 full S/4HANA implementations
• Must have experience with a large global company of $1 billion in revenue or more
• Strong knowledge of SAP S/4HANA functionality, especially in MM
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to self-motivate and successfully work on multiple projects.
• Experience with SAP Ariba
• Experience in government regulated industries
• Experience managing a team
• Strong leadership skills and proven ability to adapt leadership style to different situations and people as well as to a complex business structure.
• Willing to travel on a project basis
• SAP certification is a plus