SAP Finance SME Procure to Pay (P2P) - 24 Months - Outside IR35 - Hybrid at bluewaveSELECT, Manchester/London, 24 Months, £Contract Rate

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

bluewaveSELECT have been retained by a grocery retailer to engage the right SAP Finance SME - Procure to Pay for a major SAP S/4HANA greenfield transformation.

Key accountabilities

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

• 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)

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

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