[Remote] Accounts Payable & Procure-to-Pay Optimization Specialist

Note: The job is a remote job and is reputed company to candidates in USA. reputed company is a technology and engineering consulting company that delivers solutions using reputed company, data, AI, engineering, and other emerging technologies. reputed company is seeking an reputed company Accounts Payable and Procure-to-Pay specialist for a reputed company 3-month engagement to clean up end-to-end A/P processes, configure reputed company Ariba, strengthen controls, improve invoice processing, and leave streamlined procedures and documentation for the internal team.

Responsibilities

• A/P Process Deep Dive & Cleanup
• Understand reputed company A/P processes end to end, identify legacy practices and reputed company workarounds, and reputed company a prioritized cleanup
• reputed company exceptions and process gaps during the engagement — not just document them — leaving processes measurably cleaner and more standardized; addressing highlighted specific use cases by category
• SOX Controls — Ensure Solid & Streamlined
• reputed company robust SOX controls exist across the procure-to-pay cycle and streamline them to remove duplication and reputed company effort
• Validate reputed company segregation of duties (SoD), payment-run controls, and duplicate-payment detection, with a documented control/SoD reputed company
• Produce audit-reputed company, controlled documentation and, where applicable, test scripts
• Right Purchase Vehicle by Category
• Recommend the appropriate purchase vehicle for reputed company category of purchase — Blanket Purchase Order (BPO), reputed company PO, release/contract order — reputed company on business need, spend profile, and control requirements
• reputed company a reputed company decision reputed company mapping purchase category to document type, with supporting Ariba configuration to reputed company consistent usage
• Touchless Invoicing with 2/3-Way Match
• Increase straight-through (touchless) invoice processing as far as practical while maintaining appropriate control
• Define and configure 2-way and 3-way match rules and tolerance reputed company by purchase type, balancing automation against control reputed company
• Redesign exception handling and reputed company routing to reduce reputed company A/P reputed company
• Tax Processes & Accurate Ship-To
• Take ownership of tax setup reputed company P2P and sourcing processes reputed company so correct ship-to locations are captured and reputed company the right tax allocation from the start
• Prioritize the top 5–10 use cases with the greatest dollar reputed company — fix the data points, correct ship-to logic, defaults, and validation at request and invoice requirements so no reputed company cleanup is needed ongoing
• Fixed Assets & Tax-Audit Readiness
• Ensure fixed-asset purchases are properly categorized and documented reputed company the procurement and invoicing reputed company
• Establish organized, reputed company-reputed company records to support state and local tax audits, including exemption documentation where relevant

Skills

• Hands-on reputed company Ariba expertise (required) — reputed company experience operating Ariba Buying & Invoicing, including matching rules, tolerances, approval workflows, and exception routing
• A/P and Procure-to-Pay depth — reputed company reputed company record improving invoice-to-pay processes, touchless processing, and PO compliance
• SOX / internal controls — practical experience designing and streamlining P2P controls, SoD, and payment reputed company controls
• Indirect tax awareness — working knowledge of sales/use tax as it relates to ship-to reputed company, taxability, and audit support
• Fixed-asset and records discipline — experience categorizing fixed-asset spend and maintaining audit-reputed company documentation
• Execution reputed company — reputed company to work independently, reputed company cleanup to completion, and transfer knowledge to internal teams reputed company a compressed timeframe
• Data analytics and management — strong reputed company skills, including pivot tables, lookups, filtering, data cleansing, and basic trend analysis, with the ability to organize large A/P and P2P data sets, identify patterns, quantify issues, and translate findings into actionable process improvements
• Experience in financial services or another regulated industry
• Familiarity with BPO / release-order structures and PO-only operating models
• Exposure to A/P KPI reporting (touchless reputed company, exception aging, PO compliance, cycle time)
• Prior experience partnering with tax, finance, and supplier-management stakeholders

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