VP - Head of Spend Operations (Finance)
Core
Own and innovate the firm's accounts payable (AP) and corporate expense functions end-to-end, focusing on data & analytics, performance indicators, and improvement of overall employee experience.
Role type
VP / Head of Spend Operations (Finance)
Builds
Modernized and automated procure-to-pay and travel-and-expense (T&E) stack
Domain
Financial Services / Finance Operations
Required skills
Accounts payable operations, Spend/expense operations, Procure-to-pay, Finance transformation, People management, Internal controls (SOX), Data analytics, ERP/Spend-management systems, Microsoft Suite, Process improvement
Preferred skills
CPA, APP/CAPP, Lean/Six Sigma, AI/EPM tools (Anaplan, Adaptive, Pigment)
Technologies
Workday, Concur, Coupa, SAP, Oracle, Anaplan, Adaptive, Pigment
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end accounts payable operations ensuring accurate, timely, and policy compliant payments; Manage recurring spends and vendor master data; Oversee corporate card and T&E program; Design and enforce AP and expense policies aligned to SOX; Lead data & analytics program for fraud detection; Drive continuous modernization and automation of the procure-to-pay and T&E stack; Build spend visibility through KPI dashboards and analytics; Oversee spend operations team spanning onshore and offshore locations.
Seniority
VP, strategic leadership & team management
