SAP Invoice to Pay Consultant - Remote, Waltham, MA, USA

Title : SAP Invoice to Pay Consultant

Location : Remote (Waltham - MA)

Duration : Long Term Contract

Job Description :

The consultant drives a critical, hands-on leadership role in ensuring the successful design, implementation, and optimization of the SAP Invoice to Pay (I2P) and global OpenText Vendor Invoice Management (VIM) solution. This is the top internal subject matter expert (SME) who actively coordinates internal business resources, drives the future-state process vision, and serves as the primary quality control point for the functional and technical work delivered by the external implementation partner. This role requires extensive Invoice to Pay domain expertise and the ability to translate high-level business needs into actionable configuration strategies and drive alignment across technical and functional teams.

Solution design ownership and expert guidance :

Create and promote the global vision for automated Invoice to Pay (I2P) processes, championing the efficient adoption of VIM features to maximize the touchless invoice ratio and minimize processing cycle times.

Contribute to driving Paid on Time performance improvements through business process design, technology optimizations and cross-functional collaboration.

Act as the highest-level functional SME for the end-to-end I2P process, considering the capabilities of the OpenText VIM platform and its integration with SAP / S / 4HANA and FMEs business process landscape.

Central point of contact, facilitate cross-functional collaboration between finance, IT, procurement, and leadership, as well as third-party partners and define project vision.

Drive internal resource coordination by bringing together specific internal process experts to provide timely knowledge and sign-offs required by the implementation partner.

Translate business needs into detailed functional specifications and partner with technical teams for custom developments and performance enhancements.

Lead requirements gathering and blueprinting sessions - identify gaps, create business process models, and define workflows such as approval routing and exception handling to ensure the final VIM configuration is truly best-in-class and adheres to the organization's global process standards.

Review, refine, and approve the functional specifications provided by the partner, focusing on complex areas like invoice approval workflows (IOW), exception handling logic, and custom developments.

Implementation coordination and Quality Assurance (QA)

Coordinate and lead internal quality assurance efforts, together with the PM team, including defining and executing robust User Acceptance Testing (UAT) plans and ensuring all key business scenarios are thoroughly tested on the VIM platform together with the implementation partner.

Serve as the internal project anchor, providing essential business context and organizational knowledge to both the internal core team and the external partner's PMs and functional consultants.

Proactively identify and drive the resolution, from FME side, of functional, process, and integration risks that arise during configuration and testing, especially those impacting other systems outside the partner's direct scope.

Ensure detailed internal documentation (process flows, training guides, support guides, configuration guides etc) is accurate and prepared for operational transition, leveraging the technical documentation provided by the partner.

Facilitate transition to operational support, overseeing system stabilization, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Act as the voice of the global end-user community within the project, ensuring design decisions prioritize usability and adoption while maintaining process integrity, balancing business needs against technical limitations.

Required Skills :

Strong, hands-on experience in SAP Invoice 2 Pay (I2P) or Procure to Pay (P2P) business processes, preferably in a global context.

Proven track record in leading SAP I2P or Accounts Payable transformation projects.

Familiarity with Opentext VIM (Vendor Invoice Management) is a strong plus

Deep understanding of SAP FI (Accounts Payable), MM, and integration with ARIBA and other procurement solutions.

Experience with VIM configuration, workflow design, data extraction, and OCR integration