Senior P2P Process Analyst

ABOUT SLATE

At Slate were building safe reliable vehicles that people can afford personalize and loveand doing it here in the USA as part of our commitment to reindustrialization. The spirit of DIY and customization runs throughout every element of a Slate because people should have control over how their trucks look feel and represent them.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are seeking a hands-on Senior P2P Process Analyst to join Slates Accounts Payable team. This role is a problem solver at heartsomeone with strong attention to detail deeplygroundedin AP fundamentals andzealous about process improvement. Reporting to the AP Manager thisrole coverstheentiretybill-to-pay processes where purchase orders plant receiving supplier invoices and payments meet.

This is not a queue role. Our AP Analysts own the resolution of individual billing invoicing receiving and payment issues and they will continue to do so. The SeniorP2P ProcessAnalyst works one level above the queuemining the exceptions our analysts work every day isolating root causes publishing the analysis and implementing corrective actions across systems policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

The role partners closely with the AP Analyst team the AP Manager and stakeholders across Accounting Purchasing the Plant Receiving team and Plant Production Controls.We need someone who can write a usable SOP in an afternoon run a credible root-cause analysis withoutdirection and influence upstream functions and suppliers.

WHAT YOU GET TO DO

Root Cause Analysis & Process Improvement

• Conduct and publish formal root-cause analyses on recurring billing invoicing receiving matching and payment failures using structured methods such as 5 Whys fishbone analysis process mapping and Pareto analysis.

• Close every analysis with a documented corrective action a named owner and a due date then verify the fix worked by measuring recurrence.

• Mine the exception data our AP Analysts generate to identify patterns quantify impact and prioritize the problems worth solving.

• Diagnosesand prevent open receiving and invoicing issues rather than working them individually.

SOP Ownership & Enablement

• Co-own author and maintain the SOP librarywith the AP Managerfor the full bill-to-pay lifecycle covering requisition and purchase order (PO) creation goods and services receipt invoice submission and matching exception handling payment execution and vendor master maintenance.

• Update SOPs from root-cause findings then train AP Analystsbuyers plant stakeholders and budget owners on them and drive adoption.

Cross-Functional Plant & Supplier Partnership

• Partner with Accounting Purchasing the Plant Receiving team and Plant Production Controls to reduce upstream defects including PO accuracy timely goods receipt goods receipt / invoice receipt (GR/IR) aging and three-way match readiness.

• Serve as the liaison between AP and plant-level stakeholders translating field receiving problems into system or process fixes.

• Correct repeat supplier invoice failures at the source through invoicing requirements PO referencing standards remit-to and banking data hygiene unit-of-measure alignment and tax and freight treatment and lead supplier enablement so newsuppliersinvoice correctly on the first try.

Procure-to-Pay ERP & SAP Implementation

• Work within our ERP and P2P platforms to diagnose invoice holds receiving mismatches and exception queues and to design the tolerance blocking and routing logic that keeps them from filling up including changes to currentP2P systemworkflow configurations.

• Support SAP implementationhypercarealongside the AP Manager including issue triage testing and process validation during and after go-live documenting system behavior versus expected process and escalating configuration gaps.

• Evaluate and pilot automation opportunities including AI-assisted invoice capture straight-through processing supplier portals and payment method optimization and build the business case for each.

Measurement Controls & Close Support

• Own bill-to-pay performance reporting including first-time match rate invoice exception rate touchless processing rate invoice cycle time on-time payment rate duplicate payment rate and aged unmatched invoices and report results and trends monthly to the AP Manager and F&A leadership.

• Strengthen duplicate payment prevention vendor master data integrity and payment fraud controls in partnership with Treasury andControllership andmaintain the process documentation and evidence our auditors and Delegation of Authority (DOA) controls require.

• Support month-end close with analysis on unbilled POs GR/IR balances and aged exceptions that inform accruals.

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

• Bachelors degree in accounting finance supply chain business or equivalent practical experience.

• 5 or more years in accounts payable procure-to-pay or bill-to-pay operations or finance process improvement including direct ownership of SOP authorship.

• A portfolio of published root-cause analyses you can walk us through end to end: problem statement data method root cause corrective action and the measured result after implementation.

• Firm understanding of Procure to Pay and how purchasing receiving and invoicing intersect including the mechanics that create exceptions: price and quantity variances unit-of-measure mismatches partial receipts freight and tax credit memos payment terms and non-PO spend.

• ERP experience required in a PO-driven environment.

• Hands-on SAP is strongly preferred including three-waymatch tolerance and blocking logic GR/IR clearing and vendor master governance. Zip experience is a plus.

• Strong data skills. Advanced Excel is required.

• Process mapping fluency and comfort with Lean or Six Sigma tools; certification is welcome but not required.

• The ability to influence peers upstream functions plant stakeholders and suppliers without authority and the judgment to know when to escalate to the AP Manager.

• AI fluency with hands-on use of AI tools to accelerate documentation analysis and testing.

• Manufacturing or automotive experience direct and indirectmaterialspend exposure and familiarity with EDI or e-invoicing are all a plus.

WHY JOIN TEAM SLATE

At Slate were fueled by grit determination and attention to detail. The start-up spirit of ingenuity and resourcefulness move our business forward. Team Slate fosters a culture of excellence innovation and mutual respect and is motivated by shared principles.

• Safety First

• Delight Customers

• One Team

• Relentless Improvement

• Fast Frugal and Scrappy

• Respectful Collaboration

• Positive Legacy

WE WANT TO WORK WITH PEOPLE THAT REFLECT THE COMMUNITIES IN WHICH WE OPERATE.

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