SAP Finance SME Procure to Pay (P2P) - 24 Months - Outside IR35 - Hybrid

Key accountabilities

End-to-end P2P design

OpenText VIM Solution Leadership

Process & control alignment

Integration across Procurement, Logistics and Finance

Data, migration & cutover readiness (P2P scope)

Testing & operational readiness

Stakeholder engagement & governance

Go-live & stabilisation

End-to-end P2P design

• Define and own the requirements and design decisions across the P2P life cycle, including: requisitioning - purchasing - goods receipt - invoice receipt - approvals - payment - period-end close
• Ensure design supports core Finance outcomes: accurate accruals and liabilities, compliant invoice and payment processing, robust controls and auditability, clear integration into GL and reporting

OpenText VIM Solution Leadership

• Own business design decisions relating to OpenText VIM.
• Define invoice processing models including: PO and Non-PO invoice handling, Touchless invoice processing, Approval workflows, Exception management, Duplicate invoice prevention, Invoice blocking and release strategies.
• Design role-based work queues, processing SLAs and operational controls.
• Support configuration teams through detailed requirements, functional specifications and solution validation.

Process & control alignment

• Define and embed P2P controls aligned to Finance policy, including: segregation of duties and approval limits, 2/3-way match principles (where applicable), blocked invoice handling and resolution routes, tolerance/variance rules, GR/IR management and aged items control.
• Ensure the design supports internal and external audit expectations with clear evidence trails.

Integration across Procurement, Logistics and Finance

• Partner with MM/Procurement SMEs and Technical teams to ensure clean integration across: vendor and Business Partner design impacts, purchase order and receiving flows, tax determination and compliance requirements, inventory/valuation and financial posting logic.
• Manage dependencies and ensure end-to-end process decisions do not create downstream Finance impacts.

Data, migration & cutover readiness (P2P scope)

• Support P2P-related data activities including: vendor/Business Partner readiness (in conjunction with Master Data teams), open item and balance migration requirements where relevant (eg, GR/IR, AP open items), migration validation and reconciliations.
• Define cutover steps and controls to ensure a clean transition (including open PO, receipts, and invoices status management).

Testing & operational readiness

• Define P2P test scenarios (SIT/UAT) with Finance-focused validation including: posting logic and accounting entries, match exceptions and blocked invoice routes, period-end processing impacts, payment runs and bank interface dependencies (where in scope).
• Support defect triage, prioritisation and resolution-ensuring issues are addressed with root cause focus.

Stakeholder engagement & governance

• Act as the Finance SME for P2P across business and programme teams.
• Lead structured workshops and decision forums; document decisions, impacts and trade-offs.
• Escalate risks and issues early, with clear options and recommendations.

Go-live & stabilisation

• Support cutover execution, hypercare and early life support.
• Help embed sustainable ways of working, including controls, MI, and ownership for BAU.

Skills & experience

Essential

Desirable

Essential

• Strong SAP Finance experience (ECC and/or S/4HANA), with clear understanding of AP and P2P impacts into RTR: Accounts Payable, GR/IR, invoice management, payments, month-end close impacts
• Proven experience operating as an SME on complex process change or SAP delivery.
• Deep expertise in OpenText Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) implementation and optimisation.
• Strong knowledge of Finance controls, audit requirements and risk management in P2P.
• Ability to translate business needs into structured requirements and workable process designs.
• Confident working across business and technical teams in a fast-paced programme environment.

Desirable

• Exposure to S/4HANA P2P capabilities and standard approaches (clean core, fit-to-standard).
• Experience in retail or high-volume environments with complex supplier and logistics networks.
• Awareness of eInvoicing/tax/compliance considerations and how they influence P2P design.
• Familiarity with testing, cutover and hypercare activities in major transformations.

Ways of working

• Delivery-focused, structured, and outcome-driven.
• Pragmatic decision-making, balancing pace with control and quality.
• Comfortable challenging constructively to protect scope, controls and operational stability.
• Works collaboratively and transparently across workstreams to maintain alignment and momentum.

Reporting line & key interfaces

• Reports to: Product Manager - Finance Transformation (RTR/P2P)
• Key interfaces: Procurement/MM, Logistics, Master Data, Data Migration, Integration, Testing, Controls/Audit, and Business Finance leads.

Key deliverables

• Finance-led P2P process and control design artefacts
• Requirements and decision logs (with impacts and traceability)
• Test scenarios and Finance validation outcomes
• Migration and cutover readiness inputs (P2P scope)
• Go-live readiness and early life support materials (triage routes, MI, controls)