Global Accounts Payable Manager (Analytics & Process Intelligence)

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Role Summary
The Manager Accounts Payable (AP) Specialist Strategy is a key process intelligence
and analytics leadership role responsible for driving data-driven performance
management insight generation and continuous improvement across the global Accounts
Payable process.
Reporting into the Accounts Payable Global Process Owner (GPO) this role partners
closely with GBS Procurement Finance GPS and IT to translate data into actionable
insights identify structural inefficiencies and enable fact-based decision-making. The role
plays a critical part in advancing global standardization digital enablement and measurable
business outcomes through advanced analytics process mining and performance
reporting.

Key Responsibilities

Global AP Process Intelligence & Governance
Support and continuously analyze the end-to-end Purchase-to-Pay process across
regions with a strong focus on AP execution exception management and issue
resolution.
Act as a process and data subject-matter expert partnering with regional teams
Procurement Finance GBS (Global Business Solution) and IT to ensure alignment
with global standards policies and performance expectations.
Maintain and enhance global AP process documentation controls and standards
leveraging analytics to validate adherence and identify gaps.
Work closely with global and regional stakeholders to align on performance
expectations data interpretation and improvement priorities.

Performance Management Analytics & Insights
Own and deliver global AP performance reporting including daily weekly and
monthly KPI dashboards aligned with GPS and P2P performance frameworks.
Use data analytics and process mining (Celonis PowerBi Alteryx) to identify
trends bottlenecks root causes risks and structural inefficiencies across invoice
flows vendor performance and payment outcomes.
Develop actionable insight-driven recommendations for the AP GPO Procurement
leadership Service Delivery teams and Finance to support prioritization investment
decisions and performance improvement.
Define refine and evolve AP KPIs to ensure relevance consistency and value
realization.
Serve as a trusted advisor on AP performance analytics and process intelligence
topics.
Continuous Improvement & Transformation Enablement
Identify quantify and prioritize datadriven continuous improvement opportunities
across the AP process using analytics and process mining to surface efficiency
compliance working capital and vendor experience gaps.
Support the execution of global AP and P2P transformation initiatives by providing
factbased analysis performance tracking and benefits realization monitoring (e.g.
working capital optimization invoice quality vendor master performance).
Support change impact assessments and adoption activities using analytics to
measure readiness adoption and post-implementation performance.

Technology Reporting & Automation Enablement
Support the deployment stabilization and optimization of AP systems and analytics
solutions including Coupa JDE SAP Tungsten and other enterprise platforms with
a strong focus on data integrity and reporting reliability.
Actively contribute to automation reporting and data enablement initiatives
leveraging BI platforms process mining AI capabilities and RPA to reduce manual
effort and improve insight availability.
Partner with IT and analytics teams to define reporting requirements dashboards
and self-service analytics capabilities.
Leverage process and system mining tools (e.g. Celonis) to analyze end-to-end AP
process flows variants rework and compliance deviations.

Experience & Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Business Finance Accounting Economics Analytics or a
related field.
Proven experience in Accounts Payable operations or a global AP process
leadership role with strong exposure to performance management and analytics.
Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a global matrixed environment
influencing without direct authority.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with hands-on experience designing
producing and interpreting KPI reports and dashboards.
Experience with Accounts Payable technology platforms including ERP and P2P
systems (e.g. Coupa JDE SAP) OCR solutions and invoice workflow tools.
Experience with process mining and analytics tools (e.g. Celonis) and business
intelligence platforms (e.g. Power BI Cognos).
Strong ability to translate data into insights insights into actions and actions into
measurable outcomes.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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