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The Staff, Strategic Finance Systems– Accounts Payable is a hands-on subject-matter expert responsible for operating, enhancing, and supporting enterprise payables and procure-to-pay capabilities across Oracle Cloud ERP (Accounts Payable), Coupa, and Zip. This role combines strong finance and accounting fundamentals with deep system expertise to enable accurate invoice processing, matching, approvals, payments, and vendor management.  

You will work directly with business partners and finance stakeholders across the procure-to-pay cycle while also performing light system configuration, data validation, and process support across invoice processing, matching, approval routing, payments, vendor master, and related domains.  

Responsibilities:

Accounts Payable Operations: Invoice-to-Pay & Vendor Management  

• Support end-to-end procure-to-pay processes — invoice capture and coding, two- and three-way matching, approval routing, payment runs, and vendor management — within Oracle Cloud ERP (AP), Coupa, and Zip, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.  
• Maintain and enhance payables processes and rules supporting matching tolerances, approval hierarchies, payment terms, and vendor master data.  
• Apply strong finance and accounting principles to validate liabilities, reconcile the AP sub-ledger to the general ledger, and support accurate accruals and payables reporting.  

Hands-On System Configuration & Model Support  

• Perform light system configuration within Oracle ERP AP, Coupa, and Zip, including supplier and vendor master updates, approval workflow and hierarchy maintenance, matching tolerance and hold rules, and payment method setup.  
• Support configuration and ongoing operation of payables modules such as invoice imaging and capture, matching, approvals, payments, and travel-and-expense.  
• Partner with Finance Systems or Engineering teams on larger enhancements, testing, and deployments.  

Business Partnership & Procure-to-Pay Engagement  

• Engage directly with business and finance partners to understand procurement policy, approval requirements, payment terms, and vendor-management needs.  
• Translate business needs into system-enabled payables solutions, balancing control, accuracy, and scalability.  
• Communicate payables insights, DPO and touchless-processing trends, and tradeoffs clearly to drive alignment and informed decision-making.  
• Working knowledge of upstream and downstream finance processes beyond Accounts Payable to evaluate end-to-end process impacts (Ex: O2C, R2R etc), coordinate cross-functional dependencies, and collaborate with the appropriate domain experts. 

Execution & Independent Ownership  

• Independently drive payables workstreams, system improvements, and operational processes using a metrics-oriented approach (touchless invoice rate, cost per invoice, days payable outstanding, on-time payment rate, discount capture).  
• Serve as a go-to resource for complex questions related to Oracle ERP AP, Coupa, and Zip functionality, matching and approval logic, and payment behavior.  
• Identify issues proactively and recommend solutions grounded in both financial insight and system understanding.  

Product-Oriented Mindset  

• Act as a functional product owner for procure-to-pay system capabilities, supporting backlog prioritization, requirements definition, and solution testing.  
• Contribute to roadmap discussions for invoice automation, matching, approvals, and payment enhancements, informed by user feedback and system constraints.  

Culture & Collaboration  

• Collaborate effectively across Strategic Finance, Controllership, Procurement, Systems, and Data teams.  
• Share knowledge, contribute to documentation and best practices, and support continuous improvement in payables operations.  

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, or a related field AND 10+ years of experience in finance, FP&A, finance accounting, accounts payable or procure-to-pay, or related roles, OR equivalent experience.  
• Experience in payables accounting, invoice processing, matching, approvals, and payments.  
• Hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud ERP (Accounts Payable) and/or procurement platforms such as Coupa or Zip, including invoice, matching, approval, and/or payment use cases.  
• Ability to work independently on complex analyses and system-enabled payables processes.  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience configuring or supporting invoice processing, matching, approval workflows, payments, and vendor master in Oracle ERP, Coupa, or Zip.  
• Experience supporting month-end close, accruals, and reconciliation activities within accounts payable.  
• Prior experience in a functional product manager or product owner role for finance systems.  
• Experience partnering directly with business teams during procurement, invoice, and payment cycles.  

Suggested Skills:

• Procure-to-Pay (P2P) & Accounts Payable
• Oracle Cloud ERP AP, Coupa & Zip
• Finance Systems & Process Optimization

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